Vitamin B3, or niacin, is a nutrien

Vitamin B3, or niacin, is a nutrient that, like
all vitamins, is essential to health and life.
Vitamin B3 helps our bodies convert food into
energy, burn fat properly, and is largely
responsible for helping us feel energized! photo
12852 20090811 768x1024 Neuropathy Treatment
Nutrition: Vitamin B3  Without vitamin B3, or
niacin, our body is unable to function.  Did you
know that vitamin B3 is a common ingredient in
energy drinks? The reason for this is simple.
Without vitamin B3, or niacin, our body is unable
to function. For many patients, it is lacking due
to poor diet. Consuming a diet high in processed
foods is likely to be low in niacin. Consuming
alcohol can also lower vitamin B3 levels too.  In
the neuropathy clinic, mild deficiencies of
niacin are probably relatively common. Mild
deficiencies probably show up in the neuropathy
clinic as slowed metabolism.  Also very common
are low levels of niacin, causing a decrease in
tolerance to cold. This occurs in neuropathy and
chronic pain patients too!  Niacin deficiency can
cause the disease called pellagra. Pellagra is
disease characterized by the three D’s: diarrhea,
dermatitis, and dementia.