Vitamin B3 (Niacin) can help you live longer – so the research says

 

Everyone should know by now how important a healthy diet is to support long-term health. Scientific reports suggest that one humble micronutrient — vitamin B3, also known as niacin may play a surprisingly powerful role in reducing the risk of death from all causes, including cardiovascular disease.

Why is niacin so important and what is it?

Niacin is a water-soluble B vitamin that plays a vital role in converting food into energy and supporting cellular health. It also helps maintain skin, nerve function, and cholesterol levels. Severe niacin deficiency can cause pellagra, a potentially fatal disease marked by dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia.

Fortunately, most people in Western countries get plenty of niacin through common foods like: tuna, salmon, turkey, chicken, beef, peanuts. In fact, in the United States, average niacin intake is often three times higher than the recommended daily allowance as food is fortified with vitamin B.

What was the Scientific study on vitamin B?

Researchers analysed data from over 26,000 U.S. adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2003 to 2018. Participants were grouped based on their dietary niacin intake and followed for a median of 9.17 years.

Over the study period: 3,551 participants died, including 1,096 from cardiovascular causes. It showed that higher niacin intake was consistently associated with lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and that the benefits plateaued beyond 22.45 mg/day of niacin intake, suggesting that more could be unnecessary.

Why does niacin reduce mortality risk?

Researchers proposed several reasons:

• Improved cellular metabolism: Niacin boosts levels of NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), a compound essential for mitochondrial function, DNA repair, and reducing oxidative stress.
• Anti-aging effects: By improving NAD metabolism, niacin may help delay cell aging and reduce inflammation.
• Heart health: Niacin is known to lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol, improving the overall lipid profile.

It may also support muscle health and energy metabolism, particularly in conditions like mitochondrial myopathy and chemotherapy-related muscle loss.

How did the benefits vary?

Interestingly, the study found that the mortality-reducing effects of niacin were more pronounced in non-diabetic individuals. This finding aligns with earlier research suggesting niacin can raise blood glucose levels and decrease insulin sensitivity, potentially worsening outcomes for people with diabetes.

Subgroup analyses showed that older adults, women, non-Hispanic Caucasian population, and those without underlying health conditions (like diabetes, hypertension, or cardiovascular disease) seemed to benefit the most from higher niacin intake.

Why is it so important to take Niacin supplements?

While niacin supplements can help in specific medical scenarios (especially for managing cholesterol), high doses can cause: flushing skin, increased blood sugar and possible gastric issues BUT high doses involve taking an over the top number of supplements which normally a person would not do. Remember that there is NO VITAMIN B that is ever STORED in the body. The only vitamin stored in the body is Vitamin A. So, if you follow the advice of your naturopath or nutritionist you should have no problems.

Also, a balanced diet rich in niacin-containing foods is a safe and effective way to support long-term health as long as you are eating organic vegetables and fruit since so much of our foods have been sprayed with pesticides and other junk that denatures it.

Niacin plays such a critical role in energy metabolism, cell health, and lipid regulation it cannot be overlooked. This study adds to growing evidence that micronutrients matter — not just for preventing deficiencies, but for optimizing long-term health. As science continues to uncover how vitamins like niacin influence aging and disease, one thing remains clear: nourishing your body with a diverse, nutrient-rich diet may be one of the most powerful steps you can take toward a longer, healthier life.

How can this help you?

If you are tired, run down, low immunity or unhealthy the only way to get healthy is to take supplements under the care of a trained natural practitioner. Remember natural practitioners are the specialists in natural products. Also remember that when you have a headache whilst the pain killer may get rid of the headache the CAUSE of the headache is not a deficiency in pain killer. It is a deficiency of some vitamin or other nutrient in your body or something in your lifestyle. That is why often a whole host of drugs do not work to get you healthy. You really need to find the UNDERLYING CAUSES. This clinic specialises in finding causes. Check us out on www.stressfreehealthmanagement.com and give us a call to see how we can help YOU today!

Toxins affect your brain and all of your health

Toxins are fine particles that can enter your bloodstream and damage your brain in a variety of ways including cerebrovascular damage, brain nerve damage and brain tumours. Toxins can cause underlying factors such as cellular breakdown, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and autonomic dysfunction. Toxins can also cause inflammation, oxidative stress, infection, and allergies.

Exposure to natural or manmade toxic substances can alter the normal activity of your nervous system. It can disrupt or even kill neurons. These are the key cells that transmit and process signals in your brain and other parts of the nervous system.

Where do they come from?

Toxins can enter your body through exposure to substances in chemotherapy, radiation treatment, drug therapies and organ transplants. Also, heavy metals such as lead and mercury, certain foods and food additives, pesticides, industrial and/or cleaning solvents, cosmetics and artificial or man-made perfumes. There are many more ways toxins can enter your body. Too numerous to list here.

Symptoms of exposure

Symptoms can appear immediately or later when the toxin is out of sight. Some of the symptoms that you may experience include insomnia, short-term memory loss, problems speaking or functioning properly, lack of mental clarity, decline in intellect. Also, you may suffer increased headaches or migraines, have decreased concentration, and experience behavioural or psychological changes.

The health of your brain

Enzymes are molecules that speed up the rate of all chemical reactions inside your cells. Toxins poison these enzymes, making them less effective. Toxins in your body will displace minerals resulting in your bones being weaker. When toxins displace the calcium in your bones with a twofold effect. Your skeleton will be weaker and there is a risk of increased toxin release when you start losing bone cells. For women this happens during menopause.

The toxins being released by the loss of bone will then circulate throughout the body and ultimately, they will affect your brain. They will increase inflammation and brain cell loss in your elderly years.

What do toxins do?

Toxins can damage organs like the brain through something called B4. This is a breach of the blood-brain barrier and an example is like when chlorine binds onto the thyroid receptor sites. This forms what’s called a neo-epitope. This will make your immune system produce antibodies to the chlorine thyroid neo-epitope to fight it. This type of action can also damage DNA. When this happens, it increases the rate of aging and cellular degeneration.

Many commonly used pesticides, phthalates, improperly detoxified estrogens, and products that contain benzene can also damage your DNA. Toxins also modify the way your genes express themselves. Your genes switch on and off to adapt to changes in your bodies and the outer environment. Many toxins will activate or suppress your genes in undesirable ways.

The results of this are health problems in your brain such as depression and dementia. As well as effects that can span for generations. Toxins can also cause anxiety, interfere with hormones and cause other imbalances. Toxins such as BPA can also induce, inhibit, and mimic hormones.

So, what action can I take?

There are a number of studies done on these topics and if you are inclined you can go and read them. The job of a naturopath or natural therapist is to research such topics and to apply them to clients that present with unusual physical symptoms, psychological and emotional symptoms and stresses that many others may put in the ‘too hard’ basket. This clinic specialises in assisting you to get to the root of your toxaemia and getting healthier. Toxins can also impair your body’s ability to detoxify. We can also help you with that as well as to reduce the toxins you are exposed to and give your body a regular detox. Contact us today to find out how we can help.

How do electromagnetic fields (EMFs) affect your health

You are exposed to EMFs all day long, not only in public but inside your home too. Radiation is emitted from electronics such as mobile phones, cell towers, computers, smart meters and Wi-Fi just to name a few things.

What are EMFs

EMFs are invisible energy, such as radiation, that are associated with the use of electrical power. Your mobile phones, baby monitors, Bluetooth devices, cordless phones, smart meters and Wi-Fi routers all emit EMFs in microwave doses. The microwave radiation that they emit are at levels that may damage your mitochondria in your cells of your body. Studies have shown that double and single strand DNA breaks are actually higher when exposed to non-ionizing microwave radiation than ionizing radiation. This means that these emf’s are affection the very cells that make up your body in a very bad way. The reason for this is because of the excessive oxidative stress that microwave exposure induces.

How EMFs effect your health

Negative health effects from EMFs are not usually immediately noticeable, as they develop gradually over time. Studies indicate your intracellular calcium increases with exposure to EMFs. This in turn increases nitric oxide and increases your free radicals which increases inflammation and makes your body super toxic. You can block or greatly reduce the effects of EMFs using calcium channel blockers but this is with medications commonly prescribed to patients with heart disease. Notably, it is the excess calcium in the cell and increased calcium signalling that are responsible for a vast majority of the biological effects of EMFs. when there’s excess calcium in the cell, it increases levels of both nitric oxide and superoxide. While Nitric Oxide has many beneficial health effects, excessive amounts of it react with superoxide, forming peroxynitrite, which is an extremely potent oxidant stressor. Peroxynitrites, break down to form reactive free radicals, both reactive nitrogen species and reactive oxygen species, including hydroxyl radicals, carbonate radicals and NO2 radicals, all three of which do damage to your body. Peroxynitrites also do damage. EMF radiation activates the VGCCs in the outer cell membrane, triggering a chain reaction of devastating events that causes severe cellular damage, DNA breaks, it dramatically accelerates your ageing process and puts you at higher risk for chronic disease.

They affect your whole body

EMFs can cause health problems with your brain, nervous system, retina, your testes if you are male, and can cause heart arrhythmia. If your brain is subjected to chronic EMF exposure it can cause Alzheimer’s, anxiety, and autism, which results in children from too excessive EMF exposure during pregnancy so it is important to not overuse your phones or other devices if you are pregnant. Also to take your children off these devices or time how long per day they can spend on them. Also, this can cause depression.

Watch your heart

EMFs may cause problems with your heart, especially if you are taking heart medication. The most common heart issues that have been linked to EMF exposure include atrial fibrillation / atrial flutter, bradycardia which is a slow heartbeat, cardiac arrhythmia, heart palpitations and tachycardia which is a fast heartbeat.

EMFs can also affect reproduction in men, EMF exposure can increase your risk of infertility, especially if you routinely carry your mobile phone in a pants pocket near your groin or use your laptop on your lap. If you are a woman, your risk of breast cancer is higher if you regularly carry your mobile phone in your bra. Generally, the most common location for breast cancer is the upper, outer quadrant.

The good news

The good news is that there are many remedies now days for EMF exposure. Everything from protective wall paint to devices that plug in and alleviate the emf affect on your body. There are insoles for your shoes, devices to plug into your car and pendants to wear round your neck. There are also grounding pads and special mattresses and the list goes on. This clinic can help you with some of these devices and to introduce you to the devices correct for you. Alternatively, we can put you in touch with people who can do an inspection of your home. Give us a call or email to see how we can assist if you feel your physical health symptoms are inexplicable and want to find out why you just plain don’t feel well despite all the tests coming up zero.

Time to Detox and Get Healthy!

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Vitamin P and Cancer

Vitamin P is not actually a vitamin. It is the name given to a group of super-healing plant substances discovered in the 1930’s known as flavonoids or bioflavonoids which have nutritional health benefits. These substances provide pigmentation to plants and enhance their flavour and smell. There is known now to be between 4000 and 6000 different types and research is being done continually to discover more about them. In plants they protect against fungi, pests and bacteria.

Flavonoids are full of nutritional benefits as they help with the function of most cells and organs. Some flavonoids that you may be familiar with are Quercetin, Luteolin, Curcumin and Rutin. Each of the different types of flavonoids play a different role in the human body but two of the most important benefits they supply are with the absorption of Vitamin C and they also help with the maintenance of bones and teeth, as well as the production of protein collagen. They are powerful antioxidants and they are used for preventing and reversing oxidative stress which is the key element in how flavonoids help prevent and assist in healing cancers.

Research over the years has shown that three of the flavonoids best known to help in healing when someone has cancer are Rutin, Quercetin and Curcumin. Quercetin is in apples, onions, berries and citrus fruits such as oranges. If you combine Quercetin with green tea extract then it can become a great healing cocktail.

Studies that have been done on rats show that mammary tumours that were treated using this cocktail reduced the severity of the tumour. Rutin works along with quercetin and protects sensory neurons as well as having anti-inflammatory benefits which can be helpful for such illnesses as rheumatoid arthritis. Other studies have shown that the flavonoids Rutin and Catechin have an effect on cancers such as breast tumours, prostate and ovarian cancer, as well as pancreatic, lung, skin, and brain cancers. The third flavonoid Curcumin is a main ingredient in the spice turmeric. This flavonoid works best when combined with Piperine, also has an effect on many cancers and studies done on ovarian cancer show that it can clear cancer stem cells as well. Of course it is hard to generalise as everyone is different so you need to speak with your natural practitioner and medical doctor and get them to work together on this.

It is good to remember that inflammation is a precursor for many illnesses, especially cancer and the lower our inflammation levels, the higher our alkalinity in our bodies, the better chance of us remaining or getting healthier. Eating a healthy diet of organic foods, rich in ones that contain these powerful flavonoids may help reduce the risk of cancer and also help with many other health problems as well.