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Niacin Flushing for a Better Health One of the greatest benefits of niacin flushing is that it stimulates growth hormone that will put some muscle on your physique. First of all what does niacin flushing exactly entail? When you take in an overdose of niacin, your veins will widen a little and blood flow is greatly enhanced. This process is called niacin flushing, because you basically flush the system of toxic waste cluttered in the capillaries, where circulation is normally weak. In this article I will explain what niacin flushing does for building muscle, how you can achieve these benefits yourself too and how to avoid side effects. Niacin Flushing: How it Works When you take in the overdose of niacin, production of growth hormone will be stimulated. The best time to take in niacin is just prior to sleeping. Moreover, niacin flushing can also make you more vascular, and…

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Bodybuilding supplements with niacin are often used to lower cholesterol, thanks to its ability to suppress the disintegration of fats, preventing fatty acids from entering the blood. However, niacin is also found to stimulate the human growth hormone, or GH. The growth hormone is important for everyone, but most especially for athletes and bodybuilders as it boosts cell generation in muscles, bones and vital organs, allowing muscles to grow, as well as rehabilitates injured tissues. Our pituitary glands produce GH but this declines as we get older, which is why we should take natural bodybuilding supplements, niacin included. Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3, which like its siblings Thiamine or Vitamin B1 and Riboflavin or Vitamin B2, is able to aid in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Niacin’s most basic function is to release energy, and derivatives of niacin have been found to detoxify xenochemicals, produces steroid hormones especially in…

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