If you’re deficient in niacin (vitamin B3), you may have some strange symptoms. Find out how to spot a niacin deficiency and what you can do to fix it!
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0:00 Introduction: Niacin deficiency symptoms
0:25 Subclinical symptoms of a vitamin B3 deficiency
1:41 How to fix a niacin deficiency
2:05 Benefits of niacin
3:50 Foods high in vitamin B3
4:39 How do you become deficient in niacin?
6:18 Learn more about zinc!
In this video, we’re going to talk about niacin deficiency symptoms. If you have a niacin deficiency, you might experience the “4 D's”: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and even death.
Subclinical symptoms of a niacin deficiency include the following:
• Loss of taste
• Metallic/rancid taste in the mouth
• Loss of smell/change in smell
• Face moves when you look in the mirror
• Words move when you read
• Unstable or moving ground when walking
• Fatigue
• Inability to relax
You need large amounts of niacin to address a deficiency. You can take either niacin or niacinamide.
Niacin is a precursor to NAD, which helps extract electrons from foods. This allows you to get more energy from the food that you eat.
Vitamin B3 helps support something known as sirtuins, which support longevity and DNA repair. L-tryptophan can convert to niacin, serotonin, and melatonin!
Niacin is very beneficial for skin health and conditions like acne and psoriasis. A niacin deficiency can cause very dry, scaly skin.
The form of niacin known as niacinamide can help with inflammatory conditions like arthritis. Niacin also supports healthy levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol. It was very popular before the development of statins.
Animal protein and organ meats are the best sources of niacin. You can also get niacin from spirulina and nutritional yeast, but look for nutritional yeast that does not have added synthetic vitamins.
There is a tremendous amount of research on niacin and cholesterol, the heart, and mood disorders like schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder.
A diet high in ultra-processed foods can lead to a niacin deficiency. Pregnancy, alcoholism, Covid-19, and certain medications can also contribute to a niacin deficiency.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this explains how to identify vitamin B3 deficiency symptoms and how to address them. I’ll see you in the next video.
36 responses to “Strange & Weird Niacin (B3) Deficiency Signs and Symptoms”
Thanks for every information youh provide through your youtube videos….
😂😂😂 minute 0.25 “other than that you are perfectly fine” ALWAYS makes me laugh!! I was so depressed and dr Berg showed up to give me a better day 😄💜💕
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Get off the plants/veggies. Eat meat and fat and feel better. Plant defense chemicals affect mental health way more than we’re told by corrupt medicine. Only way to know is to do an elimination diet. Beef eggs salt butter and bacon. Chicken is okay but it’s so lean so add some fat (no veggie oils).
“other than that, you perfectly fine”..LOL…this should be the channel’s slogan
In the book Niacin The Real Story, I found out all what Niacin can do. For many times, I wasn’t able to raise my HDL and reduce my LDL. Well, with 3g of niacin, 2g of Omega 3 and 6g of vitamin C per day, I could achieve it.. Ovoid statins, orthomolecular is the way.. Thanks for your videos, Dr. Berg.
That’s great how long do u take it to see results?
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Thank you for the information!
Do you need to go to the doctor?
I take 4gms a day, never heard of anyone taking close to what I do. My blood work is fantastic at age 50, doc said comparable to a 30yo. I shall be taking it in huge doses for the rest of my days, buy it in huge bags never want to run out!
Thanks Dr Berg. Do you know any remedies for lipomas? If so, can you do a video on it? My guess is autophagy would help eventually, but would love to hear your ideas on this
This information is gold, Dr Berg! It answers a lot of questions as I often had dermatitis when I was on a high refined carbs, sugar and junk foods diet years ago. By taking a good B complex and other supplements recommended in your videos while doing Keto and IF helped me recover getting used to the bit of flushing which I don’t mind. Thanks for your continuous support 🙏🏻
I am so grateful for your videos.
Thank you ❤
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching my videos.
The Niacin Flush is fascinating, studies show its positive effects on cardiac and brain health.
Thanks for your comment. Have a nice day!
Sure is. I’m wondering why sometimes it’s more intense and other times; nothing at all. Maybe has something to do levels of b3 at time of taking?
I’ve read it helps with neuropathy especially in ur extremities
Amazing video I enjoy learning from your videos
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching my videos.
Thank you for your sharing this ❤❤❤
I absolutely LOVE your sense of humor!
Thank you, Dr. Berg! 🙂 Have a great day, everyone! 💪
Sharing Dr Berg notes here:
If you have a niacin deficiency, you might experience the “4 D’s”: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and even death.
Subclinical symptoms of a niacin deficiency include the following:
• Loss of taste
• Metallic/rancid taste in the mouth
• Loss of smell/change in smell
• Face moves when you look in the mirror
• Words move when you read
• Unstable or moving ground when walking
• Fatigue
• Inability to relax
You need large amounts of niacin to address a deficiency. You can take either niacin or niacinamide.
Niacin is a precursor to NAD, which helps extract electrons from foods. This allows you to get more energy from the food that you eat.
Vitamin B3 helps support something known as sirtuins, which support longevity and DNA repair. L-tryptophan can convert to niacin, serotonin, and melatonin!
Niacin is very beneficial for skin health and conditions like acne and psoriasis. A niacin deficiency can cause very dry, scaly skin.
The form of niacin known as niacinamide can help with inflammatory conditions like arthritis. Niacin also supports healthy levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol. It was very popular before the development of statins.
Animal protein and organ meats are the best sources of niacin. You can also get niacin from spirulina and nutritional yeast, but look for nutritional yeast that does not have added synthetic vitamins.
There is a tremendous amount of research on niacin and cholesterol, the heart, and mood disorders like schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder.
A diet high in ultra-processed foods can lead to a niacin deficiency. Pregnancy, alcoholism, Covid-19, and certain medications can also contribute to a niacin deficiency.
Thank you Dr Berg! 😺👍
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Uma pergunta? Seria interessante suplementar L-Triptofano para apoiar a Niacina b3 ?
Flushing, YA! Severe and Scary at first because I didn’t know what was happening, once I discovered it was the Niacin I reduced the dose to a very small amount and even then still Flushing.
Switched to Niacinamide, although still occasionally take very small amount of Niacin, kind of of addicting ?
Thankyou Fidel.
I really needed this information 🙏🏾
Your videos are so useful for me. I go into a lot of these “deficiency” videos thinking that I am fine (most of the time I am) but every once in a while there is one like this where you point out the major sources and the issue of chronic deficit, and I realise I am very likely to be chronically deficient (my current diet has enough b3, but my previously poor diet that I corrected about 9 months ago) probably left me with low b3 (and although I am now getting enough for maintainance I very likely need ro supplement for a while to erase the long term deficit).
Just because one begins eating a healthy diet, it doesn’t mean there can’t be chronic deficits from the previous diet that won’t be erased by the new diet alone. A healthy diet is able to maintain nutrients (otherwise it isn’t a healthy diet), but it can’t necessarily provide sufficient quantities of certain nutrients to correct a previous deficit.
This guy NEVER stops working. Thank you!❤🙂
Dr. Berg, it’s about time to make a video about NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide). When I heard you speaking about NAD, I already got so excited. That would be so amazing.
Sub Cinical nutritional deficiencies are now the new normal.
Thankfully we are being educated to properly manage our health 🙏🏼❤
Excellent Video!
Commentary: Niacin also appears to be helpful for Post Covid Long Haul Syndrome and Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM).
Tip: Another form of “flush-free” Niacin is called Inositol Hexanicotinate. Gradually increasing the dose until mega-dosing is achieved is sometimes necessary. In addition to Niacin, some individuals may strongly benefit by adding R-5-P (Coenzymated Vitamin B2), Pantothenic Acid (B5), and additional B vitamins. If you have been deficient for a long time, it may take a long time to recover. Patience is necessary.
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