Flushing - WOW!

[optimist]

I've been reading about people getting something called flushing. Today I tried some niacin... and eeehhmm. WOW! Now I know what you mean! That is a super funny sensation. My face is smoking hot and tingling Just had to share that! Have a good day!

 

[Kenshin]

I heard of this there is also "non flush" niacin but some people say its not as good,
what are the benefits of niacin for you?

 

[optimist]

I have no idea of possible benefits so far - just experimenting. I've not taken niacin before, so I am very new to this. I was just so overwhelmed with the flushing thing. It was incredibly weird

 

[Kenshin]

I want to try it lol what brand is it?

 

[Gondwanaland]

@optimist How much did you take? I have taken as much as 50mg and never got a flush!

 

[taniaaust1]

At naturopathy collage we were taught that if someone flushes with it, it shows their body was needing it.

 

[Undisclosed]

Niacin dilates the blood vessels. The 'flush' is a sign of niacin saturation in the body. The intensity is dependent on how much niacin you have taken.

 

[optimist]

I bought a Now Foods 500µg jar as I saw a thread where niacin was discussed to help with certain symtoms, but now I have forgotten which Anyways, I read that this is a far to big dose to start with, and one can have bad reactions to it. So I opened the capsule and took about 1/10, which should be about 50µg.

15 minutes later I had more or less forgotten about it, but then my face became weird deluxe. Then I remembered somehting about flushing and red skin, and I though could this be it. I searched for flushing, and saw that it was normally in the face region. I relaxed my shoulders 50 cm as I was getting a bit scared that I was getting some sort of allergic reaction.

I also read somewhere that the flushing should mean we have enough of it... if it dillates the blood vessels, it must be very good for headaches?! No?

 

[Gondwanaland]

500µg

you mean 500mg

50µg

50mg

weird deluxe

 

[optimist]

you mean 500mg

Yupp! I've gotten dimensionconfused

 

[Comet]

Just had my first niacin flush the other day, after taking it for several months. Wow - it was intense. My entire body was lobster red and my skin felt badly sunburned. Thankfully, I realized what it was and it passed in about 45 minutes. But, yeah - very intense!

 

[optimist]

I realized what it was

I think this is the important part... if I had not known what was happening, I might have thought that I was having an allergic reaction. I've heard about these peanut stories where peoples necks swell up and block their air ways, and that was where my though travelled first

 

[zzz]

if it dillates the blood vessels, it must be very good for headaches?! No?

It's actually quite effective for treating migraines. Here's a sample quote from an article at the helpformigraines Web site:

In one study, 81% of the headaches sufferers reported a positive response to niacin. Another study of one hundred headache sufferers had a whopping 75% that had complete headache relief when given 100mg of niacin. And there are many more studies showing that niacin for migraines give a big percentage of headache sufferers relief.

 

[optimist]

It's actually quite effective for treating migraines. Here's a sample quote from an article at the helpformigraines Web site:

That's interesting. I have some people in my family who suffers from migraine. I might give them some niacin then