The Vitamin B3 story

AKA: Niacin, Nicotinic acid

Recommended Daily Intake (RDI): 16mg (male)/14mg (female)

Healing & Health Benefits: 

The beautiful benefits of Vitamin B3 is in promoting energy release from proteins, fats, cholesterol & carbohydrates we consume.

This important vitamin is also key in supporting liver detoxification processes, and it is an vital support of adrenal & sex hormone production, which are hormones that help to keep our body in balance.

How do you increase your intake of Vitamin B3? One half of an avocado contains about 1.75mg of this energy boosting vitamin. That is about 10-12 % of your recommended daily intake of B3 : ) Add some sunflower seeds and asparagus to a salad or sunflower seed butter to your breakfast cereal and you'll be well on your way to getting into that 100% range for the beautiful B3 Vitamin!

Top food sources: 

Lentils (cooked), sunflower seeds, green peas, brown rice, mushrooms, avocado, sweet potato, asparagus