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Does Niacin really increase your risk of a heart attack? In this episode, Aimee goes all out breaking apart the recent study on niacin and heart attack risk. She critiques the study's methodology and highlights the misleading conclusions drawn by the authors. She emphasizes the importance of considering the study population, which consisted of individuals with existing cardiovascular disease, and the lack of examination of niacin intake in the participants. Aimee also questions the researchers' failure to address other factors that could contribute to elevated levels of niacin metabolites, such as impaired metabolic function. She concludes that the study's suggestions to eliminate niacin fortification are unwarranted and irresponsible. In this episode, Aimee summarizes the pros and cons of this research so you can decide whether you should be concerned.
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Ferrell, M., Wang, Z., Anderson, J.T. et al. A terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk. Nat Med 30, 424–434 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02793-8
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