{"id":2816,"date":"2025-04-01T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:27:51","slug":"vitamin-b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/vitamin-b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, is one of the eight B vitamins essential for maintaining good health. Like other B vitamins, niacin is water-soluble, meaning it is not stored in the body and needs to be obtained regularly from the diet. Niacin is found in a variety of foods including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meats: Especially in poultry, beef, and pork.<\/li>\n<li>Fish: Such as tuna and salmon.<\/li>\n<li>Legumes: Like peanuts and lentils.<\/li>\n<li>Whole Grains: Including brown rice, whole wheat, and oats.<\/li>\n<li>Milk and Dairy: These products often contain niacin, especially when fortified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Energy Metabolism<br \/>\n<\/strong>Niacin is involved in the conversion of macronutrients from the foods you eat into usable energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DNA Repair<br \/>\n<\/strong>It is essential for repairing and maintaining DNA, which is crucial for cell function and growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skin Health<br \/>\n<\/strong>Niacin can help maintain healthy skin and is sometimes used in skincare products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cholesterol Regulation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Niacin can help raise levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL or \u201cgood\u201d) cholesterol.<\/p>\n<h2>RDA<\/h2>\n<p>Male &#8211; 16 mg NE<br \/>\nFemale &#8211; 14 mg NE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, is one of the eight B vitamins essential for maintaining good health. Like other B vitamins, niacin is water-soluble, meaning it is not stored in the body and needs to be obtained regularly from the diet. Niacin is found in a variety of foods including: Meats: Especially in poultry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2823,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions\/2823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}