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Niacin, Part 1: What It Is and Why You Need It | Mastering Nutrition #44

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Nisin Deficiency and Its Effects

Nison exists as two as two main vitemers. A viteme is when a vitemen exists in different chemical forms. In plants, nicotinic acid is used for nicotenmide, and does play the roles in energy metabolism that it plays in us. It's also used to synthesize many different alkaloids that play different rolls in plants, such as pest resistance or regulating their growth. Nicotinic acid has many rolls in plants and zero roles in humans and animals. The role of nicatina mide is to accept negative charges in the form of electrons that can be used to harness the energy that is stored in the electrons of food we eat.

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