INDOZONE.ID – hiring vitamin B3 is important to consume because it can help keep the nervous system in check. But studies say vitamin B3 increases your risk of serious disease, including cancer.
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Reported The sunMedical officers at the University of Missouri (MU) in the United States have found that high levels of nicotinamide riboside (NR), which is a form of vitamin B3, can increase the risk of breast cancer.
Not only that, B3 supplements can also cause brain cancer to metastasise or spread.
Writing in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics, the experts used imaging that allowed them to measure a person’s NR level.
Dr. Elena Goun, a chemistry professor at MU, wanted to research the potential dangers of supplements after her father’s death.
His father had been diagnosed with colon cancer and died three months after being diagnosed.
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NR is known to help increase cellular energy levels and Dr Goun wanted to investigate its role in the development and spread of cancer.
He added that some people consume supplement because they think supplements only have health benefits.
But few know how vitamin supplements work. Vitamin B3 can actually be obtained through a diet of meat, fish, wheat flour and eggs.
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