Vitamin B3

• B3 - Niacin

  
  

  • We get B3 from pork, beef, wheat and maize flour, eggs etc.
  • B3 helps to release energy from foods. We need B3 for healthy skin and a healthy nervous system.
  • A symptom of having too little vitamin B3 is a disease called pellagra, which causes diarrhoea, dementia, and sores in the mouth.
• what are the functions if vitamin B3?

  allows energy to be released from carbs, fats, proteins
• what are main sources of vitamin B3?

  beef, pork, wheat flour, maize flour, eggs, milk
• what is the deficiency of vitamin B3?

  pellagra: diarrhoea, dementia, dermatitis