Preventive Intake: 100-150 mg

Benefits:

• Cholesterol reducing agent.
• Lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides and increases HDL (good cholesterol).
• Decreases the incidence of diabetes.
• Decreases insulin requirements of diabetics.
• Needed to metabolize foodstuffs into energy.
• May help prevent diabetes.
• Used in the treatment of Type I and II diabetes, osteoarthritis, anxiety and depression.
  

Deficiencies May Cause: Muscular fatigue, indigestion, depression, insomnia, headaches, dermatitis, diarrhea, pellagra, tremors and skin lesions.

Food Sources: Meat, poultry, dairy, seafood, nuts, seeds, legumes, potatoes and nutritional yeast.