Niacin may lower the risk of heart disease

"Researchers may have discovered the mechanism by which the vitamin known as niacin or B-3 raises the body's levels of HDL cholesterol, thus decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. 'Although niacin has been commonly used to increase plasma HDL levels, the mechanism(s) by which niacin exerts its action is not clearly understood,' the researchers wrote in the Journal of Lipid Research - Natural News Network