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Leading Expert’s Heart Health Advice: Flush Your “Flush-Free” Dietary Supplement Niacin

September 1, 2011 By Bio-Medicine.Org

MAPLE GROVE, Minn., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — People
seeking support for healthy good cholesterol from a “flush-free”
niacin supplement, prepare to be disappointed – and to make a
return trip to your local pharmacy. According to leading
cardiologist, Dr. Carl Lavie, medical director of Cardiac
Rehabilitation and Prevention, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular
Institute, New Orleans, LA, “flush-free” niacin may not cause
flushing, but it has not been clinically proven to support good
cholesterol (HDL). It is niacin in the form of nicotinic acid, the
key ingredient in Slo-Niacin®, that has been clinically proven
to support good cholesterol.

“Many patients are lured in to buy niacin supplements labeled as
‘flush-free’ to avoid the possible side effect of flushing, but
when it comes to supporting healthy good cholesterol, I cannot
stress enough that ‘flush-free’ niacin has not been shown to have
any significant effect on good cholesterol, also known as HDL,
which is an important factor in overall heart health,” said Dr.
Lavie. “For those worried about flushing, I have recommended
Slo-Niacin®, which utilizes a unique polygel®
controlled-release system that gradually delivers nicotinic acid
into the body, and is designed to reduce the likelihood of
flushing. Studies have shown that taking one aspirin or ibuprofen
before niacin consumption may also help to reduce flushing.”

About Niacin and Good Cholesterol (HDL)Niacin is a type of B
vitamin that occurs naturally and aids in the function of the
digestive system, skin, and nervous system and can help maintain
good cholesterol within the normal range. Niacin, or nicotinic
acid, has been used since the 1950s to support healthy good
cholesterol. Niacin in the form of nicotinic acid is clinically
proven to support good cholesterol (HDL). High-density lipoprotein
(HDL) cholesterol is known as good cholesterol because it is
thought to help move cholesterol out of the arteries and in

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