At the latest AARD (Aging Research and Drug Discovery) conference last month, Chromadex’s Frank Jaksch was asked the difference between Niacin and Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Reviews). Here’s what he said:

At the 20:20 minute mark of the video presentation below:

“How does NR supplementation compare with Nicotinic Acid (Niacin) supplementation?

Well, they’re different.

Obviously, they plug in in different ways.

The problem we’ve seen mainly with Nicotinic Acid (Niacin) has been the side effect associated with high-dose administration of nicotinic acid and the flushing effect that’s caused by that.

And that’s one of the advantages of NR and the NRK pathway is that you don’t have that — alleviates that problem”

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