{"id":57137,"date":"2024-08-17T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T01:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57137"},"modified":"2024-08-17T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T01:12:48","slug":"vitamin-b3-boosts-muscle-mass-improves-glucose-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57137","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B3 Boosts Muscle Mass, Improves Glucose Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Getting enough vitamin B3 could help maintain muscle mass and strength as you age, while also helping control body fat and blood sugar levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">A study found consuming more niacin was linked to stronger hand grip, increased muscle mass and higher bone mineral content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">People with higher niacin intake also had less body fat and a lower risk of losing muscle mass as they age<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Niacin also helped with blood sugar control, showing benefits in reducing insulin resistance and keeping fasting blood sugar and insulin levels in check, especially in people without diabetes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">For optimal health, I recommend taking 50 milligrams of niacinamide \u2014 one form of vitamin B3 \u2014 three times per day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/06\/vitamin-b3-muscle-mass-glucose-control.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/06\/vitamin-b3-muscle-mass-glucose-control.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting enough vitamin B3 could help maintain muscle mass and strength as you age, while also helping control body fat and blood sugar levels A study found consuming more niacin was linked to stronger hand grip, increased muscle mass and higher bone mineral content People with higher niacin intake also had less body fat and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57137\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vitamin B3 Boosts Muscle Mass, Improves Glucose Control&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57138,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57137\/revisions\/57138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}