{"id":66198,"date":"2026-07-02T11:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=66198"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:31:42","slug":"what-niacinamide-studies-may-reveal-about-cancer-as-a-metabolic-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=66198","title":{"rendered":"What Niacinamide Studies May Reveal About Cancer as a Metabolic Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-66199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Niacinamide.jpg\" alt=\"Niacinamide\" width=\"662\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Niacinamide.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Niacinamide-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glioblastoma is considered one of the most aggressive brain cancers, with survival often limited to about a year, largely because tumors adapt by rewiring how they use nutrients and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Tumors divert vitamin B3 (niacinamide) away from normal energy production into a pathway that supports their survival, suggesting a metabolic weakness that could potentially be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>This altered pathway may drain key cellular resources, meaning cancer cells appear to burn through materials they need to grow, which may create an opportunity to disrupt their fuel supply.<\/p>\n<p>In a Science Advances study, high-dose vitamin B3 therapy was associated with improved short-term outcomes in patients, with over 80% showing no disease progression at six months in early findings, along with stronger immune activity against tumors.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting your body\u2019s energy production and immune response through diet, lifestyle, and structured nutrient intake may help influence the same metabolic systems cancer depends on.<\/p>\n<p>Finish reading: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2026\/06\/30\/niacinamide-cancer.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2026\/06\/30\/niacinamide-cancer.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glioblastoma is considered one of the most aggressive brain cancers, with survival often limited to about a year, largely because tumors adapt by rewiring how they use nutrients and energy. Tumors divert vitamin B3 (niacinamide) away from normal energy production into a pathway that supports their survival, suggesting a metabolic weakness that could potentially be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=66198\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Niacinamide Studies May Reveal About Cancer as a Metabolic Disease&#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-66198","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\/66198","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=66198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66200,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66198\/revisions\/66200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}