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How is niacin beneficial?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Why is niacin beneficial you ask? Well niacin is beneficial because it prevents pellagra. Dr.Goldenburger had found this out by having eleven prisoners eat potatoes.spuash potatoes,and sweet potatoes. seven of eleven had pellagra.

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