Niacin Blush

Just learned about this today with my friend Alison, a gifted poet and full-time music educator in the Bay Area. Ali's in town to read her poetry at the Mixed Race & Root Music Festival this weekend in Little Tokyo.

She offered up some niacin-laced energy caps this morning "for fast and sustained energy balanced to reduce stress immediately"-well the back of the package talks about side-effects being tingling and getting flush- something called the "Niacin Flush".
Pictured to the left is she, Alison, flush from Niacin caps....

As described on the packaging
The Niacin Flush - safe, beneficial & invigorating

SuperNutrition uses niacin because it is the more active form of Vitamin B3. For some people, taking niacin may result in a "niacin skin flush." This niacin flush may result in a warm, tingling, reddening of the skin (not to be confused with a rash). The niacin flush can last from 15 minutes to 1 hour and may be followed by a slight passing chill. Tablets can be taken on an empty stomach; however, if taken with food, the possibility of a niacin flush may be reduced. Taking more than one capsule at a time increases the possibility of a niacin flush.