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Yes, these supplements still work for me. One, 120mg dosage of Gingko Biloba once a day, after breakfast is still enough for me. It works great for my memory and alertness. Some people say that Gingko gives them a headache, so this lower dosage may work for them too.
Re: Niacinamide, I now only take two a day instead of three 500mg of Niacinamide, I take 2 capsules to equal 1000mgs after dinner because for some reason it also helps to lower my blood pressure a few points. That's an added blessing for me.
Let's stay Alert and Sharp,
HisJewel
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I take one 120mg capsule, once a day usually with breakfast. My mother used Nature's Bounty. I use whatever the sale is.
A little tip if you have anemia see if your doctor can help you to fix that. My memory was at it worst when my blood was low.
I could not find studies that give supplement amounts, so I just chose these two Pubmed studies for those interested:
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The measurement for the Niacin powder supplement should be on the back of the package or jar. My Niacin powder says 1/6th teaspoon for 500mgs, I saw another brand that said 1/5 of a teaspoon of the Niacin powder is 500mgs, and yet another brand of Niacin powder that came with a scoop that says 1000mgs is obtained by using the included scoop so that one would be half of a scoop for 500mgs of Niacin.
I have used the fifteen hundred mgs dose of the Niacin, but it seems the Ginkgo Biloba shows faster results for me. Perhaps it depends on why the memory is so slow, or hit and miss. My mother used Ginkgo Biloba. She always thought she would lose her memory because of normal forgetfulness. Her memory was sharp all her years and days. She had us helping her with somethings because of health; however, at 90 years old she was still balancing her on bank book, now that's awesome.
HisJewel
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If you want just niacinamide with no additives at all and you are going to open capsules to divide your doses, you can just order pure niacinamide bulk powder such as this which should be better and cheaper:
https://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-Vitamin-Niacinamide-Powder-grams/dp/B00GW2LXWO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1494483459&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=pure+bulk+niacinamide&th=1
For people who are planning to take multiple doses per day, as some people have reported doing for Alzheimer's Disease, here is a method that might make it easier to take.
Niacinamide is water soluble, so if you are willing to do the math, you could potentially figure the total dose you want to take per week and dissolve it into water, juice, a sports drink etc.. As a basic example, let's say you want to take a total of 1,000mg of niacinamide per day in 10 divided doses or 100 mg per dose.
You would multiply the 1,000 mg daily dose times 7 to get the weekly dose of 7,000mg. Take those 7,000 mg as weighed on a cheap digital scale and dissolve it into a liter of water, juice, gatorade etc. The liter needs to be divided into 70 equal doses of 14.285 ml or just under a half ounce and each dose should deliver approximately 100 mg of niacinamide. Measure out one dose and pour it into something like a shot glass.
Make a mark on the shot glass that is equal to 14.285 ml and this is where you will fill the shot glass to for each dose. You would take ten of these partial shots each day.
By the end of 7 days the bottle should be empty. There are a couple of variations on this, but it will be easier to drink this mix than take capsules all day long and you won't be getting all of the fillers and gelatin capsules.......just the niacinamide.
Art
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KH, I can't thank you enough for your post!
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In yesterday's post, I had reported that she had no side effects. She asked me to tell you that she tended to feel dizzy with physical exercise - for example, at the end of a walk. This is something that she has only reported since being on the niacinamide. I am just thrilled that she can remember having felt dizzy.
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She went from asking the same question every 60 seconds (for example, she would ask where my father was, we'd answer that he was in the hospital, then seconds later she'd ask again) and being unable to take a shower because she couldn't remember how to do it, to being 100% her old normal self pre-dementia.
She can now shower and dress herself and apply her own make-up. She is back to cooking my parents' meals. She keeps the house clean. She remembers answers to questions. She is able to participate in conversations. She remembers events of the past few years that she had completely lost. She knows what year it is. She knows her age and my father's age.
Also, she had gotten very erratic emotionally. Now she's got her old personality back.
She got it all back.
She had no trouble with side effects.
We've been tapering down her dosage to see how she handles it. Right now she's on 1000 mg time release 2x a day, and so far so good.
Niacinamide
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The B Vitamins are all water soluble, so like Vitamin C to get maximum flooding of body tissues they need to be taken in doses spread out throughout the day.
Any Search with about 4 of the keywords will return dozens of results. This one is late 2009:
How does niacinamide work?
Neurons are constructed with microtubules. These are scaffolding within the cells that conduct information. When the microtubules break down, the cells can die.
The tubules are like highways inside cells. Dr. Green said that niacinamide is "making a wider more stable highway. " Alzheimer's disease breaks down the highway (tubules). But niacinamide prevents this from happening.
I've previously told you how the toxic metal mercury also destroys these microtubules, potentially causing Alzheimer's disease. So anything that can prevent the damage or reverse it is a huge discovery.
Note that the mice were bred with a genetic defect to produce the amyloid plaques, so it seems the niacinamide just completely overrides that. IOW, it did not eliminate the plaques!
The articles in the Search give slight variants of the dosage. Another article says " 500mg 4 to 6 times/day".
If you have dementia of any kind, consider niacinamide, 1,500 mg twice daily.
