Can Be Niacin Deficiency One Of The Reasons Of High Estrogen In Some People?

[Lucenzo01]

Estrogen is used to conver triptophan to niacin. Maybe the body is increasing estrogen to get niacin when it's absent from food?

 

[mosaic01]

The basic idea behind stress hormones is their compensatory effect in the absence of the other more regenerative substances, providing the needed energy.

Since niacin is one of the most important substances in the body, a deficiency would increase several markers of stress, including estrogen. About the specific biochemistry I can't say much.

 

[Such_Saturation]

Estrogen tends to interfere with the formation of niacin from tryptophan. Tryptophan, rather than forming the sedative niacin (pyridine carboxylic acid), can be directed toward formation of the excitatory quinolinic acid (pyridine dicarboxylic acid) by polyunsaturated fatty acids.

http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/rosacea-inflammation-aging.shtml

 

[Luann]

I have niacinamide I'm not taking. I get enough tryptophan to convert into my RDA of niacin, definitely enough, so do I need to take the niacin at all?

 

[danishispsychic]

interesting because on the days that i run out of yellow red bull ( niacin ) i feel more estro. makes sense. time to re order.

 

[Shai Hulud]

Rosacea, inflammation, and aging: The inefficiency of stress

Can someone guide me to the source for the claim that estrogen can elevate QA? Everything I find says Estrogen elevate Serotonin and block the B6-dependent enzymes in the kynurenine pathway, which would lower QA (less flow through this pathway). is there a direct action on QPRT?