Niacin Part 2

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He also completely misunderstood why continued large doses of niacin produce

less of a reaction over time:

" The interesting part of it is that it comes to a point where it doesn't turn on

a flush. This doesn't happen by conditioning of the body, that is not what

occurs. It runs something out.

What does it run out? We knew, from 1950, that it ran out sunburn, which is a

radiation burn. And in 1956 the symptoms those on the research program were

experiencing - the nausea, vomiting, skin irritations, colitis and nasal

disturbances which accompany radiation sickness - were also discharging with the

administration of niacin.

Niacin in 1956 was no longer just running out sunburn. It was running out

something which exactly paralleled radiation sickness.

On the Purification program, because quantities of niacin are taken and because

of the heat of the sauna, it is possible that it can have the effect of

discharging a certain amount, possibly not all, of the accumulated radiation in

people.

[Hubbard, Clear Body Clear Mind, p.37-38] "

In fact, the real reason is the exhaustion of the cells' stock of histamine, a

fact of which Hubbard appears to have been unaware. Despite this being proven

and experimentally demonstrable (for instance, taking an antihistamine prior to

a large niacin dose will reduce the flush, demonstrating the presence of

histamine), Narconon relies on Hubbard's bad science rather than the findings of

genuine medical research.

In recommending niacin overdoses, Hubbard actually intended to produce the flush

side effect. Niacinamide, another form of niacin which occurs naturally in the

body, does not produce a flush and so is rejected by Hubbard as " worthless " :

What the medical profession didn't realize was that niacin itself doesn't turn

on a flush - the flush is caused by the fact that sunburn or radiation is being

run out. Niacinamide is worthless for the purpose of running out radiation.

[Hubbard, All About Radiation, 1989 ed., p.181]

In other words, Hubbard mistook a symptom of toxicity for a desirable result.