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Mary Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:18:47 -0400
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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

This is a response in support of Bob Dickinson's long post about
niacin and vitamin deficiencies that remain even in gluten-free
celiacs.

Nearly two years after becoming gluten-free, my test results turned
up a niacin inadequacy. Dr. Peter Greene at Columbia Presbyterian, a
celiac expert who has been quoted on this list from time to time,
recommended 50 mg. of niacin per day. I neglected to follow the
recommendation---in fact, I forgot about it for a couple of years. A
few months ago, I discovered my original notes and have added niacin
to my daily complement of vitamin pills. I hesitate to be definitive
about ascribing effect to cause, but I will say that my occasional
bouts of peripheral neuropathy have vanished.

Mary Brown
New York

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