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See also: Vitamin C
VITAMINS
U.S. consumers spend about 12 billion dollars on vitamins and dietary supplements a year. (1999). Japan with less than half the population spends almost 11 billion dollars a year.
Niacin or vitamin B-3, also known as nicotinic acid is a water soluble vitamin related to a tobacco alkaloid, and is used to treat pellagra. Good sources are meat, poultry, fish, peanuts, and whole grain cereals.
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