"Good things are ours for the asking, if we are willing to participate in the work. It is W and W - Work and Wait!"
We are a society that is fast-paced...well, at least in New York City or any other major city. It is amazing in other cities, states and countries where it is slow paced. We can ask our Higher Power not only when things are bad, but especially when things are good. I find this better since most of us, or rather I, can easily self-sabbotage a good thing. Participating in the work is really participating in life. Being present for the moment and not dwelling on the past - maybe a fast glimpse of the past and not predicting the future. Sounds silly, but it is not projecting into the future. The future can be the next day, the next week, or the next moment. Breathe, breathe, breathe 4-7-8 (go back to that March Blog); Work and wait! Work and Wait! Let life happen as it should.
Yesterday, I did a blog on Hashimoto's thyroidits. I did finally get to incorporate Niacin, which is really what I wanted to discuss. Niacin or nicotinic acid is converted to nicotinamide, which becomes a vital coenzyme for the mitochindria to make NAD. Boy, those powerhouses of every cell come up very often! Until 1918, symptoms such as muscle weakeness, diarrhea and tremors baffled scientists. The disease entity for these symptoms is called Pellagra. You cannot randomly take niacin because megadoses can be toxic. This is not a Linus Pauling vitamin (Vitamin C megadoser).
In the past, the southern states have more Pellagra since the staple food was cornmeal and not protein. A low protein diet must have some supplementation with niacin. Niacin deficiency has been linked to heart disease and cancer. Niacin is a type of B vitamin. It is water-soluble, which means it is not stored in the body. Leftover amounts of the vitamin leave the body through the urine., which means you need a continuous supply of such vitamins in your diet.
Niacin can be formed in the body from tryptophan - an essential amino acid found in meat, poultry, fish and eggs. Therefore, if your diet contains these foods, your need for niacin from other sources will be reduced. I would recommend more fish (providing these fish are low in mercury, rather than meats). For those fish lovers, avoid tuna, swordfish, catfish, bottom dwelling fish and all crustaceans.
The photograph above was taken in Ithaca. It is a Buttercup (Ranunculus). It is a large genus of about 400 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae family, which includes the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine (but not the greater celandine of the poppy family Papaveraceae).
They are mostly herbaceous perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few have orange or red flowers and occasionally, as in R. auricomus, petals may be absent. As you can see, the buttercup above is a yellow flower species. Buttercups usually flower in April or May but flowers may be found throughout the summer especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case of garden weeds.
All buttercup species contain varying amounts of toxins and acrid-containing compounds. For this reason, I would not use it internally or externally. Perhaps there is a species that one can use since there are 400 species. Again, as in life, it takes more learning and researching...
By the way, there is no relation between the vitamin B, niacin and the buttercup. That is the beauty of a blog--all topics in one blog DO NOT ALWAYS have something in common.
Until tomorrow...
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