Niacin is a water soluble B-Complex vitamin. You may have heard of it because very high dosages, what are referred to as pharmacological doses, are used to boost HDL cholesterol quite successfully; this is actually using a vitamin as a drug.

Normal aging is frequently accompanied by a decline in various memory abilities in many cognitive tasks; the phenomenon is known as age-related memory impairment (AMI). This mild condition is light-years away to the level of memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s disease which occurs in far fewer people.