Peter Attia· MD
it clearly raises HDL cholesterol and it lowers APO B doesn't it it does it lowers triglycerides it lowers APO B it lowers LDL all modestly but really Peter and niacin I just chuckled because niacin is one of these areas where we as lipidologists and me personally have to really eat a bit of crow there was a time when I prescribed niacin to a lot of patients with primarily the idea that it was the only thing we had to raise HDL this was in an era where HDL is the good cholesterol and raising it must be good right I also told myself well niacin does lower triglycerides it lowers APO B it lowers LDL it also as I'm sure you know modestly lowers LP little a as well about 15 lowering of it yeah 15 20 yeah basically was was like this is a nice broad spectrum lipid lowering drug