NAD+ or Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide is a chemical in the body which is a protein and an enzyme. NAD+ is an essential regulator of human metabolism which is implicated in over 300 functions in the cell which is called enzymatic reactions. Without NAD+ in our body, we would die within 30 second. The NAD+ Enzymes works as the fuel and speeds up chemical reactions in our cells and is used a substrate for other proteins to do their job. For example, for the Sirtuins (longevity genes) and the PARPS (enzymes involved in cell regeneration and DNA repair) and our mitochondria which is responsible for energy production.

Sirtuins need NAD+ to regulate cell health. NAD+ production in the body decline as we age. We peak in NAD+ production at the age of 25 NAD+ starts to decline from there. Many people start experiencing a decline in energy and focus by the age they turn 27 and by 50, a person would have less than half the amount of NAD+ in their body. As we age, we no longer produce as much NAD+ in our body and at the same time, our body needs more NAD+ to fuel the repair and damage in our body. Our body’s ability to recycle the use of NAD+ also degrades causing a further depletion of NAD+ on our already decreasing level of NAD+ resulting in aging and age-related diseases. NAD+ further protects and stores the information to be young. When genes turn on and off, information is lost overtime and genes get dysregulated. Dr David Sinclair likens the information that is lost in our genes to being like a scratched compact disk. The high NAD+ levels preserve that information in our genes to prevent epigenetic alterations in our body.

There are various benefits of high NAD+ levels such as:

By boosting NAD+, you will be able to not only preserve cellular functions, but also optimize your DNA repair capabilities and stabilize the epigenomic noise. The sooner you embark on an anti-aging regime, the better you can maintain your healthspan and prevent age-related disease.

As NAD+ is a large molecule, when you supplement with NAD, the cells are not able to absorb it. One way you can boost NAD+ is through the proven way of supplementing with a NAD+ precursor such as NMN as found in our supplement NMN Boost+.