Actually, they're not using NAD, but NMN - nicotinamide mononucleotide. If I remember correctly, you can't administer NAD directly (or at least not at the levels they want) because of its hypoglycemic effect. Nicotinamide or niacin (Vitamin B3) should have a similar effect of raising internal NAD/NADH levels. and is much easier to find than NMN.
Of course, one drawback is that they are *injecting* massive amounts of NMN: half a gram per kg! Feel like injecting ~100g of an unproven-in-humans chemical into your body?
Patrik
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 11:47:08 AM UTC-8, RobbG wrote:
-- Of course, one drawback is that they are *injecting* massive amounts of NMN: half a gram per kg! Feel like injecting ~100g of an unproven-in-humans chemical into your body?
Patrik
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 11:47:08 AM UTC-8, RobbG wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25445748 NAD has been found to have the capability of restoring 60 year old muscles to function as 20 year old muscles. This is not only excellent news for muscles; but also for diseases such as type 2 diabetes which can be helped by having healthy muscle that can process glucose.The problem is that the treatment currently cost $1,000 per gram which would mean it would cost about $46,000 a day for treatment.This sounds like an opensource bio challenge. Can we find a more efficient way to produce NAD, make it available for anyone and avoid the huge pharma markup?
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