Australian geneticist Dr David Sinclair PhD is currently researching longevity at Harvard Medical School. In his 2019 book “Why we age - and Why we don’t have to” he gives us some practical tips on how to activate vital cellular processes to help keep our body youthful and energetic, something most of us definitely want!
David tells us of a busy little intracellular molecule called Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) a Coenzyme manufactured in all living cells, which is vital to the production of energy, and to hundreds of essential biological processes. It falls by 40% between the ages of 40 and 60, and continues falling as we get older. This is the reason we start feeling more tired as the years go by, than we did in our 20s and 30s.
The good news is that there are ways to stimulate our cells to make more NAD+ and one of those is to provide its nutritional precursor. Each cell in our body can turn a special type of Vitamin B3 called Nicotinamide Riboside into NAD+. A human trial showed that supplementing with a standardized dose of NR for 2 months was able to increase NAD+ by 40%.
As well as facilitating energy production NAD+ also acts as a co-factor for a family of enzymes called Sirtuins which switch genes on and off, & regulate many metabolic functions significant from the standpoint of aging – including DNA repair and genome stability, inflammatory response, apoptosis, and mitochondrial energy production as well as mitochondrial biogenesis.
If you would like to explore what can be done to increase your energy and vitality call
Sunshine Coast Nutritionist and Kinesiologist Karen Emans on 0408 748 532
David tells us of a busy little intracellular molecule called Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) a Coenzyme manufactured in all living cells, which is vital to the production of energy, and to hundreds of essential biological processes. It falls by 40% between the ages of 40 and 60, and continues falling as we get older. This is the reason we start feeling more tired as the years go by, than we did in our 20s and 30s.
The good news is that there are ways to stimulate our cells to make more NAD+ and one of those is to provide its nutritional precursor. Each cell in our body can turn a special type of Vitamin B3 called Nicotinamide Riboside into NAD+. A human trial showed that supplementing with a standardized dose of NR for 2 months was able to increase NAD+ by 40%.
As well as facilitating energy production NAD+ also acts as a co-factor for a family of enzymes called Sirtuins which switch genes on and off, & regulate many metabolic functions significant from the standpoint of aging – including DNA repair and genome stability, inflammatory response, apoptosis, and mitochondrial energy production as well as mitochondrial biogenesis.
If you would like to explore what can be done to increase your energy and vitality call
Sunshine Coast Nutritionist and Kinesiologist Karen Emans on 0408 748 532