NAD For Proper Metabolism And Aging

Name: NAD For Proper Metabolism And Aging
Uploaded: 2025-01-14T17:00:21+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short YouTube monologue (Dr. Charles Mok) explaining NAD’s central role in metabolism and mitochondrial ATP production, noting that NAD levels decline…

14 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue (Dr. Charles Mok) explaining NAD’s central role in metabolism and mitochondrial ATP production, noting that NAD levels decline with age (speaker contrasts ~50 vs ~30). The video links NAD to activation of the SIRT1 (sirtuin) pathway, which the speaker describes as a silent inflammatory regulator whose activation may slow aging; this connection has spurred interest and a "race" to identify optimal NAD supplementation forms.

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NAD is essential for proper metabolism, proper metabolic function, proper mitochondrial function. It's a critical component of this ATP metabolic pathway. And our NAD levels decline as we age. Somebody 50 has less NAD available than somebody 30. And NAD is popularized as an anti aging compound because it appears to have a positive effect on the gene pathway called sirtuin s I r t 1. So Sirtuin is silent inflammatory regulator pathway is when turned on, it seems to slow down or mitigate the effects of aging. And when it's not active, we theoretically age faster. And this has led to the race to figure out how do we supplement nad? What's the best form.