Niacinamide or Nicotinamide Riboside: The Best Option for You

9 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Matt Kelly. This content was uploaded by Matt Kelly. This is a YouTube video titled "Niacinamide or Nicotinamide Riboside: The Best Option for You" (uploaded 2025-01-09T21:03:52+00:00). The excerpt is a single-speaker discussion explaining NAD+ boosting supplements, comparing nicotinamide riboside (NR) and niacinamide/niacinamide (nicotinamide). The speaker states NR produces faster, perceptible energy effects at doses like 100–300 mg, while niacinamide is a cheaper, slower-acting option for long-term NAD support and may require chronic use (e.g., 1,000 mg) to show effects. The content is informational/advice about supplementation and NAD metabolism.

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The way I look at it is if money is no object, which of course it always is, you really need NAD, nicotinamide riboside is gonna be a faster way to get there. If you just want chronic long-term support beyond your diet to form NAD, take supplemental niacinamide, which is much less expensive but takes a lot longer to work. The difference, for example, is I can take 1,000 milligrams of niacinamide and I won't really feel, you know, any energy change perceptibly. But if I take it over time, You know, I probably will. If I take nicotinamide riboside, NR, and I take 100, 200, 300 milligrams, I will often feel an energy shift that day, sometimes within an hour. So nicotinamide riboside, you do feel more. So that's what NAD+ is, and that is kind of what's behind the different types of supplementation.