Maintaining our health is crucial to enjoying more of life, especially as we age, but with the stresses and pressures of modern life, most of us need a helping hand in looking after ourselves. The healthcare industry has unlocked the potential of many vitamins and nutrients, but one that is often overlooked is Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+).
With extensive scientific testing and definitive research, we know that NAD+ can have a significant impact on age-related conditions and more. However, there are some specific benefits that can help men at many stages of life, but before we go through the benefits, it is a good idea to explain just what NAD+ is.
What is NAD+?
One of the body’s indispensable coenzymes, Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, occurs naturally within our cells, performing a number of essential tasks. It supports DNA repair and is a crucial component of the process that delivers energy to our cells, whilst also regulating overall cell health.
The problem is that the levels of NAD+ in the body fall over time, as we age, we simply produce less of it, and with less NAD+, those essential functions diminish too. The result is that the aging body is vulnerable to DNA damage, cells have less energy, and both our metabolism and cellular health degrades too. If you think about it, these are all things we associate with aging, and the lack of NAD+ is one of the key reasons why.
The Benefits of NAD+
But what if your body didn’t lose out on that NAD+, and instead of seeing levels diminish, you could maintain healthy NAD+ levels as you get older? Here are the benefits you could expect to see:
Reduced Effects of Aging
With higher levels of NAD+ delivering DNA repair, regulated cell health and boosting energy production, you will reduce the impact of aging on your body. This means more energy to live life to the full, but cellular regulation and repair help keep skin looking younger too, while helping you maintain overall wellness so you can make the most of every day.
Stay Focused
While those physical benefits have a huge impact on your life, there is perhaps something even more beneficial. NAD+ can help protect the brain from age-related problems. This means avoiding the dreaded brain fog and helping you stay focused and alert, just as you could when you were younger.
Maintain Muscle Performance
One of the early signs of aging in the body is seen in our muscles. The lack of response to training often signifies an aging body, but in particular, taking longer and longer to recover from a training session or other physical activity is one that most of us recognise. NAD+ therapy supports natural muscle growth and recovery, while providing the energy your body needs to maintain your lifestyle.
DNA Repair
NAD+ slows down the breakdown of your DNA, maintaining overall cellular health, and as levels of NAD+ fall, so we see more degradation and reduced longevity. By boosting NAD+ levels we give the body the ability to repair and restore DNA and combatting these issues.
Boost Metabolism
As a coenzyme, NAD+ is part of a range of processes in the body and is essential for converting the nutrients we take into our bodies into energy for cells, and also preventing the accumulation of waste in fat cells. By boosting NAD+ levels, we re-energise these processes, boosting metabolism.
Weight Control
With a more active metabolism, more energy in the body and a boosted sense of wellness, increased NAD+ levels help men maintain the focus and motivation to maintain or lose weight too.
Combatting Mental Health Issues
In addition to the more obvious health benefits for the body, NAD+ has proven to be beneficial in a range of mental health issues, including depression management. It is also known to be a valuable tool in addiction recovery, eliminating withdrawal symptoms. These benefits come partly from increased serotonin levels associated with higher NAD+ levels but also benefit from the improved sense of general well-being that NAD+ can bring.
How Do We Boost NAD+ Levels?
There are several ways to help raise those NAD+ levels, and that begins with your diet. Eating lean meats, fatty fish, legumes, nuts and seeds as well as whole grains and leafy greens all help the body synthesise NAD+, and represent a more balanced, healthier diet that will also benefit you in other ways. On the subject of diet, avoid alcohol and tobacco as much as possible too. Alcohol in excess really can harm your body, and both will deplete your NAD+ levels.
Being more active can help as well, studies have shown increased NAD+ levels in the body after physical exercise. For men, science recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week, or 75 minutes of more intense aerobic activity, alongside at least 2 muscle-strengthening activities.
This should be supported by quality sleep, which is not only good for your wellbeing, but also essential for cellular repair and allowing the body to produce NAD+. Create a steady routine so you go to bed and wake up in the morning at the same time every day to make the most of your rest time.
Modern life can be stressful, with the demands of work and social lives being more intense now than ever. Not only is this unpleasant, and has a significant impact on how you feel, but stress also reduces NAD+ production, among other things, so it really does make you less well.
NAD+ Therapy
While these changes to your lifestyle and diet will help boost NAD+ production and have a positive impact on your overall health, as we age it may not be enough. NAD+ Therapy boosts NAD+ levels throughout the body and delivers the results you want. This can be achieved through infusion therapy, or via NAD+ patches and nasal spray, restoring NAD+ levels and helping your body restore functionality.
There is an answer to aging, and NAD+ Therapy is the simple, all-in-one solution you need.