What is NMN?
NMN, also known as nicotinamide mononucleotide, is a naturally occurring molecule present in all living organisms and is a direct precursor to NAD+. In other words, the body converts NMN into NAD+ when consumed via a 1-step conversion.
Before we explore the astonishing health benefits of NMN, let’s take a quick detour to get better acquainted with another vital compound called NAD+ and discover how these two kindred counterparts are related, their role in promoting optimal health, and why you should be incorporating it into your daily supplement regimen.
NAD+, the Real Hero
NAD+ is an essential molecule and vital to maintaining the health and integrity of our cells, tissues, DNA, and bodily processes. Declines in NAD+ levels have been linked to various age-related disorders such as cognitive decline, cancer, and other metabolic diseases.
NAD+ also operates like a spark plug for your cells, providing vital electrons to the mitochondria for cellular energy- much like recharging a depleted battery with the essential power needed to perform.
Why Not Just Take NAD+ for its Health Benefits?
Good question, but due to the molecular size, NAD+ cannot easily pass through the barrier of the cell membrane when taken by mouth. However, taking NMN can easily enter through these membranes via specific transporters and is far more effective at raising NAD+ levels than taking it directly in supplement form.
How Do Our Cells Change with Age?
“By middle age, levels of NAD+ fall to half of youthful levels.” states article by Harvard Medical doctors.
In an article titled Why NAD+ Declines During Aging: It’s Destroyed, scientists Michael B Schultz and David A. Sinclair from Harvard Medical School suggests our NAD+ levels drop by half at age 40. Conversely, increasing NAD+ levels fuels cells to ensure survival, increase energy production and utilization, boosts cellular repair, and coordinates circadian rhythms.
NAD: Declines in NAD+ levels have been linked to various age-related disorders such as cognitive decline, cancer, and other metabolic diseases.
CD38/NADase: As cells degrade, levels of the CD38 enzyme increase, which breaks down NAD and causes cellular levels to decline.
Study shows NMN significantly raises NAD+ levels
In a Japanese study, researchers recruited 42 healthy adults between the ages of 20 and 65 years old to undergo a placebo-controlled, randomized, double blind, parallel-group trial to measure the effectiveness of NMN at raising NAD+ levels compared to placebo.
Subjects were given either 125mg of NMN twice daily (250mg per day) or a placebo for 12 weeks. NAD levels for the group taking NMN saw levels rise as high as 108% whereas the placebo group saw little to no change.
NMN Preserves Telomeres to Protect Against Aging
This progression of flawed cells continually making copies of each other and replacing our healthier cells leads to the aging process. NMN acts as the guardians of our DNA by fortifying and lengthening these Telomeres and in turn improving the integrity of our cells and the quality of our healthspan.
What are Telomeres?
In the nucleus of each cell, there are tiny bundles of DNA strands called chromosomes. Telomeres are the caps on the ends of your chromosomes that protect your DNA.
Telomeres protect against aging, but decline as you get older.
For our bodies to heal and function properly, cells must divide to replace old, worn out ones. Telomeres prevent genomic instablity during this division, but shorten and fray with age.
But That’s Not the Whole Story...
The rate of change of your telomere length is very individual and can be affected, both positively and negatively, by many contributing factors. And because telomere length changes over time, knowing your age in TeloYears reveals actionable and inspiring knowledge about how well you’re aging at the level of your DNA.
The secret weapon
Human studies on NMN have been shown to:
108%What are the experts saying about NMN?
Happy Cells™ raises NAD levels to help support
How is Happy Cells™ different?
Happy Cells™ provides a full recommended and researched dose of 500mg of NMN per capsule for an easy to use 1 a day formula.
Happy Cells™ also includes Bioperine®, a patented and clinically proven bioavailability enhancer which has been shown to increase absorption of vitamins and nutrients up to 250% or more.
Happy Cells™ tests each batch of finished goods via 3rd party independent laboratories to ensure you get the purest and cleanest product available on the market. We test each batch every time for the following:
- PURITY AND POTENCY
- HEAVY METALS: ARSENIC, CADMIUM, MERCURY, AND LEAD
- YEAST, MOLD, STAPH, E. COLI, SALMONELLA, AND MORE
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