NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) is a precursor to NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), a coenzyme found in all living cells. Increased intracellular levels of NAD+ trigger shifts in all living species that enhance survival, including boosting energy production and increasing the rate of cellular repair.
NMN supplementation may be an effective anti-aging intervention. One of the ways NAD+ levels can be increased is supplementing with NAD precursors, such as NMN. When taken orally, NMN is absorbed and converted to NAD+ in the body.
1. Improves Brain Function
NMN has been shown to increases blood flow to the brain and improve cognitive function in mice. When the blood vessels in our brain become clogged, we can have a stroke, whereby our brain tissue becomes damaged. NMN has been shown not only delay stroke onset, but also to prevent stroke damage, and improve cognition and mitochondrial health after stroke in rodents.
2.Restores Blood Vessel Health
Our blood vessels transport vital nutrients to each of our cells. As we age, our blood vessels become rigid and more susceptible to blockage, which can lead to heart attack or stroke. NMN has been shown to reverse vascular aging by restoring blood vessel elasticity in mice.
3.Improves Muscle Function.
NMN improves muscle strength and performance in older men, and enhances oxygen utilization and exercise endurance in middle-aged runners. On the other hand, another NAD+ precursor called nicotinamide riboside (NR) does seem to improve muscle function.
4.Promotes Healthy Heart
Our heart can barley afford to skip a beat before death ensues, leaving little room to wonder why heart disease is the worldwide leading cause of death.
5.Aids in Cancer Therapy
One of the most new and promising therapies against cancer are called immunotherapies. These therapies utilize immune cells to suppress tumor growth.
6.Protects Against Obesity and Diabetes
Obesity is linked to a wide array of metabolic deficiencies, including insulin resistance — when are cells cannot utilize glucose due to impaired insulin signaling — which can lead to diabetes. Mitochondria are the final cellular destination for the food we eat to be converted into energy, making them of key importance in metabolism and related diseases
7.Could Treat Eye Aging and Injury
Macular degeneration is an age-related disease involving the degeneration of a region of the retina that allows us to see clearly. Thus, more severe forms of macular degeneration can cause blindness. NMN has been shown to repair the mitochondrial dysfunction associated with macular degeneration in mice.
8.Promote Organ Health
In addition to slowing down aspects of the aging brain, vasculature, muscle, heart, metabolism, and eye, NMN has also been shown to rejuvenate bone stem cells and promote bone formation in rodents. It also reverses intestinal aging, protects against age-related kidney deterioration, and inhibits the onset of liver fibrosis in rodents. Thus, NMN also slow aspects of aging bone, intestines, kidney and liver.
9.Revitalizes Reproduction
With age comes fertility problems, especially with women. This stems from problems with oocyte (egg) quality.
10.Enhances Maintenance of DNA Repair
Our DNA codes for the building blocks of our cells but accumulates damage as we age. Repairing DNA damage can prevent age-related diseases.
