Comment · Mon, December 23, 2019
NMN - Worth the money?
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hwtu · 15 points
Hello, is taking NMN worth the money?
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NamesNotRudiger · 1 points
Have you looked at this product? https://www.elysiumhealth.com/en-us/basis
It's not Nicotinamide mononucleotide, but rather Nicotinamide riboside, which apparently has some studies demonstrating that it raises NAD levels. I've been curious about giving it a shot, seems like something especially worth looking into as someone ages.
Another company TruNiagen sells an NR NAD booster as well I found here, they have a blog discussing the benefits (obviously in the favour of NR vs NMN):
https://blog.truniagen.com/home/2018/3/16/8-key-differences-between-nmn-nr
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Chromadex owns the patent for NR, and licenses it to TruNiagen and Elysium. So they have a vested interest in promoting NR over NMN. The research I have seen shows that NR raises liver NAD+, but not systemically. I have also tried both NR and NMN, and I have only noticed effects from NMN. The NR I trialed may as well have been inert.