Scientists don’t know if this anti-ageing molecule works. That’s not stopping people from trying it

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Scientists don’t know if this anti-ageing molecule works. That’s not stopping people from trying it
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NAD is currently being studied for potentially life-expanding benefits. Some people are getting in early.

Camilla Thompson has tried it in just about every form: pills, powder, a liquid compounded by her pharmacist. Not the intravenous injections or jabs, though – yet. It is “completely and utterly life-changing”, she says.

Professor Luigi Fontana says researchers have only preliminary data of NAD in humans, and it’s mostly negative. Instead, researchers are targeting diseases of ageing: memory loss, hearing loss, kidney disease, high blood pressure, insulin sensitivity.

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