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by monktastic1 1802 days ago
Are you aware of studies showing that B3 boosts NAD+? This summary (from last year) seems to suggest there is little to no such evidence: https://www.endocrinology.org/endocrinologist/135-spring20/f...

Edit: found at least one study since then, written about here. https://www.lifespan.io/news/niacin-increases-nad-significan...

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https://www.elysiumhealth.com/en-us/science-101/the-benefits...

B3 is a precursor to NAD+ but you also need some amino acids to make it.

Taking NMN directly also had some health issues that were discovered recently. More importantly it can speed up cancer if you are predisposed to it or if you already have undiagnosed cancer.

as far as I can remember, one of the treatments of cancer is removing nmn from body.