I'm on my third day on Niagen and I'm loving it. I feel stronger, have more stamina, and my vitality is back. I've gone from being housebound and lying in bed and gasping for breath to exercising and taking care of things.
There have been many other changes but here are the highlights:
My joint pain is greatly reduced and the pain from my bunion is almost gone. My brain fog cleared up right away and I'm thinking and remembering things better. My balance improved and I have better proprioception. In fact, I feel nimble and quick. I'm also more flexible and not very sore. It feels like I'm building muscle mass because my legs are heavy but I have no trouble climbing stairs. Which, by itself, is really weird. Just a few days ago I had to haul myself up the handrail and stop for air. Now I don't even think about it.
I find I am hungry only for healthy foods and my body is very specific about what it wants. I'm more easily satisfied and then I don't want any more. My very unstable blood sugar is now amazingly stable. I can go for hours without eating, even without protein. I sleep well but don't need as much sleep. When I get up, I'm a lot warmer even though my apartment is cool.
I'm very aware of my body now like I used to be when I trained in aikido. I'm on point in a sort of physically intuitive way. It makes muscle testing easy but even better, I just know what I need. Sometimes I flash on an image but mostly I just know with absolute clarity: take one of these pills, buy that vegetable or fruit. And it's much easier to care of myself: cooking, cleaning, organizing, paying bills. It's like the straightjacket of executive dysfunction is finally being released.
My mood is also a lot better but that is in part due to taking the oustanding herbal formulas from Siddhi Energetics. However, Niagen gave me a real boost. My initial dose of 250 mg made me euphoric so I cut the next dose in half. I also tried beneGene and liked it. Now I'm taking them together. It's more subtle, and the cap is smaller. It's oxaloacetate in case you are wondering.
Today I added pterostillbene, an antioxidant and Sirt1 activator found in red sandalwood and blueberries. No noticeable reaction yet. But it might have energized me a bit: I lay down to go back to sleep and now I'm typing on my phone.
Regarding NADH, I do really well on that. I took 10 mg a day for years. But I like Niagen better: I feel a much deeper response. Fwiw, I am homozygous T:T for Sirtuin1. Sirt1 turns on AMPK which gets your mitochondria going. It also activates GTPCH1, the start of BH4 synthesis. Most importantly, it silences genes that start aging processes which gives your body a chance to repair itself.
Overall, I feel a deep sense of rejuvenation. The kind you can only get when you nourish Kidney jing rather than just yin and yang qi. I was so depleted just a few days ago that I'm extremely grateful and rather awed that this amazing new medicine came into my life.