Seven Ways Your Body Makes Energy
Energy is life. Our bodies are an intricately complex system built for the essential task of generating and dispersing energy. Believe it or not,...
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What Are Free Radicals?
In 1954, biochemist Dr. Denham Harman proposed the “Free Radical Theory of Aging,” hypothesizing that people age because our metabolic processes produce free radicals—unstable...
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Exercise and NAD+
Energy metabolism fuels every exercise you do—from running marathons to lifting weights. The body uses three different systems of energy metabolism: the phosphagen system,...
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How Drinking Affects Your Cells
Linking excessive drinking to bad health isn’t a surprise, but how does it affect your cellular health? Oxidative stress. Too much drinking triggers...
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What Is a cGMP Facility?
It’s always important to know where the items we use in everyday life come from and how they’re made. Whether the products we buy...
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Answering the Big Questions about Aging
Few of us question why we age. We want solutions and we want them now. How do we get rid of our grey hairs, treat...
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Energy, Age, and Estrogen
By Dr. Alyssa Dweck, practicing gynecologist and ChromaDex spokesperson. Women who come into my office often ask me the same thing: How do some...
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How Poor Diet Affects Your Cells
The current strain of the stay-at-home lifestyle has already led to poor dietary choices for many. Whether you’re finding it hard to source healthy...
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How a Sedentary Lifestyle Affects Your Cells
In the midst of a global health crisis, people all over the world have been confined to their homes for prolonged periods of time....
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Could the Key to Better Hair and Skin Begin Inside of Us?
When we look in the mirror, it can be hard to imagine how our cells have anything to do with the image staring back...
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Effects of Prolonged Blue Light Exposure
During an era of social isolation, most of us are spending more time in front of screens than ever. What are the effects of...
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Four Tips to Stay Healthy and Motivated at Home
By Dr. Alyssa Dweck, practicing gynecologist and ChromaDex spokesperson. While the world must hunker down at home during this unprecedented time, it’s easy to...
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Why Some Of Our Best Habits Are Actually “Bad” for Us
For many of us, the quest for better health can feel overwhelming. It seems like almost every day we discover something new that’s bad...
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A 10-Minute Workout You Can Do at Home (With No Equipment)
By Jen Cohen, host of “Habits & Hustle” podcast, fitness authority, best-selling author, and Forbes columnist. As a mom of two… at home...
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Nicotinamide Riboside vs NMN: Debunking the NMN Science
Niagen® (nicotinamide riboside) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) are two well-known NAD+ precursors, but NMN falls short as a safe and effective supplement to elevate...
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Is Nicotinamide Riboside Really an Anti-Aging Supplement?
The term “anti-aging” gets a bad reputation. It sounds like we’re trying to stop something that’s already well underway, or like we can’t embrace the...
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Five Ways Personalized Nutrition Can Support Wellness
By Dr. Michael Roizen, Emeritus Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic and Chair of the Persona Nutrition Medical Advisory Board. Walking into...
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What Is an NAD+ Supplement?
NAD+ is an acronym for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, an essential coenzyme required by every living cell in your body to help generate energy. Without NAD+,...
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Nine Surprising Ways Your Body Uses NAD+
It’s strange to say a molecule is getting “press,” but that’s exactly what’s happening to NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) in publications ranging from Wired to Shape. NAD+...
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NAD vs NAD+ vs NADH - What’s the Difference?
NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a collective term for all the different forms NAD takes throughout the various chemical processes it takes in our...
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The History Behind the Science of Aging
Ever since the first human saw their reflection in water, we've sought to reverse—or at least hide—the effects of aging. Our efforts over the centuries...
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What Is NAD+?
NAD+ is an acronym for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. NAD+ is a coenzyme found in every living cell in your body. A coenzyme is a...
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Mitochondria - The Powerhouse of the Cell
What are mitochondria? You may have heard mitochondria associated with the moniker, “the powerhouse of the cell”. How did they earn that nickname? Mitochondria...
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How Does Cellular Repair Work?
Every day, our bodies carry out all manner of tasks for us. From the moment we wake through the deepest phase of our sleep...
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