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Louise Pyne

You’d be NAD not to get to grips with this healthy ageing molecule

Studies suggest the body’s natural levels of NAD decline as you get older - (iStock)

As our beloved NHS continues to wobble, anyone with an ounce of sense has turned their attention to preventative healthcare. Time to get intimately acquainted with NAD, then.

It’s a trending ingredient in longevity science and has been lauded as a “can-do” everything molecule. More formally known as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD is essentially a bioactive form of vitamin B3 and an essential coenzyme found in every single cell of the human body.

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