Dylan Gemelli

These are NAD precursors, so they're like VIP passes that converted into NAD once they're inside our cells, give our body the boost it needs from inside and out.

They're both great options, but if you want the most straightforward and efficient path to boosting your NAD levels, NMN has the edge.

All right.

Now, as I brought up earlier, you can't just take NAD directly.

Let's get into that a little bit more.

Why bother with NMN and NR if the point is to increase NAD itself?

Let me give you a more comprehensive answer on this.

NAD is a cornerstone molecule, like I said, for crucial cellular functions like fueling mitochondria, which is the battery of the cell, and aiding in DNA repair.

Cells value NAD so highly that they protect it

Ferociously, they have reinforced outer layers that act as a strong barrier to keep it safely contained.

And NAD itself is a very large molecule, but it doesn't readily cross the cellular membrane.

And that's assuming it can even get there in the first place.

So that's why we use NMN and NR.

They're smaller molecules.

And they're not only impressively resilient in our digestive tract, they're like special keys that unlock the steel doors to our cells.

And that access is what allows for NAD conversion once NMN and NR are safely inside, which is where they can be the most useful.

From a molecular standpoint, they're largely the same.

NMN, like I said, it has the additional phosphate group, which makes it physically bigger, but not by much and not nearly as big as NAD.

All right.

But the biggest difference here is what happens inside the cells and the conversion to NAD, which is obviously the goal.