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Robert Fried

πŸ‘€ Speaker
751 total appearances

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The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

We know that it's safe.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

So I think NAD's got a really nice, bright future.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

Now, it's a niacin derivative.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

You've said many times that it's safe.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

Is there any concern with regards to boosting NAD via supplementation and cancer risk?

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

Some say yes.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

Cancer cells have NAD.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

So if you're gonna elevate NAD in a cancer cell, you're gonna make the cancer cell stronger.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

So there is clearly some risk.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

However, exercise elevates NAD.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

So would you advise somebody who's been diagnosed with cancer to not exercise or not sleep or not eat well?

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

The anti-cancer properties dramatically outweigh the cancer-enhancing properties.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

But just in case, we also brought onto our scientific advisory board one of the leading cancer researchers at Scripps Research Institute, Bruni Felding.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

And she's done numerous studies on nicotinamide riboside and even all the range of vitamin B3s in a whole range of cancers, breast cancer, brain cancer, lung cancer, other cancers.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

And she's written white papers to show that it actually has much more anti-cancer properties than pro-cancer properties.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

But there are skeptics who say that.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

And there's a logic behind it.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

Yeah, it's interesting.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

I mean, my knowledge of the connection there is super cursory.

The Genius Life
541: Can a Pill Help You Live Longer? The Science Behind NAD and Longevity | Robert Fried

But yeah, I mean, I think it's like, you know, it's...