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NAD+

NAD+  IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF OUR CELLULAR ENERGY CYCLE

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NAD+

NAD+ is short for Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide. NAD+ is an essential coenzyme in the body that regulates cellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial function. The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell where energy is made and regulated. We now understand that mitochondrial health equals overall health. Increasing NAD+ levels results in more efficient gene transcription, energy regulation, DNA repair, gene expression, and cell signaling. Improving NAD+ levels is now considered the pivotal process for improving cardiovascular health, weight management, anti-aging, cognitive function, and neuroprotection. NAD+ is the most important cellular co-factor for improvement of mitochondrial performance and energy.

Chronic illness is a rampant medical condition plaguing millions. Many of these conditions often do not have a cure. If diet, nutrition and medication are not helping manage your chronic illness, NAD+ may be able to reduce your symptoms of chronic illness, including the often accompaning stress, depression, and anxiety.

 

Long-term stress depletes our mental and physical health in tremendous ways. It impedes our sleep, digestion, healing and cognitive abilities. Chronic stress can be an underlying contributor to autoimmune diseases, heart disease, osteoarthritis, obesity, depression, anxiety and more. Many mental health conditions cannot be explained by a chemical imbalance or deficiency alone, but experts are learning that NAD+ levels do play a role. If your depression or anxiety is caused by stress, medications, or mood disorders, we believe that it may benefit you to incorporate NAD+ into your treatment plan.

 

The treatment of NAD+ deficiency diseases is in it’s infancy. Although we’ve know for some time how dramatically effective NAD+ treatment is for drug and alcohol disorders, we’re now finding that it can be a very effective treatment for reduction of inflammation, Alzheimers Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, migraine headaches, PTSD, depression and RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy). NAD+ has already shown promise as a therapy for several neurogenerative conditions. Dr. Metsayer and his group at the Springfield Wellness Center have repeatedly shown that administering NAD+ clinically improves PTSD, RSD, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimers Disease. The clinical results are far greater than those results achieved by conventional pharmaceuticals.

To illustrate how powerful NAD+ is as a factor in aging, just look at the work of Dr. Sinclair and his colleagues at Harvard. They published a ground breaking paper which found that increasing NAD+ levels in older mice made the mitochondria of a 2 years old mice resemble those of a 6 month old mice when evaluated for critical biochemical markers of muscle health. In humans, that would be the equivalent of a 60 year old’s mitochondria becoming more like those of a 20 years old. The mitochondria were “rejuvenated”.

Scientists in Lausanne Switzerland showed that mice on a high fat diet who had their levels of NAD+ increased, gained 60% less weight than mice on the same high fat diet without the NAD+ levels increased. The scientists described the effects on metabolism as ” nothing short of astonishing”.

It's favorable profile on enhanced mitochondrial functioning and protection against age related axonal degeneration that demonstrate it’s ability to benefit patients with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimers Disease.

 

Nobel Laureate Dr. Roger Kornberg commented, ” ..to increase NAD+ in humans has significant positive implications and may be a cornerstone to developing solutions to delay or reverse the effects of aging, obesity and disease. “

Dysfunctional cellular energy metabolism in mitochondria is increasingly implicated in diseases of aging, autoimmune disease, muscle wasting, neuropathies and other conditions. 

 

Dr. Anvekar prescribes Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) for intravenous administration. NAD+ treatments are performed in our infusion room. While each infusion session typically takes a full 2-4 hours, the duration of NAD+ treatment typically requires 8 or more sessions to ensure complete results. At the end of treatment, patients report an increase in clarity with improved focus, higher energy levels and improvement in mood. 

Give us a call to schedule your sessions. Cost is $750 for one session, or $500 for one session when purchased with a total of 8 sessions.

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