Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Miracle Nutrients for Longevity & Ageless Beauty
- Why is vitamin B3 called the key to longevity?
- How much vitamin B3 do I need?
Medical Video: 5 Miracle Nutrients for Longevity & Ageless Beauty
Always looking young and longevity will always be a prayer or hope when you celebrate a birthday. WellThis may now not only be a prayer or hope on your birthday. According to research, vitamin B3 can be the key to your longevity and youth, you know! How can? Continue reading this article.
Why is vitamin B3 called the key to longevity?
Vitamin B plays an important role for the body. This substance can help growth, development and other bodily functions. One of them is vitamin B3 or also known as niacin. This vitamin is needed to convert fat, protein and carbohydrates from the food you consume into energy that can be used. Vitamin B3 also helps your body form new DNA.
If you consume vitamin B3 (niacin) either through food or supplements, this vitamin will be converted into two different forms namely nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP). Both forms of vitamin B3 can be powerful antioxidants that can protect you from excessive free radical damage. Then, does this make vitamin B3 the key to longevity?
When your body destroys niacin to nicotinamide to produce energy, there is a molecule that plays a role in this process, which is an enzyme called sirtuin. Sirtuin has the ability to slow down some of the genes in your body that contribute to the aging process.
In 2013, a researcher at the University of New South Wales found an increase in the ability of mitochondria or centers of cell production when injecting NAD in laboratory animals. The ability of the mitochondria from time to time will decrease and can trigger the aging process. The research found that NAD injections can increase strength and restore mitochondrial function to a 'younger' form.
In the study, two-year-old mice were given NAD injections for one week. Well, at the end of the study week, rats were observed again and mice that had received NAD injections for one week became younger as six months of age. The age of two-year-old mice according to the study is the same as the age of humans who are 60 years old. The results of this study have been published in the biology research journal, Journal Cell.
The NAD injection formula given to mice was then rearranged to be tested in humans. If the formula works in humans, the researchers hope this can reduce the risk of diabetes, cancer, dementia, osteoporosis, arthritics, and heart disease.
How much vitamin B3 do I need?
You can get the best source of vitamin B3 that you can find in milk, nuts, eggs, fish, beef, and chicken. When you consume foods that contain vitamin B3 or supplements, there will be destruction of vitamin B3 into NAD. However, don't expect the results will be the same as research.
Research conducted by Harvard University and South Wales University has different vitamin B3 'formulas'. The daily requirement of vitamin B3 is 13 mg for women and 17 mg for men. You are not recommended to take vitamin B3, excess recommended daily intake without doctor's supervision. Research that makes vitamin B3 the key to longevity still needs to be developed to be perfect and can be used by humans.
