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Boundless Life

Could NAD IVs Be Bad For You (& How To Boost NAD Naturally), With Dr. Nichola Conlon

Boundless Life

Ben Greenfield

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.6 β€’ 5.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this fascinating episode, Dr. Nichola Conlon, molecular biologist and founder of Nuchido, breaks down what NAD actually is, what it does inside your cells, and why most popular strategies for boosting it, including NAD IVs, patches, and high-dose NR or NMN, may be fundamentally flawed based on molecular biology. 

You’ll discover why NAD declines by half every 20 years, why the NAMPT enzyme and not a shortage of raw material is the real bottleneck, and why flooding the body with precursors without fixing the salvage pathway can actually strain your methylation pathways rather than raise NAD. 

You’ll also explore how inflammation through the cluster of differentiation 38 (CD38) enzyme silently drains NAD faster than almost anything else, what a gold standard double-blind placebo-controlled crossover clinical trial on Nuchido TIME+ actually showed, and why NAD sits at the intersection of energy production, cellular repair, sleep, skin health, and biological aging. 

Dr. Nichola Conlon (BSc, MRes, PhD) specializes in cellular aging. After a career in drug development, Dr. Nichola founded Nuchido, driven by her belief that cutting-edge science should not lie hidden. At Nuchido, Dr. Nichola’s work focuses on delivering disruptive innovation in the field of anti-aging, rejuvenation, and healthspan. It has led to the development of Nuchido TIME+, a dietary supplement clinically proven to boost NAD+ and reverse biological age. Unlike standard precursors such as NMN or NR, Nuchido TIME+ uses a systems-based approach to target the root causes of NAD+ decline. 

πŸ‘‰You can use code BEN20 to save 20% off your first purchase of Nuchido TIME+ here. 

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0:00.0

My name is Ben Greenfield, and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast, I think a lot of people

0:06.1

don't really realize what an NAD supplement actually is. An important point to make is that NAD is

0:13.7

naturally found in every single cell in our body anyway. There's two main things to remember when it

0:19.4

comes to NAD that it's important for.

0:21.5

The first thing is energy production in our mitochondria. And the second thing is for cellular

0:26.2

maintenance and repair. That's general rule of thumb. High NAD, lots of energy, lots of repair,

0:31.6

low NAD, less energy, less repair. That's like how you can remember it in the most simplest terms.

0:37.7

Welcome to the boundless life with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. I'm a personal trainer,

0:43.5

exercise physiologist, and nutritionist, and I'm passionate about helping you discover

0:47.9

unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity, and beyond.

0:58.4

So. Fitness, longevity, and beyond. Strawberry-flavored longevity gummies.

1:02.1

Are you kidding me?

1:03.2

They're the mitopure gummies, jam-packed with the active ingredient, urolithin,

1:10.5

which is essential for your mitochondrial health.

1:13.7

So these little gummies each contain about 250 milligrams of urolithin A.

1:19.5

So four gummies would get you the dose that has been shown in studies now to improve strength and improve endurance.

1:27.4

And of course course support the renewal

1:30.3

of mitochondrial function, a key driver of healthy aging. So these gummies, the way I do it, I keep

1:37.3

them in my freezer. I'm just saying I might be breaking the rules here and I might get in

1:41.9

trouble with mitopier for telling you this, but I do. I keep in my freezer because I like them like really, really chewy. My dentist

1:48.6

probably hates that also, but this is just what I do. And I put them on top of my smoothie

1:53.9

as like a really chewy thing that I got to get through as I eat my morning smoothie. And it's

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