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The Ben Azadi Show

The NAD Crisis: Why Your Energy, Memory, and Metabolism Are Collapsing After 40 — And the Exact Steps to Reverse It With Ben Azadi | #1300

The Ben Azadi Show

Ben Azadi

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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💊 Wonderfeel (NAD supplement): https://bit.ly/4cMNSwL  FREE GUIDE: The World’s Easiest Breakfast Diet To Melt Fat HERE - https://bit.ly/4ryX1yC 📚 🎁  Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today to receive immediate access to a FREE course on metabolism with exclusive interviews from Dr Daniel Pompa, Dr Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, Cynthia Thurlow & more. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) After 40, your body doesn't just age — it runs out of power. In this episode, Ben Azadi sits down with a Harvard-trained physician to unpack one of the most important and overlooked molecules in the human body: NAD (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide). NAD controls your energy, metabolism, brain function, muscle strength, and immune health — and it starts declining as early as age 20. By your 50s, you've already lost half of it. The result? Afternoon energy crashes, brain fog, stubborn weight gain, poor sleep, and slower recovery. But here's the truth: this isn't just aging. It's an energy crisis happening inside your cells. Ben breaks down the hidden enzyme CD38 — which actively destroys NAD and increases with age — and explains how inflammation, leaky gut, and poor food choices are quietly accelerating the process. He also reveals why ketosis is a powerful tool for NAD preservation, how intermittent fasting helps restore cellular energy, and why single-ingredient whole foods are the foundation of any real anti-aging strategy. You'll walk away with three simple moves to spare, create, and protect your NAD levels — and understand why fixing your energy at the cellular level is the key to looking and feeling years younger. Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Pay attention to this because after 40, your body doesn't just age, it runs out of something

0:05.8

very important. And once that drops, your energy crashes, your fat loss stalls, and your brain

0:13.5

literally slows down, which is why cognition slowly fades away. And it's not just a slow decline

0:19.8

either. It accelerates the more deficient you are. And it's not just a slow decline either. It accelerates the more deficient

0:23.2

you are. And here's the scary part. There's something inside your body actively draining it.

0:29.6

Real quick, I'm Benazotti. I'm a New York Times bestselling author, formerly obese, and I've helped

0:34.9

thousands of people take control back over their health. And my community

0:39.1

has reported over one million pounds of fat loss. Anyway, I recently sat down with Harvard

0:45.3

trained physician. And what he explained? Just completely changed how I look at aging. Because

0:52.5

this isn't just another anti-aging trick.

0:55.2

This is the foundation of energy itself.

0:57.9

It's called N-A-D,

1:00.8

nicotidamide, adenine, dynucleotide.

1:04.2

Long and boring name, right.

1:06.0

I know, so I call it N-A-D.

1:07.7

And don't scroll away because this is one of the most important molecules

1:10.7

in your entire body. And nobody't scroll away because this is one of the most important molecules in

1:11.2

your entire body. And nobody seems to be talking about this. It directly controls your energy,

1:17.2

your metabolism, your brain function, even muscle strength, and your immune health. And it's in

1:23.3

every single cell. But here's the problem. It starts dropping at around age 20. And by the time

1:30.1

you're in your 50s, you've already lost half of it. Most people think aging is about time. It's not.

1:37.5

Aging is an energy crisis. And it's happening inside yourselves. That's why some people, your exact

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