Marlene Merritt received her Doctor of Oriental Medicine. She has an additional Master’s degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Bridgeport.
very abundant in your body
Either NMN, the mononucleotide, or NAD, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide are very abundant in your body, > mM concentration. You need to take huge amount to make significant change of the body fluid concentration or cellular concentration of these nucleotides. Both of them can be easily synthesized from very common amino acids present at various food sources.
As for Pterostilbene, another phenolic antioxidant similar to resveratrol, is another thing you may or may not want take it. These type of phenolic compound tends to form oligomer after oxidation to form radical intermediates, thus usually involves a complicated chemistry in its oxidation process. I have been using similar compounds for my routine enzyme assays. These enzymes are participating oxidation/reduction reactions in human bodies. We often has trouble to know the final product structure of these phenolic compounds. It may cause more trouble to the liver and kidney to clear out from your body.
Take more "colored" vegetables and fruits could be a simple solution for detoxication in general, as these colored food provide plenty of antioxidant, both water soluble and lipid soluble.
Ah-lim Tsai, Ph.D. Division of Hematology, Internal Medicine & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program University of Texas Medical School at Houston
