NADH and Alzheimers

Nicotinamide Adenine Diucleotide with high-energy Hydrogen (NADH) is also known as Coenzyme 1, the spark that ignites energy production in the body's cells. NADH's high antioxidant capacity is obtained from its ability to reduce levels of unwanted substances in the body. NADH plays a central role in DNA repair and maintenance, and in the cellular immune defense system.

The body normally makes its own NADH from niacinamide, but aging and disease slow the conversion. In the past, no one could deliver this highly active molecule in a form stable enough to exist in an oral prescription. European scientists have now succeeded in making coenzyme 1 available in supplement form.

In NADH studies, people with Alzheimer's disease improved in memory. In addition anyone else who uses the supplement may feel a pronounced surge of energy that helps athletic performance, depression, heart problems, and other ailments. Jorg Birkmayer, M.D., the Austrian researcher who developed the product, tested NADH on seventeen people with Alzheimer's, which shares many biochemical similarities with Parkinson's disease. All of his patients significantly improved their performance on standard memory tests. The progression of brain deterioration, presently an inevitable occurrence with the disease, was also slowed.