There’s been a lot of confusion lately regarding the possible connection between NAD+ boosting vitamin supplement Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Reviews) and cancer. You can read more HERE. Fortunately, this past week, Matt Fuchs, editor-in-chief of Leaps.org asked NAD+ expert Dr. Charles Brenner (FAQs) about the issue during the “Making Sense of Science” podcast. Key quotes and podcast embedded below:

At the 31:20 Mark of the Podcast Below:

HOST:

“Speaking of NR, I do want to get back to NR and ask about the relationship that’s been talked about in some places between NR and cancer.

And from what I understand, there’s some subset of people who may be taking NR wouldn’t be good for them because cancer cells could potentially thrive off of additional NAD footing the system.

Am I describing that correctly or am I overstating the potential for that to happen?

DR. Brenner:

“So, NR is not to treat a disease or condition right now.

It’s a wellness product.

When people have diseases and conditions, we tell them to ask their doctor.

As a PhD scientist, I’m not going to tell people what to do.

That said, we know that in very large population studies that were done in Australia, that Nicotinamide, which is the nearest thing to Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Life Changing Consumer Anecdotes), was associated with lower skin cancer risk over multi year trials.

That there are animal studies in the context of liver cancer, breast cancer, and maybe some others in which NR has some anti-cancer activity.

In a rat trial that was done by Donna Hammond at University of Iowa, who’s interested in the effect of NR in prevention and reversal of neuropathy, she saw no increase cancer when she was inducing Carcinogenesis in rats.

And, so, generally we think NR is safe and helps cells repair DNA, and it would largely be expected to be a healthy thing.

But, whether there could be some rare tumors that would depend upon supplemented NR? Possible. I can’t exclude that possibility”

Related:

  • Does Vitamin Supplement Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” Increase Cancer Risk? (Link)
  • What are Pre-Clinical Studies Saying about Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) and its Impact on Cancer? (Link)
  • Does NMN Stimulate Cancer Growth? (Link)
  • Nicotinamide Riboside “NR” (FAQs) (Life Changing Anecdotes)

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