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Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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24.12.2016 |
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What did you just say? Nicotinamide riboside reduces endurance capacity?
The oh-so trendy anti-aging supplement nicotinamide riboside reduces endurance capacity. Greek sports scientists at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki report this in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. But even after reading the Greek study very carefully we'll still be taking our nicotinamide riboside.
Study
Half of the rats were given a daily dose of nicotinamide riboside for three weeks and the other half were not. At the end of the three weeks the rats had to swim to the point of exhaustion in an aquarium.
Results
Another study, however, showed that a similar dose of nicotinamide riboside actually increased endurance capacity.
It is so that a diet that is high in animal protein is often associated with an unhealthy lifestyle. No, we're not talking about natural bodybuilders and paleo diet adepts. These people are often health freaks. But in others a diet containing high amounts of animal protein is often accompanied by unhealthy lifestyle factors such as overweight, high alcohol consumption, smoking, high unhealthy fat intake and high blood pressure, to name but a few factors.
Conclusion
But...
The researchers gave their rats 300 mg/ kg bodyweight nicotinamide-riboside every day. The human equivalent of this dose, based on someone weighing 80 kg, is about 3400 mg. That's really an awful lot. Supplements manufacturers advise doses of 100-125 mg per day. Ergonauts experiment with doses of 300-500 mg per day.
What's more, the experimental animals were young. Users' experience shows that nicotinamide-riboside supplementation has an increasing effect the older the users are. Going by the information that users post, the effects of this supplement only become noticeable in people over the age of forty.
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