The excitement of travelling to a new country or city is a natural reaction. However, for many travellers crossing multiple time zones results in jet lag which brings irritability, grogginess, and disorientation as the body is trying to catch up on sleep and adjust to the new time zone. Fortunately, increasing NAD+ levels in the body can help to revitalise you, helping to make the most of your time on holiday.

Symptoms of jet lag

Jet lag occurs when your body’s internal clock is out of sync with the time zone at your destination. Jet lag symptoms include fatigue, sleep deprivation, irritability, and problems with digestion. These symptoms can disrupt your holiday or trip setting you back a day or few days for the body to reset its circadian rhythm or internal clock.

What is NAD+?

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, or NAD+, is one of the most important coenzyme’s found in all the living cells in our body. Often referred to as a longevity nutrient, NAD+ benefits the body in multiple ways including enhancing metabolism by converting nutrients into energy, increasing ATP in the cells which is required for energy, repair, and regulation of the multiple types of stress responses (environmental, hormonal and physical) to help overall health.

How does NAD+ help with jet lag?

NAD+ helps to prevent many of the symptoms of jet lag helping to improve:
 
Regulating circadian rhythm

• Energy production
  
• Improving sleep
  
• Brain function

The circadian rhythm is the body’s internal mechanism of regulating the sleep-wake cycle. NAD+ works with proteins, called sirtuins, which regulate biological processes. By supporting these proteins, NAD+ maintains a stable circadian rhythm which makes it easier for the body to adjust to the new time zones.

NAD+ is primarily involved in the production of energy for every single cell whether the cells are involved in repair, production of enzymes or other processes. NAD+ is essential to convert nutrients into energy providing cells with this energy to perform their role. This increased energy can help a wide variety of concerns associated with jet lag.

It may seem odd that a nutrient that enhances energy also improves sleep quality, however NAD+ stabilises the circadian rhythm which means that it helps regular sleep pattern which for many also leads to deeper, restful sleep.

NAD+ is vital for brain function because the brain consumes a vast amount of the body’s energy. It also helps to reduce inflammation in the brain which can lead to headaches.

Which supplement should I take and what dose?

The only way to quickly increase NAD+ at meaningful levels is through supplements such as DoSe NAD+ Generator. Unilke NAD+ supplements which due to the size of the molecule cannot be absorbed in any meaningful amounts, NAD+ Generator provides specific nutrients that increase NAD+ levels by over 27% usually within ten to fourteen days.

I suggest taking DoSe NAD+ Generator a week before travelling and during your stay to help reduce jet lag symptoms.