Tech moguls are using this 20-cent diabetes drug to lose weight and reverse aging ----- Metformin

MAILONLINE ^ | 7 March 2023 | CASSIDY MORRISON

[dennisw]

Metformin, the gold standard for diabetes treatment, causes modest weight loss The cheap drug is popular among tech figures for purported anti-aging benefits

It is one of several highly popular tools out there for promoting weight loss

A cheap diabetes pill has become the latest craze among tech moguls who claim it can reverse aging and melt body fat - but it can cause explosive diarrhea.

Studies show the 20c pill promotes weight loss, while preliminary studies in mice models suggest the medication can improve life and health spans.

Metformin - the world's most common treatment for type 2 diabetes - has gained traction in recent years among people like Ariel Poler, a veteran angel investor in biotech, and Jim Mellon, a UK entrepreneur and co-founder of the biotech firm Juvenescence.

Metformin has in some ways been overshadowed in recent months by other, more effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic.

But those drugs can cost more than $1,000 a month, need to be injected regularly and are currently facing a national shortage.

[Trapper6012]

I take nicotinamide riboside, You must be referring to the assertions made about taking NMN. Without NAD+ floating around in our cells we would be dead. NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a critical coenzyme found in every cell in your body, and it’s involved in hundreds of metabolic processes. But NAD+ levels decline with age.

[aimhigh]

I’ve read articles about Metformin reducing some cancer rates by 50 to 75%.

[dennisw]

“I take NR for NAD+, 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in the am.”

Can you recommend a brand of NR?
Here is what Amazon has listed>>>>>>
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=nicotinamide+riboside&crid=1WK4P5IPRXD6C&sprefix=nicotinamide+riboside%2Caps%2C137&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_21

The olive oil to help absorb it? Empty stomach?

[dennisw]

“I’ve read articles about Metformin reducing some cancer rates by 50 to 75%.”

Metformin moderates insulin swings and spikes. Which is a key to good health.

[RummyChick]

Nope. It’s NAD +. Do a search. Linked to cancer. Some downplay the research showing the link. The link to cancer is why I don’t take it every day.

[RummyChick]

Here is an example of a scientist discussing the NAD issue
https://www.scienceofnad.com/post/does-nr-cause-cancer

If you have cancer..or at high risk genetically for triple negative cancer as I am as per my genetics test...then you have to rethink NAD +. I wouldn’t be taking it at all if I didn’t have a different genetic issue that may mean I am low on it. I can’t find a test that I can get a Dr to order to check my levels other than a B3 test which is not the same.

[RummyChick]

Pay attention to what that Dr says at the end. It’s basically a crapshoot. Science just doesn’t know right now. It’s going to depend on your body and your genetics as to whether NAD+ is going to help you in the long run.... Harm you..or do nothing to you.

[RummyChick]

Btw..that author is a lawyer not a Dr...but what he says still stands..I will be dead before they ever have a study that is conclusive on the issue

[Tommy Revolts]

Anybody still exercise?

[Ingtar]

To be honest, I got constipated enough to need surgery for an anal fissure... not fun.

[wbarmy]

1) It can reverse aging and melt body fat
2) Or it can cause explosive diarrhea

Hum? That is one heck of a toss up. Tough call.

Actually, isn't #2 just a faster number 1.

[dennisw]

ping