Taking NMN with Lecithin for a Mental Boost

by Nils Osmar. January 27, 2022

NMN is one of those supplements I don’t always expect a big jolt from. But at times I get one.

When I first started taking it, I was using tiny doses and didn’t feel anything. I increased the dose, and I did feel more alert… sometimes hyper-alert actually, till I got used to it. But that effect eventually wore off as time went by.

These days, even when I take large doses, I don’t always feel an impact. I’m sure it’s still affecting me, but my body’s accustomed to it. But if I take the ingredients below all together, I’ll feel a startling effect.

The Ingredients

Ora Organic Green Powder (1 or 2 scoops)
DoNotAge NMN powder (to boost NAD) (2 grams)
DoNotAge Resveratrol powder (to activate SIRT1) (0.5 to 1 grams)
Gaia Herbs Black elderberry syrup (to activate SIRT6) (1 teaspoon)
Lekithos liquid lecithin (2 teaspoons) or MicroIngredients Sunflower Lecithin (2-3 teaspoons)
DoNotAge TMG (2 capsules)
DoNotAge SIRT6 Activator (3 capsules)
Optional: Fisetin and Quercetin (500 mg each)

Blending Them

I add the elderberry extract to a glass of water or celery juice, add the green powder, add the NMN and resveratrol and lecithin, then blend it for three minutes on high.
I sometimes add a dash of olive oil or avocado oil for the Oleic acid, which activates SIRT1 and SIRT6.
I then blend them for 3 minutes on high to simulate the way liposomal vitamins are made. (I know that some people use a more complex method which involves an ultrasonic cleaner, but I find that blending alone works fine, as long as I blend for long enough.) (I’ll sometimes use a high speed mixer instead.)
I take the other supplements in tablet form with the celery/NMN/resveratrol/lecithin drink.

My Experience

The effect is startling actually. Colors look brighter, and everything looks more vivid and three dimensional somehow. If anything, I feel overstimulated. My mind sometimes starts racing. This effect lasts for about 30 minutes.
The “activator” which makes a difference seems to be the lecithin. This makes sense, because lecithin is rich in phosphatidylcholine, which the body uses to make acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter.
When I originally tried this combination, I thought my response might be to the lecithin due to the choline. But I don’t get anything in any way similar when taking lecithin alone.

My sources:

I posted a version of this information about a year ago in the Facebook Life Extension and Anti-Aging Group. A group member raised an interesting question, which is whether we should expect to “feel anything” when we’re taking NAD boosters.
Some people do; some don’t. A lot of people don’t feel anything. So I’m not saying that “feeling energized” is the only reason for taking them. But I have known people who drifted away from taking them because they had no idea if they were doing anything.
Taking them with a little lecithin, to me, makes the effects more apparent…. like making something which had been invisible, suddenly visible to the eye.
But even if we don’t take the lecithin or don’t feel much of a tangible response, it seems likely that we may be getting a good long-term effect from taking NAD boosters.