Fredrik, on 06 Feb 2019 - 08:24 AM, said:
Thank you LawrenceW. That paper though (not a study) says absolutely nothing about NMN/NR with no references to any trials comparing those molecules via sublingual vs oral route.
Exactly.
As with every other aspect of NMN supplementation, we are early and have choices to make. Dr. Sinclair first made his announcement on NMN in Dec. 2013. We could either wait for the studies to get published or do self experimentation. We decided that we were too old already and did not have the years to wait for the studies to get published (we would still be waiting 5 years later). As you may or may not be aware, we began self experimentation under medical supervision late in 2014. After 6 months of 1 individual supplementing with NMN, our medical supervisor was comfortable in that he could find no side effects and cleared the next 6 (of which I was one) individuals to begin supplementing. Since that time we have proven to our selves and confirmed with blood tests that the vast majority of benefits that have been written about in the mouse and rat studies translate to humans. Over the years we have proven to our selves as to what we believe the optimum oral dose to be. It was very comforting to us that almost a year after we settled on the 1,000 mg daily oral dose that Dr. Sinclair stated that he was now taking 1,000 mg per day.
In April 2018 we (now 70 individuals) began experimenting with sublingual administration of NMN. After testing both dosing amount and frequency and comparing them against our blood work results for the 1,000 mg oral, we proved to our selves that:
A. We believe that a 30 mg per dose is the largest amount of NMN that is transported sublingually per dose. We believe that the membrane is saturated at that amount and any extra NMN is simply swallowed.
B. We found that 8-10 doses of 30 mg of sublingual per day a minimum of 1 hour apart gave us the same blood work results as 1,000 mg taken orally.
C. We believe that as with oral supplementation, homeostasis kicks in at around 4 weeks.
D. We believe that by keeping multiple anti-aging pathways in balance that the triggering of the homeostatic negative feedback loop can be avoided.
These are our personal findings and beliefs and we look forward to some day in the future, when some one else publishes their studies, as to the accuracy of our findings.
So the question remains. Do you want to wait until some or all the studies have been published or do you want to self experiment and find the answers for your self?