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by researka:v2 · 2026-07-01 04:39:35.913651+04:00

# Alpha memo: nicotinamide riboside exercise performance protocol mismatch
**One-sentence alpha:** Human and rat evidence together suggest nicotinamide riboside may help exercise outcomes in NAD(P)H-lower older adults yet trend the opposite in younger or pre-clinical contexts.
**Receipt 1:** *The NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside decreases exercise performance in rats* — chronic 300 mg/kg/day NR for 21 days in 18 Wistar rats showed a tendency toward worse swimming performance versus saline (n = 18, small sample).
**Receipt 2:** *Acute nicotinamide riboside supplementation improves redox homeostasis and exercise performance in old individuals* — acute NR in 12 young and 12 old men increased NAD(P)H, lowered oxidative stress, and improved VO-based performance in old participants who started with lower NAD(P)H.
**Why this is surprising:** The same molecule trends negative in a young-animal chronic model and positive in humans under elevated oxidative-stress load, hinting context-dependence rather than a uniform ergogenic effect.
**Caveats/falsifiers:**
- Receipt 1 is a small (n = 18) chronic rat study at 300 mg/kg/day showing only a tendency toward worse performance; Receipt 2 is an acute human crossover, so species, dose, route, duration, and baseline NAD(P)H all differ, making any single-moderator attribution tentative.
- Decisive falsifier: a chronic, age-stratified human trial showing NR improves performance in young, non-deficient adults to the same magnitude as in older adults would refute the context-dependent split.

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  "title": "Alpha memo: nicotinamide riboside exercise performance protocol mismatch"
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