12 Weeks to Better Lungs With This COPD Lifeline
Most people don’t even have to think about breathing.
COPD sufferers don’t have that luxury.
Not only do you have to think about it… you have to fight for every breathe.
Simple tasks like getting dressed in the morning can make you feel like you’ve just run a marathon, leaving you severely short of breath and simply exhausted.
And then there’s the constant threat of a flare-up, which is when symptoms suddenly worsen and can turn deadly.
If you’re struggling to breathe every day, you might be willing to do almost anything to get some relief.
Fortunately, you don’t need to.
Researchers have identified a simple, widely available vitamin that helps tackle two of the biggest threats to COPD sufferers.
Like so many other health problems, inflammation is a key player in COPD.
It destroys lung structures, restricts airflow, and weakens immunity—all of which contribute to persistent respiratory symptoms and an increased risk of respiratory infections and pneumonia.
In a new study, researchers discovered that vitamin B3—nicotinamide riboside (NR)—can dramatically reduce airway inflammation in patients with COPD.
In a rigorous scientific trial, 40 healthy patients and 20 with COPD received either nicotinamide riboside (2 grams daily) or a placebo.
After six weeks, there was a 53 percent drop in IL-8 levels, a key marker of inflammation in patients with COPD. In fact, IL-8 has been identified as the primary culprit behind deadly COPD flare-ups.
And after another 12 weeks, there was a 63 percent drop.
Chronic inflammation is like a fire raging inside of your airways and lungs, and taking NR is like throwing a bucket of water on those flames.
But NR’s benefits don’t stop there.
The same study showed that nicotinamide riboside enhances cellular repair mechanisms in these patients.
You see, those with COPD have aging, poorly functioning (senescent) lung cells that have lost the ability to regenerate tissue.
This means that their damaged lung cells aren’t even trying to repair themselves, paving the way for a rapid decline in lung function.
The root issue here is that COPD patients tend to have low levels of NAD+, an enzyme that helps produce cellular energy. Loss of NAD is already associated with DNA damage and accelerated aging.
This study showed that nicotinamide riboside more than doubled NAD+ levels.
I’ve just highlighted what this study showed about NR supplementation—and it’s pretty impressive. But what it didn’t evaluate was the impact that NR has on symptoms or mortality in COPD patients.
I hope that’s the next step.
In the meantime, there’s nothing stopping you from experiencing the inflammation-reducing, cellular-repair-enhancing actions of nicotinamide riboside for yourself.
These are two of the BEST actions you can take to fight back against the effects of the condition.
I always recommend consulting with your doctor before starting any new supplement, especially if you’re dealing with a chronic health condition or are taking prescription drugs.
But since these supplements have been shown to be safe and well tolerated in patients with COPD, I’d anticipate your doctor giving you the green light on this one.
P.S. Breathe easier with THIS potent vitamin.
View Sources
Norheim, K.L., Ben Ezra, M., Heckenbach, I. et al. Effect of nicotinamide riboside on airway inflammation in COPD: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Nat Aging 4, 1772–1781 (2024).
