The Free Radical Theory of Aging suggests just thatoxidants, radicals, and toxins debilitate cells and deprive us of our youth
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But heres the quiet detail most people miss: In certain patients, this combination can contribute to high anion gap metabolic acidosis (5-oxoproline accumulation), especially where there are risk factors like sepsis, malnutrition, renal impairment, chronic alcohol use, or prolonged high-dose paracetamol
This helps to minimize both bleeding and bruising
We moved away from IV because intracellular NAD+ levels, which is where the benefit actually happens, do not reliably increase with IV administration