The Dylan Gemelli Podcast - Episode #62 Featuring Baran Dilaver, Founder of WONDERFEEL! A MASTERCLASS on NAD and NMN! The role of NAD in overall health, The difference between NMN and NAD, The TRUE way to boost NAD and more!

Episode Date: October 29, 2025

Episode #62 Featuring Baran Dilaver, Founder of WONDERFEEL!  A MASTERCLASS on NAD and NMN!  The breakdown and explanation that EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR about NAD science and supplementation!  Baran D...ilaver has spent years studying and understanding the role and importance of NAD in our bodies and the TRUE way to boost levels.  Baran provides an in depth explanation of why NMN is the TRUE way to boost NAD levels as well as why NAD supplements are ineffective and can potentiall be harmful as opposed to helpful.  Dylan and Baran get in depth on the science of NAD, how vital it is to our overall health and the effects it plays cellularly as well as with aging and longevity.  Baran discusses the dangers of CD38, how it targets NAD, lowering the levels and why WONDERFEEL was designed to help mitigate these problems!  There is an abundance of HIGHLY IMPACTFUL and important information in this episode that will help so many overcome the misconceptions and misinformation surrounding how to TRULY boost NAD levels!  DO NOT MISS THIS HIGHLY IMPACTFUL EPISODE!     Check out the Wonderfeel website: https://getwonderfeel.com/?utm_source=DylanGemelli&utm_medium=podcast   Get the best quality NMN on the planet here: https://getwonderfeel.com/product/wonderfeel-youngr-nmn/?utm_source=DylanGemelli&utm_medium=podcast   Follow Wonderfeel on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwonderfeel/?hl=en         Today's episode is sponsored by TIMELINE   To PURCHASE MITOPURE visit Dylan's landing page and use code DYLAN to save 20% OFF!! https://shop.timeline.com/DYLAN _______________________________________________________________________________ Get the Apollo Neuro for $90 OFF!! USE CODE GEMELLI to save https://apolloneuro.com/gemelli     TONUM supplements for the MIND AND BODY!   USE CODE "DYLAN" to save!!  https://www.tonum.com/DYLAN     THE BREAKTHROUGH MIMIO HEALTH FASTING MIMETIC SUPPLEMENT!  20% OFF with code Gemelli  https://mimiohealth.sjv.io/c/6588260/3323599/30611     TRULY Increase Your NAD LEVELS with WONDERFEEL NMN: https://getwonderfeel.com/?utm_source=DylanGemelli&utm_medium=podcast     MESCREEN: The world's first and only at home mitochondrial efficiency test Save $100 with CODE   DYLAN   https://mescreen.com/cart/47561239626013:1?discount=&ref=DYLAN       HIRE DYLAN ON THE MINNECT APP HERE: expert.minnect.com/@DylanGemelli     Follow Dylan on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tiktok @dylangemelli and PLEASE SUBSCRIBE and leave reviews!!   MAKE SURE TO GO TO DYLAN'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL for MORE video content!!    https://www.youtube.com/@DylanGemelliBiohacking Email Dylan for booking, collaborations and/or to apply for the Dylan Gemelli Podcast DylanGemelli@gmail.com Visit Dylan's Homepage https://dylangemelli.com  

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Starting point is 00:00:17 Hey everyone, Dylan Jameli here today with an extremely exciting announcement. I am now on the Menect app as an expert. That is Patrick Bet David's app, so you can hire me today. You can ask me questions about hormones, peptides, neuroscience, cardiology, cellular health, finances, faith, religion, whatever it may be. I am there. You can book me for your podcast and you can also apply to be on mine. But go over, download the Menect app, find at Dylan Jemeli. I will answer either by audio, by text, you can get video responses, you can even book a phone call with me.
Starting point is 00:00:52 I'm extremely excited to be available to work with all of you, and I thank you all for your support, so check me out on Mnect today. Today's episode is sponsored by my good friends at Timeline. Timeline is now offering the world's first ever longevity gummies powered by Midapear. You've heard me talk about the importance of cellular health and our mitochondria, which is why I have Timeline as my favorite and most trusted. sponsor. These are the only clinically proven uralithinate gummies for strength and healthy aging. We may be living longer lifespans, but are we truly living better lives? What if the key is not just adding years to your life, but life to your years? This all starts at the cellular level. As we age, our mitochondrial health starts to decline, and one of the keys to living longer and
Starting point is 00:01:39 healthier is keeping our mitochondria healthy and strong and might appear targets this for us. Take control of your health now and live the life that you not only desire, but you also deserve. As a gift to all my listeners, you can save 20% off today by going to Timeline.com backslash Dylan to get started. That's timeline.com backslash Dylan. I assure you, your cells will thank you. All right, everybody, welcome back to the Dylan Jameli podcast. And these are always my favorite settings when we get to do them in person. It's just more personable, more emotional, more.
Starting point is 00:02:16 impactful. So I was blessed enough to get to sit down with my guest at the, it was at the HOS summit, right? Was it a biohacker summit? Biohack. No, I was a moment. Yes, and awesome. I've been to so many. But I hit it off with you like this so fast. And it was just amazing. The conversations and the way that we connected. That's our background in terms of how we met. And it's just been like an instant friendship since then. And I'm really blessed. first of all, to have met you and to have that. So I just want to say that before we even get into anything. Thank you. You came with blazing questions and excitements and we're just like, what is why? This time. Why is that? What is this? It was fun. I'm like, oh, this guy really is into what he's doing. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I can't help it, man. I'm curious by nature.
Starting point is 00:03:05 Anyway, my guest, he's an entrepreneur, he's an inventor, and he's an accomplished executive. Now, prior, he's led numerous startups, and he's served as a CEO and a C.O. At public and private companies, he's done a lot. He's been at a lot of summits. He does several different appearances. The company that he represents and founded that we're going to talk about a lot today is called Wonderfill. And Wonderfill is a longevity-focused company. They do wellness biosciences.
Starting point is 00:03:36 And the main product is NMN. So we're going to have a deep dive on NMN, NAD. We're going to do it all. We're going to overcome obstacles of information that need to be overcome. And we're going to talk about the massive benefits. We're going to talk about what you do, brother. So, Baron, it is absolutely wonderful to have you. Barron DeLaver, co-founder, CEO, Wunderfield.
Starting point is 00:04:01 Thanks for having me. Good to see you. Hey, man. Thank you for coming in to see me because I know it's a trip to come in here, but it is so much more fun and so much more important. impactful, like I said. So I want to utilize all this time with you to break this all down. Well, let's maybe talk about what NMN does, because a lot of people have heard about NAD. They hear it about, you know, Justin Bieber and all these big names and Kelly Jenner, they're all using it.
Starting point is 00:04:26 Exactly. And they're taking IV shots. I mean, they're taking shots. They're doing IV. So what is an AD? And, you know, there's a technical way of explaining it. You know, without an AD you'll be dead in 10 seconds. it's key to energy production in the mitochondria. NAD helps the ATP production. It takes place in 300, over 300, 400, actually. Enzomatic processes, it helps with DNA repair,
Starting point is 00:04:52 but that's very technical. So I have a different way of explaining what NAD is with an analogy, and I feel like people connect to it. So think about NAD as sort of the water source, the river that comes from the mountain, and feeds the valley where there are. there are like one or two towns, there are orchards, there are farms,
Starting point is 00:05:13 people are using the water, the river for fishing, for transportation. So it's the life support. It's so essential. And what really matters is when you're younger, that water source is flowing really nicely. It's clean. And as you get
Starting point is 00:05:30 older, the water starts becoming less and less maybe clean or like there's maybe less water or it's not consistent. and what does that mean? And it doesn't, the impact is not instant. You know, people are still using it for drinking. I'm talking about the valley.
Starting point is 00:05:47 Now we're back in the valley. But, you know, some years, your apple orchard doesn't produce as many orchards. Just think about it as, you know, one of your organs. Maybe your liver is not processing certain things as well. Right. Maybe your skin is, you know, reacting. Inflammation is a good example. You know, people have inflammation.
Starting point is 00:06:05 So in, like, one year, your strawberry fuels, are not producing as many strawberries, or you don't have as much fish anymore. So if people who are used to eating fish and fishing from the river, they have to find a different source. There's another organ of having you have to use a different way to cope with it. It's like the well drying up. Slowly, yeah. Yes. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:06:27 When it comes to NAD, let me ask you this. Why is it that it wasn't discussed 10, 15, 20 years ago? why is it all of a sudden so prevalently discussed out of nowhere? And I ask you that for the obvious, you're talking about how vital it is and how we literally, if we didn't have this in 10 seconds, goodbye. Why aren't we talking about this? It's been known for 100 years. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:51 So where's it been? Yeah. So it's been known for 100 years. Actually, one of our chief medical officer, one of my partners, Dr. Salzman, was one of the first people who started writing about it. That's what he was working on. this was back the late 90s, what he was working on is trying to fix the broken, broken brachine, the broken DNA that causes breast cancer and ovarian cancer in a woman.
Starting point is 00:07:16 And NAD was one of the things that he used in the enzyme. So he was like one of the pioneers writing about NAD, but he comes from that the super-scientific pharmaceutical background. So his goal was to repair the DNA to fix cancer, not as a supplements. So what happened in the last couple decades, especially Harvard and MIT medical schools, they have done a lot of research and the precursors have been discovered. So you mentioned NMN at the beginning of our talk. So NMN, nicotinamite mononucleotide is a precursor to NAD.
Starting point is 00:07:52 So you cannot just take NAD. They tried it in the past. NAD doesn't do anything. If your NAD levels are going down, you cannot just take an AD. Right. That's not how it works. But so the discovery is NMN and R. And then the clinical trials and the studies,
Starting point is 00:08:10 preclinical trials start coming out. And people are like, oh, wow, this moves the needle. So that's why all of a sudden, you know, the end result is NAD. You start hearing about NAD, the fascination, more clinical studies, more funding. So he's looking into cancer research and fixing DNA that needs fixed and he stumbles upon NAD during this process.
Starting point is 00:08:32 Yeah, I think more than I stumble. but just working with NAD and understanding that the mitochondria is solved, all the functions, and NAD plays a key role, actually, in what he has invented, which is DNA repair. But funny enough, like, you don't need DNA repair just for cancer. You need DNA repair every day, every second. Your DNA is constantly getting chipped away, like the exhaust that you just inhaled outside. Or, like, too much sun, that's just constant, like, hitting the DNA.
Starting point is 00:09:03 Right. Okay, put it this way. NAD is so precious to the cell that the cell membrane doesn't let it slip out. NAD is used inside the cell. Okay. So that's why you cannot just, like, put NAD outside the cell and expect it to go inside.
Starting point is 00:09:19 The same membrane that doesn't let it out, doesn't let it in either. Right, right. So the body has a system to make an AD. How does it make an AD? It makes NMN and NR, two molecules. And these are not the same as like, niacin. This is much further down.
Starting point is 00:09:35 Right. Right. So these are the building blocks that your body also creates billions every day. Yeah. And then there's a lot of conversions happening. So NMN, NADH, et cetera. But the main one we need to talk about is how NR and NMN, they are, NMN especially is grabbed by a receptor outside of the cell. Okay. Just grabs it. And then flips it inside. And once it's inside, then it turns an amount to NAD. Explain why you can't just take NAD. Why doesn't it reach out and grab the NAD if you just take that? It bumps it out.
Starting point is 00:10:10 It pushes it right out. It's like a basketball. So it's rejecting it. Yeah, but there's a but there. There is a theory. We haven't seen enough studies. Like when people take NAD, we don't know what happens because nobody studies that. It's not, we know that it doesn't go in.
Starting point is 00:10:24 Okay. But the Anders-Solzman actually explained that Dr. Dr. Sossman or chief medical officer explained that. The, when you flood your system with NAD, which will get into it. Yeah, please. He's like, it's very likely that some of that in AD actually turns into an M. Because the body needs to do something with it.
Starting point is 00:10:40 It needs to like discard it. A lot of it comes true actually, your urine. I figure it. But some of it, you know, the body's smart. That's smarter than you think, right? So it's like, there's something wrong in here. Right. So let me convert this into an MN.
Starting point is 00:10:52 That's how Dr. Sossman explained it. But it hasn't been really studied. So we don't know exactly what's going on. We just don't, we know that, you know, an AD doesn't readily go. inside the cell. How important is the NAD within that in comparison to the mitochondria? Do they work together? Do they feed off of each other? Does NAD help provide the energy that the mitochondria does? Just a quick... Great question. So we have the cell. Yeah. And then you have a bunch of mitochondria inside the cell. Mitochondria is what makes the cell work. Right. Right. So NAD actually goes inside the mitochondria.
Starting point is 00:11:27 We'll be not healthy if it does not make enough NAD. Yes. And that's where we're like, you know, all the, like mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the, you know, major issues. Yeah. It's like you have all kinds of problems will come out of it. But we don't even have to go to dysfunction. We just want our mitochondria to be happy, to be optimal. So for that, it needs a lot of NAD, energy. Okay.
Starting point is 00:11:51 So NAD is a big key component in making sure that our mitochondria is healthy and functioning properly, which in turn is obviously going to give us energy and make us feel good. Absolutely. The 70% of NAD is used purely for energy production in mitochondria. I want to ask you because every company that has a product like yours has what I call barrier to entry or obstacle to overcome. And that can be in your marketing, your pricing, your competition, your ethics. But then there's misconception and misunderstanding. How difficult has that been for you with the company to overcome
Starting point is 00:12:31 misunderstanding, misconception, and just bad information that gets put out there. How difficult is that for you? I mean, we've been fortunate that we are recognized because we have an innovative formula. That makes a big difference. Yeah. We pay so much attention to quality. Yeah. So we've been fortunate that, you know, most of the, like, the top, like, the health
Starting point is 00:12:55 experts and the press recognize us. But overall, I think there's a big challenge, not just for us, but like in general. Yeah. Just because NAD is popular, you see a lot of companies just slapping NAD on a label. And I'll actually track back a little bit. Yeah, please. It was very interesting. Back in 2022, FDA released a letter, and it's really confused, muddied the waters,
Starting point is 00:13:24 because they have already approved NMN as a dietary supplement. and then they released the letter saying like, no, we made a mistake. There's a pharma company that has applied for the patent. Sure. So we're going to take NMN out of the consumer, like from the, from the, from the adiator supplements, from the consumer market, because it's going to become a pharma product. But they didn't, I mean, that's what the letter said. Of course.
Starting point is 00:13:54 And what that caused, interestingly, which surprisingly, surprisingly, consumers benefit, Amazon just to remove all NMN. I remember. But most of those brands there were actually, nothing wrong with actually, you know, anything coming from China, but these were just made up brands. No science behinds and probably made in chemical facilities. And back then, we know it because, you know, NMN was so expensive to produce. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:24 And they were cheap and they were just having a bunch of fake reviews. So people were buying all these products. So one fortunate thing from this bad decision that FDA made is they got removed. Yeah. So, you know, just there's a silver lining in things. Always. But now, like, there's a lot more coming back. But that was a nice cleanup.
Starting point is 00:14:47 Yeah. Because consumers, like, I have our time finding sometimes some, like, interesting supplements. Like, are they tested? Are they clean? Like, you know, like, the third-party testing is super important. in third party, meaning it needs to be third party. Yeah. You need to track it toward the third party.
Starting point is 00:15:03 Is it an established lap? Is there like a barcode that you can track? Is it real? Right. It's a lot of work, right? Like, you know, for every supplement to do that. Yeah. So the challenge now is, you know, again, people are slapping
Starting point is 00:15:14 and they do on things. And what's the right dose? You know, what's the right precursor? Like NR and MN? Right. Is anybody anything else work? And people now come up with a whole bunch of other things claiming that they increase in AD production.
Starting point is 00:15:27 based on what. Exactly. And I had this discussion earlier today with a friend, the owner of Young Goose, and we were talking about how people don't understand costs when it comes into putting out a good product. And sometimes when you see a product that's inferior and cheap, it's because there was no testing done. There were so many corners cut.
Starting point is 00:15:49 And a lot of times people don't appreciate nor understand the time, the effort, and the cost that it takes to go test. every batch to get something truly third party tested because that that's another one of those terms that gets thrown around and I don't think it's monitored enough actually I don't think I know because I've seen it and I've been in the trenches long enough one of the things I'm thankful for but I'm still jaded on is that I'm privy to that knowledge and that information on how things actually go and that but that's why I am able and capable when I meet people to know who's full of it and who's not and why not that I'm special by any stretch but I am very tactical and
Starting point is 00:16:33 careful about who I'm willing to say yeah I'll take that or I'll do your homework yeah I mean I know that about you well I'm not going to put people on my channels and stuff to promote for a couple bucks to go harm people or feed them BS so I'm willing to wait and bide my time and you know money and all that stuff it comes when it comes but the importance is credibility and reliability. You say something interesting. Money comes, when it comes, when it comes, like, just want to share something. I'm not sure if you want to even keep it or edit it, but like, when we were doing the
Starting point is 00:17:06 formula, there was one ingredient and nobody really knew about it, but, you know, our team was adamant about putting it in there. It's just like an ergotanine for mushrooms. And it was $100,000 a kilo. Damn. It's just, like, insanely expensive, right? You don't have to put much in it. Right.
Starting point is 00:17:24 I mean, we didn't even know how much we were supposed to put it in there, even though Sossman was not sure. So we ended up talking to the Nobel Prize nominee for his work on antioxidants in 1990s. Oxford University professor, like he was in his 80s. So he was the one who was
Starting point is 00:17:41 at the expert on it. So we had to call him. We were like, hey, how much are we supposed to put it in there? And he was so happy to talk to us. He's like, oh, like finally somebody's fine nominee. He's like, all my work on everything else. It brought me to this, to this mushroom ingredient and he was raising money for doing a clinical trial for Alzheimer's on this thing because
Starting point is 00:18:00 no pharma company will get behind it. They cannot patent it. Right? So, but long story short, the reason I brought it up is because when we started, it was 100,000 hours a kilo and we lost money. We put it in there because we believed in it. Right. Of course. And then the price came down and down and down and down. Like it's a fraction of it right now. Yeah. So now we can make a little bit money on it. Yeah. But, you know, as to your point. And things change. and you can make money. It comes in different ways. It goes in different ways.
Starting point is 00:18:30 You know, it comes and it goes. It comes and it goes. But as long as you're doing the right thing, it always ends up coming more. Or I send us out some, and it does. And I used to make it, and I'm not trying to go off topic here, but I think it's important to share the kind of,
Starting point is 00:18:43 the person that I am and you are. I used to make that just like everything that I was about. And when I stopped doing that, I got way more than I ever even needed or wanted because I didn't live for it or make it a priority. I want work with assholes. Yeah. Excuse my language.
Starting point is 00:18:57 No, you're fine. Speak freely. You know that. Like, you know, it doesn't matter how important they are. Like, no. They might have a million dollar check. No, thank you. No.
Starting point is 00:19:06 Life is too short. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Well, moving forward then, I have a couple things that I took note on here for you that I wanted to discuss. When do you find or even scientifically, when do people start to see the, the beginning, stages of the decline in NAD because I'm a, you know, things just naturally decline, whether it's testosterone, what, you know, I mean, that's what I do. When does it start to happen naturally? And what kind of bad lifestyle things or other components of life could make it even worse? So our understanding, the way the scientists have been looking at it is like, when does it decline
Starting point is 00:19:49 or so when can we supplement it? When can we start like looking into supplementing? So at the age of 30, for sure, it starts declining. Probably it's for everything, isn't it? Potentially 25, too. Yeah. But how much? I mean, it also people are different. But there's a, there's a consistent on everybody.
Starting point is 00:20:11 There's a decline. Some people say, well, have you measured your NAD levels? It's pretty certain that is lower than what it was when you were 30 years old. And that's men and women, right? Men and women. Okay. Yes. That's pretty, pretty much, you know, the size.
Starting point is 00:20:24 is out there. Yeah. So the tricky question is, you know, if you want to take a supplement, should you start like in your 20s? And, you know, our approach is, we don't think so. We don't have enough data. We don't even have to look at it because there's so much more interesting data for people who are older than 30, 35, 40. And then you see actually the results. But I'm surprised, like some of these celebrities, they're not even 30 and they're taking like massive amounts. I mean, hey, look, people who are taking risks. I don't think it's a big risk is something supernatural. Maybe they're ahead of us. Like, you know, that's why I love biohackers. They don't wait for the science. They figure something out and they go after it. I'm, I'm, we are more
Starting point is 00:21:07 conservative. We come from like a little bit more conservative, pharmaceutical, study everything, look at the data. Yeah. Point to a few. So, you know, if you're, if you're younger than 30, it's questionable. It's up to you. But once you start passing, passing the of 30, then this is a consideration because they're declining. And what contributes you to ask that question? What makes it decline faster? I don't think anybody has done a clinical trial to see, like, if you don't exercise, does the NAD levels go down? But we know that if you exercise, it helps with NAD levels. So you can assume that if you don't exercise, it's going to go down faster. Right, right. That's what we say. Like, one of the magic
Starting point is 00:21:46 pill that works where everything is exercise. That's right. So, I mean, And you know this. I mean, you're not taking care of the things that you need to take of care of daily. If you're not, I'm a big believer of mind-body balance. And if you're not balanced in the best way that you can, I understand some people have conditions. But you can do everything under the sun and it's not going to be nearly as effective as it's supposed to. People come to me all the time.
Starting point is 00:22:11 How do I lose weight? How do I gain muscle? And it's like, well, first, we have to address all of this. Because I can put you on everything under the sun and it's not going to matter. How does one know if it's working? Because you and I had this discussion where sometimes people say to you, well, what is it doing? So is there a blood panel that will show? Will they have a little bit more energy?
Starting point is 00:22:32 Will their skin look better? Like, how do people know that it's actually doing something? That's a great question. Yeah. It's a bit of a trick question too. So I'll start with the interesting news we get every day. So we have every day we get that great customer feedback. and some of the feedback really blows our minds
Starting point is 00:22:52 because we hear about something we never even thought about. Because I'll give you some examples. So these are not like, the important part is like the people usually feel an energy optic. But, you know, if you're in your 40s, if you're working out, if you're really healthy, if you're in your optimal shape, you're not going to probably feel anything.
Starting point is 00:23:12 It's hard to heart to really make it better. We even tested it on the fastest swimmer on Earth. So he won the 50 meter freestyle in Olympics in 2002 and 2016. So that makes him the fastest swimmer. But the guy is in such a good shape for him to break the world record. Like who knows, like his mindset, like what have you woke up that day. That's what matters. So he took it and he didn't feel the difference, right?
Starting point is 00:23:37 So again, I wanted to start with the positive, but I gave you the word, where it's hard to tell. But it makes a difference for somebody like, you know, the people who are like in their 60s, 70s, they have a hard time going up two flights of stairs. They can go three flights, four flights, and they send us like these, these amazing stories. But those are kind of expected. Like if they, I mean,
Starting point is 00:24:01 not everybody feels everything, but then the really unique ones. And some of them are serious medical conditions. Like, I want to be very careful. Like, we're not making any claims. Yeah. But they come and they tell us, like, I stopped taking my blood pressure medicine. Like, why did you do that?
Starting point is 00:24:17 Yeah. Because it helps with the blood pressure. And so there are very interesting other stories. Like people's eczema go away. Exima, like 30 or 40 year, chronic eczema. They try all these cortisone creams and like they work for a while. They stop working. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:35 And then they're like, what, it's completely gone. Like eradicate it. This is where my mind goes is if somebody tells you it's helping my exsamer. I don't have to take my blood pressure medication. that low NAD levels would be contributing to those problems. I mean, that would be the correlation I would make. So if it's helping with those instances, I would assume that low NAD can obviously have a variety of things
Starting point is 00:25:02 that it causes wrong with somebody. Age-related decline. Yeah. NAD is that's one of the things. Like, you know, what is aging? Yeah. There's a lot of reasons that we are aging, but we know that an AD is one of those reasons.
Starting point is 00:25:15 And that's why I call it the most significant discovery that we can use in longevity science right now is bringing back in AD levels. There are many other things that are going to come out. But this is practical that we can implement, we can apply. Yes. So just to connect a few things, I want to go back to the blood pressure thing is clinically studied. Oh, way. So it has been showing. But of course, for that to be a prescription, it needs to go through the other phase.
Starting point is 00:25:44 Oh, yeah. So let's frame it in that sense that, you know, it's been studied. Yeah. So it's looking promising. Right. But, you know, do not stop taking your prescription. It's not what we are saying. But to answer your question better, there are so many potential benefits.
Starting point is 00:26:01 The list is really long. Everybody is different. So somebody who's super healthy and optimal, you know, they might feel like maybe a little sharper, a little bit more focused. But then everybody else is going to have a different. different reaction to it because we're all different. So like the skin, yes, like it has a major impact on skin. But in the case of eczema, we don't think it's the NMN or NAD.
Starting point is 00:26:26 It's the combination that we have, like the mushroom ingredient I mentioned ergothynine. Yeah. Because on some of these, that's not on patients, the consumers, we told them, okay, do you want to, do you want to just like experiment with us? Do you mind stopping it? See if it comes back? It comes back.
Starting point is 00:26:43 Now, do you mind taking just one ingredient at a time to see what happens? Yeah. I mean, these are not your clinical trials, obviously, but we are so curious that we want to get an idea. And sure enough, when they just took one ingredient, it did not fight it off. So a combination. The synergy between. The synergy works. And again, we don't know exactly how it works, but it works.
Starting point is 00:27:05 For me, when I think about anti-aging, because, man, I have really put some time into this. Like, what are my keys to that? and it would be boosting mitochondria, boosting NAD levels, and telomeres. Those are the three things that I look at when it comes to. You're going deep, but people are looking at, is my hair getting wider. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:24 The one surprising thing we got is, like, people's hair, the color is turning back to the regular color from gray and white. We didn't expect that. We don't know if it works on everyone. Right, right, right. But there's a lot of people. Like, if we go to our website,
Starting point is 00:27:39 like read the reviews, they're just really fun and interesting. Yeah. I mean, but I mean, what are things that you start to notice when you age? Graying hairs one of them. Yeah, exactly. So if we're prolonging life or aging, I mean, that's certainly something that would, it wouldn't shock me that it's doing at all. So yeah, that's what.
Starting point is 00:27:57 Reverse thing is really surprising. Yeah. That was really surprising. It's slowing down, sure. Yeah, I hope so. Right. But how does that reverse? Tell me this then, because we mentioned this earlier, and I think it would be good to give a breakdown.
Starting point is 00:28:11 It's kind of a two-part question, but it goes together. Why is it that you'll see these people, oh, I just took NAD and I feel so great. Like, it just made me feel amazing because I get that a lot, you know, when they take this big injection or whatever. And then, you know, why then over time do they end up feeling bad after? Because a lot of people end up not feeling so great after that initial, you know, big bulk of, of NAD that goes into them. I've seen people tell me, I didn't feel so great after.
Starting point is 00:28:45 I've seen some people continuously tell me they feel good and they think they need to keep taking it. So I've seen both sides of the spectrum. Why is it then explain or, you know, however in depth you want to go, big, big injection or IV or whatever, a big dose of it feel really good. I want to keep taking it forever.
Starting point is 00:29:02 Let's break it down. When you do NAD IV or injection, you're flooding your system with NAD. So there are a couple of things we need to, I think, look at. number one, does the NAD get into the cell? That's the question, and there's literally, like, there's only one study that shows most of it comes out, but again, you're putting so much NAD, how much of it really gets in is the question.
Starting point is 00:29:27 Assuming that, you know, a good chunk of it gets in, if we assume that. That is very different than the way your body produces NAD, because you produce an AD, like, consistently every day. it goes up a little bit in the morning comes down like later in the day right but um you know if we compared like the NAD injection or IV to take in supplements
Starting point is 00:29:49 it's like taking 100 pills a day like you're just like taking so much right like you're just like boosting it if it goes in there that's assuming that some of it goes in there right um so some people actually have chest pain some people react to it some people like have hard time
Starting point is 00:30:05 going through it um and some people come out and say I feel great. Yeah. And who knows exactly what you're doing in your body. Like you're maybe activating response systems. I mean, right now I'm speculating, but you're doing something a little bit, not a little bit, very different than what your body is used to.
Starting point is 00:30:24 Right. I mean, we know that it's really safe. But again, like, even if you give too much water, you can kill somebody, right? Totally. So we know it's safe, but like, but again, everybody's different. And so if people are responding well to it, they like it. More power to them. It's a lot of work to go and put needles on, but more power to die.
Starting point is 00:30:45 But if it doesn't feel good, you probably shouldn't do it. What are some ideal doses for taking NMN so that you know you're getting the right amount? Because like you were saying, there's so many different supplements with so many different either bottle recommendations or the pills or, I'm just going to make up a number 500 milligrams here, 200 milligrams here. And on the surface, if I'm a consumer and I'm looking at that and I'm really confused, you know, because it's like, is that too little? Is that too much? I'm scared.
Starting point is 00:31:19 I don't know. And then you've got 75 different websites telling you to take this and take that. So talk about the dosing a little bit for me. Yeah. I mean, let's just go to science on that one. Yeah, please. All the clinical trials we looked at, they are all pointing to more or less the same Gossich, which is somewhere around like, let's say, 800s and 1100, 900,000. So there's a
Starting point is 00:31:42 consistency there. But I want to address like, why do you see so many different numbers? Number one, it was so expensive to produce five, six years ago that, and not many people knew about it. So the companies, you know, were putting a reasonable price tag on it. Right. I didn't want to put like $200 price tag in there. So we took the bullets. I mean, we were one of the first ones because it was a tough decision to price it at a level that people get access to it. So we took the hit, but we wanted to put the right dose in there. That was key, despite the fact that there was probably no other company who had that dose back then. Just trying to do the right thing. So now you see much more of the right dose because the lower doses from what we see doesn't
Starting point is 00:32:27 really do much. Like you might not as well take it. Lower is not the right word. If you don't use the optimal dose. Because what is lower? Lower is all subjective. We don't use the optimal dose. It really does not make a lot of sense. And then new clinical trials are now doubling the size, doubling the dose. So maybe in a few years we're going to say, oh, even our dose was like too moderate. Because they haven't seen any side effects. They have seen like good benefits. But we feel competent about like 900 to 1000 milligram dose. Is the right optimal dose? But not if you're 18 years old. I mean, because we don't know.
Starting point is 00:33:04 There's a lot of people I really respect, so I don't want to speak out of turn here, and I'm certainly not putting you on the spot. I mean names or anything like that, but I see some people that I follow, I listen to that know a lot, and I see him promote NAD supplements constantly, and good companies, too, that make them.
Starting point is 00:33:22 And once again, I'm not going to call out names. I don't think that that's proper. Well, I have to tell you, one of the biggest names out there, he's at a very prominent university on the West Coast. I've heard him on another big podcast dismissing, and I'm at an AD, but then I realize he hasn't read the new clinical trials. He doesn't even know about it.
Starting point is 00:33:51 I was really surprised myself. I mean, I would love, let me just call his name. I mean, I would love him to speak to somebody like Dr. Andrew Sossmann, have a discussion so that you guys can break down. Your opinion should be based on the clinical latest clinical research. Peter Adia is his name. And I was so surprised because it didn't look like he studied the latest papers. And I will say this.
Starting point is 00:34:15 I used to do stuff like this. And this was my younger days. And I'm fully open to admit that I always admit where I was wrong. And I would take what one person said that I knew was really respected or whatnot and just kind of take it as gospel and just kind of repeat it without really looking into detail. I didn't do that with everything. But some things that I wasn't well versed on, now instead of me jumping into like when the NAD craze hit, I wasn't talking about it because I just didn't know enough about it.
Starting point is 00:34:46 And I could go take the word from somebody like you're talking and just put it out there and then look like a complete fool later by saying something that wasn't accurate. Or by somebody that had a bad motive, I see these companies that have 12. different products, you have one because you believe in it and you specialize it. You brought up two precursors. Why NMN over the other? But they're both great. Some people take sides like they're rooting for a, you know, like a football team. So we don't necessarily root one over the other one. They're both really good. We believe that NMN is a bit more effective. But, you know, if you want to take NR, take an R, just, that's completely fine. We believe that, you know, this noistic
Starting point is 00:35:29 of the other ingredients, not believe, but like, that's what the preclinical trials show us. That's what moves the needle. Not necessarily just NMN or NR. Have you ever thought about adding NR to your product lineup, or is that you're just going to kind stick with NMN? We have. We have. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:46 You know, but not there's, there's so many more interesting areas that we are working on. We are doing studies. That is more like a commercial thing. You know, we are, we're looking at a little bit more effective things that moves the needle. Okay. So I got another question for you because we've been going all over the place. But it's all good, it's all good shit. It's all important.
Starting point is 00:36:10 I don't enjoy it. Yeah. What's CD 38? What is CD 38 for everybody listening? Because I wanted to bring that up and I was, we have to talk about it. So what is it? And why do people need to know about it and how important is it? Good question.
Starting point is 00:36:25 So let me take it back to the number. So remember we have this source of water. Yes. This comes from the mountain that feeds the valley, the river, and that this arms. So CD-38 is something in the body that's, think about like, you know, a bunch of, let's call a people, they go up to the source because there's not enough water coming down. They go towards the source and they redirect some of the water for their purpose. So they do like a little, small little village in there,
Starting point is 00:36:57 and they are just kind of stealing everybody else's water. Maybe they're bandit, so no, who knows, where they came from, right? But they're diverting that's super important source of NAD. I mean, there are good people. They just happen to, like, you know, get up there and find it. So CD-38 is like something like, especially like your guts produces a lot. It could be an inflammation, sign. know, it could sign inflammation as well.
Starting point is 00:37:25 So as you age CD-38, it starts, there's more CD-30 production. And the CD-38, you don't want that much CD-38, and it just consumes a lot of N-D. So it just sucks up like your N-A-D, and it doesn't need to. It doesn't need to. They don't need to live up there. You just, you need to bring them back up and share the resources. So the more CD-38 we have, the less NAD we have. The more CD-30-8 you have, the less N-A-D you have, correct.
Starting point is 00:37:56 And you don't want more CD-30-It. It doesn't benefit the body. You need to have a little bit of CB-30, not that much. One of the reasons that we have that natural decline, we get older, our body produces more CD-38, which in turn lowers our NAD levels. Correct. Okay. There we go.
Starting point is 00:38:13 That's the chain. All right. Okay. So theoretically, answer me. am I right or wrong here? When you take the NMN, it's going to help produce the more NAD. Will that lower the level of CD-38? No.
Starting point is 00:38:27 No. Okay. All right. So you're still fighting that fight? You're fighting two fights. Okay. Right. Your NAD production is coming down.
Starting point is 00:38:35 Mm-hmm. And then CD-38, this enzyme, this inflammatory enzyme, is taking a lot of NAD. So not only your NAD is coming down, your NAD consumption is going up. So a double edge, you know, you're getting hit from both ends. So something like NMN is at least compensating for that loss? Yeah, at least you're bringing your NED levels up. Okay. But, you know, if you think about like a sink or a tub, so there's a leak somewhere.
Starting point is 00:39:04 So you're filling the tub with water. Yeah. But there's a leak and the leak is getting worse and worse. So you want to start closing that leak. I mean, how then do you plug that leak just by doing this or is that? Well, we have in our formula, we specifically have. two ingredients that is specifically to bring down CD8. Tell me about those, please.
Starting point is 00:39:24 Because that's obviously a key to this that people don't have in their supplement. Yeah. So one of them is hydroxytyrosol. Actually, it's olive oil, olive extract. And the main ingredient of that olive extract is hydroxitirisol. Okay. They're powerful antioxidants. Okay.
Starting point is 00:39:41 But it also comes with some other polyphenols of olive oil. It's known to decrease CD-38 production. and the other one is respiratory. Okay. That's probably people I've heard of before. Yeah, I take it. You take it, okay. Take a high amount of it.
Starting point is 00:39:56 You take a lot of it. Probably way more than most. It's not. Your body can probably get it off. Yeah, no, I do a gram of it. But, you know, most people, even the 500 could get expensive. But like I said, spend your money in your body. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:12 So that's where I was going. What makes the Wonderfield product special? as opposed to another quality, you know, control, that type of thing, you know, but you just really spoke on it, having those extra ingredients. Because if you go buy most NMN supplements and you look at the back, it's going to list ingredients, it's going to say NMN and that's it. You were still doing it. We're doing preclinical trials.
Starting point is 00:40:37 Like we look at lungs that are damaged lungs to see, like, you know, which of these ingredients are helping it. And then we compare to like, they're powerful. steroid, like some ethythosone. And, you know, so when we do the combination, or actually combination really helps bring in the inflammation levels down. The one, I'll be frank with you,
Starting point is 00:40:58 the one, we know this synergy works, but like the Argythining, for instance, like it's the one from the mushrooms. It does not work with CD-38, as far as we know, it does not work with CD-38. And that on its own, you know, people should just take it as a supplement. Okay.
Starting point is 00:41:15 That was the conversation with actually we had with Dave Asprey, oh, you have a good source? I'm like, yeah. It's like, why don't you sell it? It's like, so on and so on. I'm like, that's something. That's how we do.
Starting point is 00:41:26 Right, right. You know, like eat more mushrooms. Literally like good mushrooms. Yeah. So this is something that actually in mother's milk, babies have receptors for it. And it's the only antioxidant that I know that actually stores in the body for up to 30 days
Starting point is 00:41:46 where there's tissue damage. So it's an adoptive one. And as I explained it earlier, they've done actually. They finished the clinical trial on Alzheimer's patients, and they benefited. They were just doing much better. So a baby from one year old to somebody who's nine years old with Alzheimer's benefit from it. We have specific receptors for it. It's super unstable.
Starting point is 00:42:08 Like if we didn't have a receptor, we wouldn't be able to take it. We have a very specific receptor, just like what the cell has a receptor for. So that is in there. It works one way or another, but we still haven't exactly figured out what the mechanism is. But I highly recommend people just to take that on his own anyways. I love how when you explain something, how honest you are about it and everything you know, you know,
Starting point is 00:42:33 and everything you're a little unsure about, but you think you put it out there and you're just flat-ass honest with it. We don't know what we don't know. I appreciate that because it makes everything smooth and easy. And I want to ask you this. I know we've kind of covered this throughout, but I think it's important to just now that we've gone through, you know, the conversation, can you just give some of the biggest misconceptions of one that wants to take an NAD supplement?
Starting point is 00:43:02 Number one, do not buy an NAD supplements if it does not have the precursor in it. Okay. So it has to be either NMN or NR. Okay. You know, everything else that people say, they're precursor. They're not properly studied. I don't know if they do anything. They may help a little bit, but science is pretty clear.
Starting point is 00:43:23 NR and NMN are the precursors for NAD. Don't buy NAD. It does not work. Dose is critical. Like, you know, if you buy this with the intention, then get the right dose. And another question is, you know, you want to make sure that what they say is in the product is in there. So it tries to buy from trusted companies. You know, the trusted companies, they do pay attention to make sure that it's safe and it has what it has in it.
Starting point is 00:43:54 When it comes to the IVs and the injections, some people, they like it. They have good, good feedback. But if you're not one of them, you know, probably not for you. Right. Yeah. You know, I would love to see more studies on this thing. And so we can speak more intelligently about what it does, how much of a very. it goes in, what it activates.
Starting point is 00:44:17 But I will rather take a capsule. It already does the job. We know it. I like that one more thing. Yeah, please. The expectation like, why are you taking this? One of the key things is consistency. That's something people don't realize. Like, they think they can take it like a few days here and there and they're going to see the benefits.
Starting point is 00:44:35 I mean, some of our customers, they come back a year later, a year and a half later, talking about these massive changes, like these improvements. when I talk about the hair change in color, it doesn't happen overnight. Or the skin getting better. So consistency is key. And because your organs have been living with less NAD for so long,
Starting point is 00:44:57 just bringing any levels back up doesn't make them automatically just work at their optimal level. They need time to really, like, you know, get back into their optimal level of how they were performing. And then the results might take much longer, you know. This is like step by step. You are bringing back your NAD levels, your body is getting used to it, your energy levels, your organs. Yeah. So this is a long process.
Starting point is 00:45:21 So I think people miss that. Consistency is key. Or is there any kind of testing one can do? Do you really want to know NAD in tissue? That's where it matters. Okay. And that's very expensive to do because you have to take the tissue out. So it's not really readily available.
Starting point is 00:45:36 Yeah. As I'm banned. And the blood test is not that. that doesn't give you the result that you want to know. Like you said, everybody wants instant result. Yeah, right. You know, and explaining to somebody that this is a marathon, it's not a sprint, and that it takes time, it's hard because it's,
Starting point is 00:45:53 as a society, we just want shit now. We do. Everybody wants it that, you know, and even for me, it's hard, even though I preach it that I know sometimes I'm that way too, but the understanding of how this works, which you were just talking about is it takes time. So this is maybe a two-part question. when could someone expect to start to see transitional changes?
Starting point is 00:46:16 Because like, okay, I'll relate this to HGH again. So when somebody takes HGH, it's stages of where you're going to see something start to happen for you. Like earlier stages, you'll probably see sleep improvement, skin, hair, skin, nails. But it takes time for you to start to see the fat loss benefits that everybody wants right now. And a lot of times you hold water initially and you got to wait, you know. And then with the lean muscle building for HGF. once again a misunderstanding and misconception and how long that takes. So with this, I know it's a battle for you, and it's not just this, it's the damn near everything
Starting point is 00:46:51 that takes time. When would one start to see this? And then for someone, how long can they safely take it? How long should they take it? Yeah. Man, I should have pulled up to clinical paper or team published because they collected all the feedback and they categorized it. So the benefits are categorized.
Starting point is 00:47:12 Like there's metabolic benefits, there's skin benefits, hairs, nails. I think with hairs and nails especially, most people start reporting after a month, two months. Okay. They start seeing some changes. Yeah. The white hair thing is a different one. The energy depends, like, their energy levels, how old they are. So some people start reporting within two weeks.
Starting point is 00:47:35 Some people, also the energy levels, like, they go up in such a, small amounts every day. So they don't even realize that they have more energy sometimes because people forget how they were a month ago. People sleep better, but they don't think about it. Agreed.
Starting point is 00:47:51 But let me think about it. There's a couple other things I wanted to mention. Again, there's so many benefits I keep forgetting about it, and it's not the same for everyone. Right. Oh, so as far as like your blood work, you can look at your blood work.
Starting point is 00:48:02 So if you do constant blood work, hopefully you can see some of your biomarkers improving. So that's a great way to track it. Another thing, like people are really good at like paying attention to tracking. We highly recommend them to track actually before. Yeah. We have a survey that you can fill out.
Starting point is 00:48:19 And then there's a like survey 15 days, 45 days, 90 days. So you can see. You can track it because your mind doesn't necessarily catch up with what the change. And people can probably go to your website and see it right on the feel. Yes. We have a lot of nice articles there. Yeah. Oh yeah.
Starting point is 00:48:34 A lot of clinical papers I referenced, but or writers are really make it very easy to understands. And if I may, I would recommend reading, listening to anything Dr. Andrew Saltzman's done. And I'll have him on my show too. We had to get you first. But I will talk to him too and get a little sciencey and a little nerdy. He can lead to geek out with him. Yeah, it'll be fun. But he's, he is a well-known and recognized plethora of information and trusted person for information that I would recommend going if you want more intricate, detailed science on any. and in-depth study, and he works with you guys on things, and it's been a pleasure to talk to him.
Starting point is 00:49:16 He's loving it. He's been working in pharmaceuticals for so long. Yeah. He's just loving. It's like, oh, like, we can see the results so quickly. He's the man. We'd really grab them from that pharmaceutical world and brought him into our world.
Starting point is 00:49:29 We're still doing pharmaceuticals on the side, but not like that pharmaceutical goal of, like, maximizing profits. Just because some doctors, they only believe in prescription. Yeah. We'll get you the prescription version of it. Right. But, you know, so.
Starting point is 00:49:41 I met you at the convention. Are you going to be at more conventions? Like, what's your plans the rest of the year? And then how do people follow and get good information, you know, from you? And are you posting regularly and putting new stuff up? Well, when you invite us, it becomes much more exciting to talk about. I mean, they invited us, Dave Asprey and his team, invited us to the convention. That's how we ended up there.
Starting point is 00:50:03 Yes. But we don't necessarily do a lot of conventions. Yeah. I know the internet is easier. to get the information out. But we have some wonderful partners like, you know, and some doctors, like Dr. Mark Iman is clinic. Like, they love our product.
Starting point is 00:50:20 They buy it. They give it to their patients. Yeah. So it's organically growing beautifully. But, you know, we need to get out and inform people. We need to get out and talk about it. So we're trying to do that. You know, I think in the next five years, we're going to see much more of this product becoming
Starting point is 00:50:37 more popular, which is a good thing. Like people need this. Hopefully it's going to be like vitamin D, which we have it in there because most people don't take it still. This is one of the easiest hacks like vitamin D, creatine. But, you know, we need to get out there and inform the public. Thank you so much. And what you do, I think resonates with a lot of people. I appreciate it, man.
Starting point is 00:50:58 I'm the best for everybody. Give me a quick, before we go, run me down every ingredient in there so people can take note. Oh, sure. Yeah, it's pretty straightforward. NMN. the right dose, 900 milligrams is what we have. We have ergot thineineine from mushrooms, so, you know, all organic. And we have respiratory that is usually in grapes, hydroxyxytacylosol, and the other polyphenols
Starting point is 00:51:23 from really good olives and olive oil. And then the last one is just because most people don't get it. Not everybody lives in Phoenix like you. Right, Tim and D3. Right. And I learned the hard way on that one going out in the sun too much, man. And my wife will tell you that right away. Knock me down.
Starting point is 00:51:40 I got plenty of vitamin D. I assure you. So what's the best way to follow what you guys do? I mean, like social media-wise, your website, things like that. We're going to catch you. Our website getwonderfield.com and our social media is also get Wonderfield. Sorry, Instagram. We only do Instagram right now.
Starting point is 00:52:04 That's the spot. That's the spot. Yeah. That's the spot. That's my favorite. And then, like I said, look for Dr. Saltman. He's done several podcasts. He's got good information out there.
Starting point is 00:52:14 He'll be on mine soon. And, you know, read trusted information. That's all I can say. And get the right info and you'll learn. You'll do the right things. And this is a great product. I stand by it, you know. You've been taking it as a.
Starting point is 00:52:29 Yeah, being my wife, both. You know, she uses it. I use it. We've been using it now since May? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mitch and May. So man, time flies. Yeah, no, no, no. I mean, I wouldn't use it if it, you know, I'm a mitochondria freak and a cellular freak and understanding the correlation even more today from you and the importance with cellular health that that has and longevity. You don't want to live long, but I want it to be good
Starting point is 00:52:59 and quality. I mean, what good is it living to 90, 100, 120, whatever people think we can go to if you're screwed up for most of it, right? Right. So way to help you live a better life. So I appreciate what you do. I appreciate you coming out to see me. And I just want to make sure more people know about you, man. Thank you so much. You got it. I really appreciate it. Anytime, man. All right, everybody. Well, that wraps up another one. I hope you found this insightful, helpful and beneficial, which I'm sure you have. So stay tuned for plenty more to come. Dylan Jameli and Baron DeLabor. Signing on.

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