SUPPLEMENTS
After an electron (plus its partner, hydrogen, H) has been picked
up, it is written NADH or NADPH (which are reduced NADs).
The Syncrometer never detects NADH or NADPH in a
healthy organ in the morning. Evidently, the electron (and hy-
drogen) are passed on to the next recipient so fast that it is never
in the reduced state long enough to be detected. But in a tumor,
the reduced forms are always present. Obviously, there is a seri-
ous slowdown of oxidation. Late in the day, after 5 PM, even
healthy organs in elderly
people can build up some
NADH and NADPH
showing, perhaps, the ef-
fect of age on our me-
tabolism.
Often a tumorous tis-
sue shows neither the oxi-
dized NADs nor the re-
duced NADHs. This sug-
gests an absolute shortage. Low NAD levels were the result of
feeding the dye, DAB, to animals in 1940.^99 Although our 21
Day Program removes all synthetic dyes, perhaps the damage is
done and the parts are now missing that are needed to make the
NADs. Fortunately the N-portion is easy to provide.
The N-portion can be provided by a supplement of either
niacin or niacinamide. The problem with taking niacin is the
“niacin flush.” Some people flush with a dose as small as 25
mg. The face feels hot and turns red. Neck and arms may turn
red and itch also. All this lasts five to ten minutes, sometimes
followed by chills. It is harmless and perhaps even beneficial.
But for this reason, only a small dose is given, a pinch, three
times a day, with food. Niacinamide does not cause flushing and
can also increase NAD levels. So a larger dose of niacinamide
is given, 500 mg, twice a day. The problem with niacinamide is
that it is a methyl acceptor. It seems wise to minimize supple-
(^99) Kensler, C.J., Sugiura, K., Rhoads, C.P., Coenzyme 1 and Riboflavin Content of
Livers of Rats Fed Butter Yellow , Science, v. 91, 1940, p. 623.
Fig. 30 Food electrons captured by oxidized NAD
Electrons
in food+ NAD^ NADH
Hydrogen