When we first created Qualia Mitochondria+ (formerly Qualia Life), the company that supplies the patented form of Nicotinamide Riboside (NIAGEN®️) had decided they would not sell this ingredient to other companies.
This changed recently, and we've now partnered with this supplier, offering NIAGEN®️ in our Qualia NAD+ formula. This formula takes the our complex systems science approach and applies it to making NAD+, in which NIAGEN®️ plays a very helpful role.
For people who wish to take Nicotinamide Riboside, Qualia NAD+ is a formula containing it. Qualia NAD+ also contains niacin (nicotinic acid), niacinamide (which are two additional NAD+ precursors), and 11 other cofactor ingredients that work together to support NAD+ production.
Qualia Mitochondria+ also supplies excellent support for pathways and processes involved in metabolizing NAD+.* Qualia Mitochondria+ does not contain NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) because the FDA has determined that NMN is excluded from the definition of dietary supplement.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
How does Qualia Mitochondria+ work?
Qualia Mitochondria+ works by helping our cells and mitochondria do more work, especially the types of tasks they tend to struggle to get to as we get older. When our cells and mitochondria can do more work, and get to all the important jobs we need them to do, we look, feel and function better.
Depending on health, age, and other factors, what you experience will vary. In the biohacker and quantified self communities, you’ll run across the acronym YMMV. This stands for “your mileage may vary.” It means that every person does not respond identically to the same thing. YMMV is seen with diet, exercise, sleep needs, and circadian preferences (i.e., some people are morning people; others are night people). It’s also seen with dietary supplements. Because of this, there’s a growing movement for what are called N-of-1 (or one person) experiments.
A good strategy, when starting anything new, is to start slow and gradually working your way up. This takes advantage of the body’s adaptive capacities and minimizes chances of poor response. Exercise is a great example of this. When starting a new exercise routine, the tendency is to want to do a lot right away. But this increases chances of having very sore muscles or getting injured. So, it’s better to start conservatively and slowly do more as your body gets accustomed to the new routine.
In general, we recommend taking the full dose. The full dose provides the studied amounts of many of the ingredients (this is an important part of being able to make accurate structure/function claims) and is the dose we designed the formulation to deliver and have studied in our testing.
When we designed Qualia Mitochondria+, we did so understanding people would take it with one of the other Qualia nootropic products.
For the full list of the ingredients in Qualia Mitochondria+, why they were chosen, and the research behind them, please review our formulation section.
Qualia Mitochondria+ was formulated to comprehensively support the multiple interacting metabolic pathways, signaling processes, and cellular mechanisms of long-term healthy function. Better cells and mitochondrial function translates into more high-performing days and longer healthy years.
Qualia Mitochondria+ can be taken by any adults, but the groups we had in mind when we formulated and tested it include: