From Jet Lag to Jet Fuel: Summer Travels Made Easier with NAD+

Summer travel often brings lots of excitement, but did you know it also disrupts your biology? Jet lag, broken sleep, and airport stress can leave your system feeling extremely depleted. The good news is that NAD+, a key molecule involved in energy and circadian regulation, may offer support exactly when you need it most.

This essential molecule plays a huge role in your energy production, influencing how you feel and function at the cellular level. Let’s explore how boosting your NAD+ can help you to feel your best, wherever you go.

What is NAD+ And Why Does It Matter When You Travel? 

NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a coenzyme found in every cell. It helps power up your cellular energy, supports DNA repair and plays a key role in regulating your body clock. But here’s the catch: our NAD+ levels naturally decline with age — and things like high stress or a lack of quality sleep can make that dip even steeper.

As exciting as holidays are, there’s no doubt that travel can be stressful. From last-minute packing chaos to navigating unfamiliar places, and dealing with changing timezones, it all adds up. This can chip away at your body’s energy levels, leaving you with brain fog, low energy, poor sleep — the last thing you want when you're trying to unwind or explore.

Jet Lag, Fatigue And The NAD+ Connection

Jet lag hits when your internal body clock —  also known as your circadian rhythm —  gets thrown off by crossing time zones. NAD+ plays a key role in regulating this rhythm, helping your body adjust more smoothly to new time zones and restoring a more natural sleep-wake cycle.

The issue is that poor sleep itself leads to reduced NAD+ production, which makes it even harder for your body to recover and adjust. This creates a frustrating loop of fatigue and sluggishness. Add to that the oxidative stress and inflammation triggered by long-haul flights, disrupted routines and environmental changes, and your system is left running on empty.

Taking action to top up your NAD+ supply may help to break the cycle. It supports cellular repair, boosts mitochondrial function for energy and contributes to more restful, restorative sleep. So whether you’re wide awake at 3 a.m. in Tokyo or nodding off at the dinner table in Los Angeles, giving your NAD+ levels a lift can help your body to get back in sync.

How NAD+ Supports Energy and Recovery On The Go

NAD+ is essential for mitochondrial function — specifically in facilitating oxidative phosphorylation, the process through which mitochondria produce ATP, your body’s main energy currency. When NAD+ levels are adequate, this process runs efficiently, helping to generate sustained cellular energy across muscles, brain, immune cells and more.

Having increased NAD+ availability supports:

• Muscle recovery by enhancing cellular repair and reducing inflammation following lots of physical activity.
  

• Mental clarity through its role in supporting neuronal energy demands and regulating neurotransmitter balance.
  

• Physical stamina by promoting mitochondrial biogenesis, increasing the number and efficiency of mitochondria within cells.

Whether you're hiking across scenic landscapes or simply adjusting to a new time zone, ensuring your NAD+ levels are optimised allows your body to adapt, recover and stay energised - even when your routine is disrupted.

NADclinic: Your Perfect Travel Companion

NADclinic’s Enhanced Optima Max capsules are ideal for supplementing NAD+ on-the-go. They deliver a concentrated 250mg dose of NAD+ per capsule, providing you with a daily boost before, during and after your travels. 

Lightweight, portable and fuss-free, it fits seamlessly into your travel routineWherever you’re going, Enhanced Optima Max helps keep your body balanced and your energy levels topped up.

Travel doesn’t have to drain your system. With NADclinic’s Enhanced Optima Max, you can support your body’s energy, sleep, and recovery from the inside out — so you arrive ready, not recovering.