http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.lisatamati.com en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:17:52 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/166542/the-rescue-molecule-iv-vitamin-c/ I want to tell you about a molecule that the medical establishment treats as a quaint footnote — the thing in your orange juice, the chewable tablet your nan gave you when you had a cold — and how, over the course of a series of interviews on Pushing The Limits, I came to understand it as one of the most powerful, most under-used tools we have in critical illness. And I want to be honest with you about why this subject is not academic for me. I fought a 15-day battle in an ICU to get intrave... Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:15:17 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post166542 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/166326/how-to-actually-raise-nad/ In the last post I made the case that low NAD+ in ageing tissue isn't really a supply problem — it's a consumption and diversion problem. Pour more precursor into a system that's actively draining and wasting NAD+, and you've chosen the least efficient fix available. That post named the problem. This one is about the machinery: how the pathway actually works, and what the research says about targeting each part of it. Because once you see it as real enzymes doing real things — not as an ana... Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:32:55 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post166326 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/165612/the-nad-problem-nobodys-solving/ Here's something that took me a long time to properly understand, and once I did, I couldn't look at the NAD+ shelf the same way again.Almost every NAD+ product on the market does the same thing. It hands your body more precursor — NMN, NR, niacin, take your pick — on the assumption that if levels are dropping with age, the fix is to pour more in. More substrate, more NAD+, job done.Except that's not how the biology works. And the strange part is that the science community already knows this... Sat, 30 May 2026 19:38:23 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post165612 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/165605/why-physical-ai-in-healthcare-is-the-conversation-new-zealand-needs-to-have-right-now/ I recently had the privilege of speaking at Deloitte's Physical AI TechWeek event alongside Paulo Osorio from Deloitte New Zealand. We were there to talk about something I'm deeply passionate about — why healthcare is the sector where physical AI and robotics can make the most immediate and profound difference, and why New Zealand is uniquely positioned to lead.This isn't a theoretical conversation for me. I live this every single day.The Numbers That Should Keep Us Up at NightLet me ground th... Sat, 30 May 2026 08:47:47 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post165605 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/165594/why-more-nad-isnt-the-answer-and-what-actually-is/ Let me start by being honest about the most common pushback we get — because it's a fair question and it deserves a proper answer."Niacinamide is the slowest, least effective NAD+ precursor. NR is faster. NMN is one step closer to NAD+ in the biosynthesis pathway. Why on earth would you build a formula around niacinamide when better options exist?"This is not a fringe position. Clinicians with decades of IV NAD experience rank NR above NMN above niacinamide for speed of NAD+ elevation. The ent... Fri, 29 May 2026 14:10:05 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post165594 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/165305/the-one-system-that-controls-how-well-you-age-and-what-to-do-about-it/ The One System That Controls How Well You Age (And What to Do About It)After 15 years working in functional health and longevity, I've seen every trend come and go. But the more I learn — and the more complex cases I work with — the more I come back to one thing: your immune system is the foundation of how you age.Not your telomeres. Not your NAD+ levels. Not even your mitochondria — though they all matter. It's your immune system that interacts with and influences every single hallmark of... Fri, 22 May 2026 17:06:50 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post165305 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/164639/copper-mitochondria-and-autism-the-missing-link-no-one-is-talking-about/ What if the missing piece in autism, chronic fatigue, and even premature grey hair comes down to something as simple as the wrong type of copper?In this episode of Pushing the Limits, I sat down with Melissa Atchley from MitoSynergy to talk about bioavailable copper — what it is, why it matters, and how it changed her son’s life. Melissa isn’t a scientist. She’s a mum. And her story is one of the most compelling things I’ve heard in 450+ episodes of this podcast.Meeting Charlie Barker ... Sat, 16 May 2026 08:57:51 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post164639 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/163633/immunosenescence-rejuvenate-pro-immune-aging-science/ By Lisa Tamati / Co-Founder Aevum Labs / Host, Pushing the Limits Podcast   The Problem with Treating Hallmarks One at a Time Every practitioner working in longevity medicine has had the same experience. A patient arrives with a protocol that’s already twelve supplements deep. Something for mitochondrial support. Something for methylation. A senolytic. An NAD+ precursor. A gut repair stack. An anti-inflammatory. An antioxidant. Each intervention has good science behind it. And yet th... Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:06:09 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post163633 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/163510/blog-post-glp-1-bridge-protocol-coming-off-ozempic/ I have a growing number of clients walking through my door with the same story.They went on a GLP-1 — semaglutide, tirzepatide, sometimes compounded versions from telehealth clinics. They lost the weight. The food noise stopped. For the first time in years, maybe ever, eating felt simple. They felt in control. They got compliments. Their clothes fit. Their inflammatory markers improved. Their fasting glucose normalised.And then, for one of a hundred reasons, they decided to stop.The cost stopp... Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:29:04 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post163510 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/post/163229/kawakawa-benefits-research/ One of the things I love most about living in New Zealand is that some of the most interesting longevity botanicals in the world are growing wild in our own backyard — most people just walk past them without realising. Kawakawa is the perfect example. And the more I dig into the kawakawa benefits being uncovered by modern research, the more convinced I am that this unassuming heart-shaped leaf is one of the most underrated tools we have for supporting healthy ageing, immune resilience, and the... Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:03:00 +1200 http://www.lisatamati.com/blog/#post163229