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Ingredient guide

SDAI AKG Ingredients, Explained Without the Hype

SDAI AKG ingredients start with one compound, calcium alpha-ketoglutarate, paired with five B vitamins and one extra vitamin per formula. This guide walks through each part and points to the published papers behind the basics.

On this site
  1. Calcium AKG: the compound and its salt form
  2. How the sustained-release tablet is built
  3. Reading the supplement facts panel
  4. Published research sources

The four building blocks

Ca-AKG1,000 mg calcium alpha-ketoglutarate monohydrate per serving
B vitaminsB1, B2, B6 (P5P), folate (L-5-MTHF) and B12 (methylcobalamin)
Vitamin AMen's Formula only, 400 mcg RAE
Vitamin D3Women's Formula only, 10 mcg

What alpha-ketoglutarate is

Alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) is a small organic acid that human cells make themselves. Biochemists know it as an intermediate of the citric acid cycle (also called the Krebs cycle), the series of reactions mitochondria use to process nutrients. It also links to nitrogen and amino acid metabolism. A 2016 review in Biomolecules & Therapeutics summarizes these roles (Wu et al., 2016).

Describing what a molecule does in normal biochemistry is different from describing what a supplement does. The pages here stick to the first and to how the product is made.

Why the tablet design matters

The SDAI AKG tablet uses a sustained-release matrix. It showed a 6-hour release in laboratory dissolution testing. Read how that test works.

For full product pages and ordering, see the official SDAI BioAge website.