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CoQ10
Heart, Circulation, Energy & More
Three Formulas for
Co-Q10 Supplementation:
Co-Q10 Plus - 10 mg.
Co-Q10 - 30 mg.
Co-Q10 Softgels - 75 mg.
CoQ10's popularity is linked to more energy
and a longer life. It is a coenzyme that is found in all body cells, working
to help produce energy. The organ needing the most energy is the heart.
It contains the largest amount of CoQ10 in the body. When you take CoQ10
as a supplement, it strengthens the heart without exercise. Research indicates
that people who have had a heart attack or have high blood pressure greatly
improve by taking CoQ10.
The severity of heart
failure correlates with the severity of CoQ10 deficiency. [Drugs
Exptl.Clin.Res. X (7) pp.497-502]
A 30-year review study from the University of Southern California
lauded the
potential of Co-Q10 for the prevention and treatment of heart disease (Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2002, vol. 16, no. 4).
Consistently positive effects have been documented in patients
with congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, and angina.
The case is also fairly strong for other health benefits.
People with type
2 diabetes, for example, are better able to control their blood sugar
levels while taking Co-Q10 and chronic migraine sufferers experienced a
dramatic
reduction in migraine frequency.
This vitamin-like substance helps several
enzymes in the complicated process of converting food into energy. Co-Q10
is the spark that starts cellular machinery producing energy. Because all
cells need a constant supply of energy, Co-Q10 levels
are
important. The heart muscle consumes an extraordinary amount of energy
and is very sensitive to Co-Q10 depletion.
Co-Q10 is also an antioxidant that eats up harmful free radicals created
during metabolism.
When we're healthy, we are full of life and energy. Our
heart is doing it's job and that causes the circulatory system to function
as it should, taking oxygen and nutrition to the cellular levels.
This CoQ10 deficiency may well be a primary causative
factor in some types of heart muscle dysfunction while in others it may
be a secondary phenomenon. Whether primary, secondary or both, this deficiency
of CoQ10 appears to be a major treatable factor in the otherwise inexorable
progression of heart failure. The efficacy and safety of CoQ10 in the
treatment of congestive heart failure, whether related to primary cardiomyopathies
or secondary forms of heart failure, appears to be well-established.CoQ10 also regulates the use of oxygen in our bodies. When
free radicals are present, CoQ10 destroys them and makes more oxygen available
to the system. Lack of oxygen and loose free radicals lead to aging in
the body, so CoQ10 prevents aging.
When we're young, CoQ10 is abundant in our
bodies. Besides being produced in the body, it is also found in foods,
such as beef, spinach, and peanuts. However, after age 20, CoQ10 levels
begin to drop as we age. With supplementation of CoQ10 our heart is stronger
to protect our cells and provide the proper amounts of oxygen and nutrition.
We are also protected from the aging effects of free radicals.
Coenzyme Q10's recent research suggests it
can help bring hope to those with degenerative problems in the nervous
system. Several studies published in the journals, "Neurology" and "Archives
of Neurology" have documented the recent success and potention of
Co-Q10.
CoQ10 is known to be highly concentrated in
heart muscle cells due to the high energy requirements of this cell type.
The great bulk of clinical work with CoQ10 has focused on heart disease.
Specifically, congestive heart failure (from a wide variety of causes)
has been strongly correlated with significantly low blood and tissue levels
of CoQ10 [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., vol.
82(3), pp. 901-4].
Three Formulas for
Co-Q10 Supplementation
Co-Q10 Plus - 10
mg.
Co-Q10 - 30 mg.
Co-Q10 Softgels -
75 mg.
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