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A post from Dr Jon re the benefits of CoQ10 supplements.

 

 

 

 

> A RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE OF HOW COENZYME Q-10 ENHANCES BOTH PERFORMANCE

> AND HEALTH.

>

> COQ-10, also known as Ubiquinone, is a vitamin-like substance that

> resembles Vitamin E but is an even more powerful anti-oxidant. There

> are 10 common Coenzyme Q's, but COQ-10 is the only one found in human

> tissue. As we age, COQ-10 tissue levels decrease until at age 40 we

> have only 64% of the COQ-10 that we had at 20, while when we reach

> age 80, we measure only 36% of our age 20 tissue COQ-10 count. COQ-

> 10 is the cellular component(quinone) which is a cyclic compound

> found in every cell of the body.

>

> Eating foods cooked or processed destroys the COQ-10 and/or the

> substrates which our body would convert into replacing depleted COQ-

> 10 tissue stores.(Pure COQ-10 is a bright yellow in its active form,

> but once it is exposed to light or 115 degrees heat it is rendered

> inactive.) Eating foods rich in COQ-10 (sardines, green vegetables,

> cereals, and raw nuts) will spare COQ-10 tissue losses.

>

> Modern research supports the benefits to both performance and health

> by oral supplementation of COQ-10. The New England Institute reports

> that COQ-10 alone is effective in reducing mortality in experimental

> animals suffering from tumors and leukemia.

>

> Other research projects have substantiated further health benefits

> from COQ-10 supplementation against allergies, asthma, respiratory

> disease, schizophrenia, alzheimers disease, obesity, candidiasis,

> multiple sclerosis, peridontal disease, diabetes, cancer, and most

> recently A.I.D.S. Studies have shown that reduced levels of COQ-10

> contribute directly to the aging process, while increasing COQ-10

> intake will actually retard and slow down the effects of " Father

> Time " on all of us. Similar studies have noted conclusively that COQ-

> 10 supplementation reduces the risk of heart attack, increases

> respiration efficiency in the heart muscle, lowers blood pressure,

> and enhances immune system functions.

>

> SPECIFIC STUDIES ON COQ-10...IRREFUTABLE PROOF.

>

> In blood and tissue samples taken from patients suffering from

> cardiomyopathy, COQ-10 was found to be deficient in two separate

> independent studies. Clinical observation of COQ-10 supplementation

> appears to give symptomatic relief to chronic fatigue syndrome in

> patients studied in two separate and independent research projects.

> Oral ingestion of COQ-10 was found to activate macrophages, hence

> enhancing immune system function significantly. In double blind

> studies and in individual case reports, neuromuscular neurogenic

> atrophies of both skeletal and cardiac muscle were shown to improve

> functionally after oral ingestion of COQ-10.

>

> Obesity treated with 100 mg. COQ-10 doses orally contributed to

> increased weight loss rates in two separate and independent studies

> of obese individuals on restricted calorie intake. Obese people,

> like the cardiomyopathic patients listed above, tend be deficient in

> COQ-10 tissue and blood level sampling. Results from rat studies

> suggest that oral ingestion of COQ-10 will raise blood and tissue

> levels of this important health nutrient. The rats with the highest

> tissue levels were exercised long enough to induce injury, but

> performed extreme endurance exercise without injury,while the control

> group of non--supplemented rats received exercise-induced injuries.

> This strongly suggests that COQ-10 supplements may provide a

> protective-preventative effect from exercise-induced endurance injury.

>

> Research has shown that COQ-10, taken in an oil base, is more

> effective. There are many liquid soft gel products ranging from

> about $15-$40 for sixty 50mg gels. It is important that the product

> is carefully tested for potency. Most of the bargain(??) basement

> offerings are little more than rice powder with yellow dye.

>

> I have taken 300 mg. daily, along with the inexpensive Pauling

> Formula, since last June. I wanted to try this before agreeing to my

> cardiologist's recommendation of an endarterectomy.

>

> I cannot prove it but I believe these have been instrumental in

> arresting the stenosis (blockage 50% & 70%) in my carotid arteries.

> In fact, a recent doppler scan revealed the stenosis has been

> slightly reversed which, according to my cardiologist, " Never

> happens " unless one has a dangerous $5,000.00 endarterectomy which

> gives one about a 2% chance of never getting off the table and a much

> greater chance of morbidity (problems). The Doc. slices open (gasp)

> your carotid arteries, cleans them out, sews you back up. If you are

> still alive, you go home.

>