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Co-Enzyme Q-10  (CoQ10)  is found in every cell of the body.   Your body makes CoQ10, and your cells use it to produce energy your body needs for cell growth and maintenance.   It also functions as an antioxidant, which protects the body from damage caused by harmful free radicals.   It is also known as Q10, vitamin Q10, ubiquinone, or ubidecarenone.

Your body has the ability to produce CoQ10 (ubiquinone) which it converts to ubiquinol.   As you age there is increased metabolic demand & oxidative stress that depletes CoQ10, along with age-related changes in genes.   Statin drugs also deplete CoQ10 levels.

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of CoQ10 supplements on the market today.    The low quality demonstrated by so many companies absolutely shocks me.   Most companies will jump on a fad supplement like CoQ10, and put a product on the shelf prematurely, just to make a buck.

The American Cancer Society says, “Few serious reactions to CoQ10 supplementation have been reported.”   Notice they didn’t say there WEREN’T ANY.   Yes, they admit there are serious reactions, but they say “only a few”.

Most supplements containing Co Q10 contain plasticizers — chemicals capable of disrupting your endocrine system — and they also contain inactive, potentially allergenic ingredients.   They also are sensitive to heat and moisture and, once they are exposed to air, oxidation damage begins.

CoQ10 is naturally present in small amounts in a wide variety of foods, but levels are particularly high in organ meats such as heart, liver, and kidney, as well as beef, soy oil, sardines, mackerel, and peanuts.

Coenzymes help enzymes work to digest food and perform other body processes, and they help protect the heart and skeletal muscles.

Cardiovascular Conditions:

For more than 20 years, researchers have studied CoQ10 for the treatment of heart failure.   Researchers disagree about the benefits of CoQ10 for people with heart failure.   Studies show that it has little or no effect in treating heart failure or angina.   It is not recommended for people who have already been diagnosed with these health problems.  [1, 2, 3]

Cancer:

In 1961, scientists saw that people with cancer had little CoQ10 in their blood.   But the National Cancer Institute (NCI) rates the strength of the evidence for the connection between CoQ10 and cancer as weak.  [5]

Other Claims:

Research does not support a helpful effect of CoQ10 in periodontal (gum) disease, muscular dystrophy, or exercise recovery.   Studies show that CoQ10 can help lower blood pressure.  [4]

Is CoQ10 safe?

Since there is NO KNOWN NATURAL SOURCE for CoQ10 available to manufacturers of supplements, all these supplements are synthetic-sourced and contain synthetic Co-Enzyme Q-10.   Taking 100mg a day or more of CoQ10 has caused mild insomnia in some people.   And research has detected elevated levels of liver enzymes in people taking doses of 300 mg per day for long periods of time.   Other reported side effects include rashes, nausea, upper abdominal pain, dizziness, sensitivity to light, irritability, headache, heartburn, and fatigue.

Remember, there is NO SUCH THING as a “One-Pill-Wonder”.     Our bodies are too complex for that!    GNLD does not use CoQ10 in any of their products.   GNLD’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will continue to monitor the research on Co-Enzyme Q-10, but at this time we cannot justify producing a product that would certainly be very costly (it’s quite an expensive ingredient to extract in its natural form) and yet would not be certain to provide real health and nutrition benefits, and would not be from natural sourcing.   I personally will not take a Co-Enzyme Q-10 supplement.    This is what I do instead:

References:

  1. Radford, MJ, et al. (2005). ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with chronic heart failure: A report of the ACC/AHA Task Force in Clinical Data Standards. Circulation, 112(12): 1888-1916.
  2. Hunt SA, et al. (2005). ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: A report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 112(12): e154.
  3. Gibbons RJ, et al. (2003). ACC/AHA guideline update for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: A report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 107(1): 149-158.
  4. Rosenfeldt FL, et al. (2007). Co-Enzyme Q-10 in the treatment of hypertension: A meta-analysis of the clinical trials. Journal of Human Hypertension, 21(4): 297-306.
  5. National Cancer Institute (2007). Co-Enzyme Q-10. Available online: http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/coenzymeQ10/healthprofessional/allpages.

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