This is absolutely the most important nutrient there is to keep your heart healthy. CoQ-10 will also stop most gum disease and it will keep your skin beautiful and help to reverse the aging process.

 

Coenzyme Q-10, also known as ubiquinone, is a lipoidal vitamin-like substance similar in structure to vitamin K. Just how important CoQ-10 is can be demonstrated by the discovery that if CoQ-10 levels in heart cells approach 75% deficiency the human heart ceases to function.

 

Coenzyme Q-10 (CoQ-10) has captured the imagination of medical scientists world-wide. Isolated in its pure form in 1957, researchers have found it to be an essential substance in cell respiration, electron transfer, and the control of oxidation reactions.

 

A recent review of its therapeutic benefits suggests CoQ-10 may become standard therapy for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, including angina pectoris, congestive heart failure and thyrotoxic heart failure. Further it was concluded that CoQ-10 may be of benefit for the prevention and treatment of diseases and reactions associated with immunodeficiency, gastric ulcers, accelerated weight loss in obesity, and enhanced physical/athletic performance and endurance.

 

How Does CoO-10 Work? CoQ-10 serves the same function as the cylinders in an automobile engine where the gasoline is ignited and explodes to drive the piston. Without CoQ-10 the cell is like a dead engine; there is no spark or ignition.

 

CoQ-10 in Clinical Medicine: CoQ-10 has been found to be of clinical value in a number of disorders and diseases, including cardiovascular disease, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, hyperthyroid heart failure, mitral valve prolapse, and hypertension. Deficient levels of CoQ-10 have been found in diabetes mellitus, periodontal disease and muscular dystrophy.

 

Periodontal Disease: It has been studied in the treatment of periodontal disease (i.e. gingivitis, etc.) Periodontal disease effects 60% of young adults and over 80% of individuals over the age of 65. For many sufferers proper oral hygiene with brushing and flossing produces negligible results necessitating surgery. CoQ-10 deficiency has been reported in 60% to 96% of patients with gingivitis. In one clinical study, 18 patients with periodontal disease received either 50 mg/day of CoQ-10 or placebo over a three-week double-blind study. All 8 patients receiving CoQ-10 had less swelling, bleeding, redness, pain, exudate, looseness of teeth, and gingival pocket depth. These "very impressive" results were excellent as compared to the 7 to 10 patients receiving placebo showing no improvement. One of the study's authors commented that the results seen in 3 weeks normally took 6 months.