Research has shown CoQ10 can help:
· Nutritionally support energy production
· Combat fatigue and increase stamina
· Nutritionally support fat utilization, protecting the heart

CoQ10 was first discovered in 1957 by Professor F.L. Crane and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin. In 1958, the chemical structure was solved by Dr. D. E. Wolf at Merck Laboratories, in an effort led by Dr. Karl Folkers. Dr. Folkers soon became the leading expert on CoQ10, hypothesizing in the early 1960's that CoQ10 was essential to the body's production of energy in the form of ATP, the basic unit of energy used by every cell in the body.

In scientific terms, CoQ10 is known as a "ubiquinone," a substance that is similar in structure to a vitamin and is found everywhere throughout the tissues of oxygen-dependent lifeforms. CoQ10 is also a "coenzyme" which is directly necessary to catalyze specific enzymes, called "bio-enzymes" that allow the body to generate energy from food and air. In other words your body cannot generate any energy without CoQ10!

CoQ10 and Energy Production
The chemistry behind the intricate mechanisms of energy production and CoQ10 is quite elaborate involving electron transport chains, ATP and mitochondria. The truth is, it would require way too much energy to explain it in those terms, so let's try an analogy.

Consider that in every cell in your body there is a power source, i.e., an engine, like in your car. Within the engine are cylinders which combine gasoline and oxygen, these are your mitochondria and the "spark" that creates the combustion is CoQ10!

CoQ10 and Your Heart
The heart is the hardest working muscle in the body. It beats more than 100,000 times in a single day. Because of its high energy requirements, the heart needs to be well supplied with CoQ10 at all times. The body's highest concentration of CoQ10 occurs in heart muscle and heart muscle cells contain large numbers of mitochondria. Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated significant improvements in heart function with oral administration of CoQ10.

A word of warning to anyone who is taking cholesterol lowering drugs. It has been found that certain cholesterol lowering drugs, the "statins", interfere with CoQ10 synthesis. It appears that these drugs not only inhibit cholesterol synthesis but CoQ10 synthesis as well!

Benefits of Supplementation with CoQ10

• Boosting energy levels
• Strengthening and protecting the heart against cardiovascular disorders and heart disease
• Aiding in weight loss
• Improving the effectiveness of the immune system
• Reversing periodontal disease
• Normalizing blood pressure
• Increasing stamina and endurance
• Acting as an antioxidant by protecting the body against free radicals

Remember from last month's newsletter, that L-Carnitine works synergistically with CoQ10. L-Carnitine carries the fatty acids into the mitochondria , where CoQ10 can convert them into energy.

Here are some formulated products that contain the above nutrients in the appropriate amounts. Click on any one of them and you will go to an informative description of the product. Also please check out our new Metagenics site healthystores.com

PhysioLogics:

• Coenzyme Q10

Metagenics:

• Mitochondrial Resuscitate
• CoQ-10 ST-100
  
  

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Yours For Better Health,

Dr. Peter L. Kopko, D.C.

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