CoQ10 could repair your cardiovascular system!
Your body makes a substance that helps keep your blood pressure in check. In fact, low levels of it are believed to be an indication that you may be having a cardiac event.
The substance is coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10, and plants, animals and humans synthesize it. Sometimes, your body doesn't make enough of it, and that can be a sign of serious of trouble.
When CoQ10 levels drop, your body gets stressed
CoQ10 helps prevent oxidation and tissue damage. When levels go below a certain level, the walls of your arteries experience more stress and make it difficult for blood to pass. The result is elevated blood pressure.
Doctors are on the fence about the meaning of low CoQ10 levels. Do low levels indicate that you have high blood pressure? Or, does high blood pressure cause a drop in CoQ10 levels? For our purposes, it doesn't matter. All we need to know is that adding CoQ10 to your diet reduces blood pressure.
You may be able to throw out your blood pressure pills!
For over 12 years, doctors have known that CoQ10 has a profound and positive effect on hypertension. Doctors at the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Texas at Austin conducted a study involving 109 patients with symptomatic essential hypertension. When they started the study, all the patients were on hypertension drugs. They followed the patients for six months and found that 51% "came completely off...one to three antihypertensive drugs at an average of 4.4 months after starting CoQ10."
These positive findings were confirmed in another study reported in the Southern Medical Journal five years ago. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial gave 60mg of CoQ10 twice a day to 46 men and 37 women with isolated systolic hypertension. CoQ10 levels were tested before the trial and after. "The mean reduction in systolic blood pressure of the CoQ10-treated group was 17.8 +/-7.3 mm Hg." The doctors concluded that CoQ10 "may be safely offered to hypertensive patients as an alternative treatment option." Wow! Could you use a reduction of almost 18 points in your blood pressure? That's the power of CoQ10!
A word of caution! If you're on blood pressure medicine, check with your healthcare provider before starting CoQ10 or stopping your drugs.
While CoQ10 lowers your blood pressure, it may be saving your heart!
It's almost impossible to separate your vascular/arterial system from your cardiac system. What affects one, usually affects the other. Therefore, it stands to reason that someone with hypertension may have cardiovascular issues. If that's your situation, you'll be interested in the following studies that show CoQ10 has helped improve heart ailments.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 35 patients with heart failure, doctors administered CoQ10 over a three-month period. The placebo group showed no significant improvements, but the CoQ10 group had "significant improvements in symptom class and a trend toward improvements in exercise time." Difficulty walking can have many origins, but you might be able to increase your endurance by supplementing with CoQ10 if your problem is cardiac in nature.
The power of CoQ10 is so far-reaching that doctors in India believe it "could be useful in patients with congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery diseases and in the prevention of myocardium."
If you're taking drugs to treat any of these cardiac issues, has your doctor told you that most of the drugs actually lower your CoQ10 levels? This makes a bad situation even worse. According to the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, "HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, gemfibrozil, Adriamycin and certain beta blockers" could be responsible for further reductions in your CoQ10. Your doctor can test your levels to see if your prescription is making things worse.
Liquid CoQ10 is the best deal!
I've used CoQ10 for general good health and have tried pills, capsules and sprays - and spray is best. In order for CoQ10 to be effective, you must take it with an oil. Without oil, your body can't use it. Many CoQ10 pills and capsules do not contain this necessary ingredient. You can take it with a meal that contains some fat or oil, but that's not always convenient. It's best if you have a supplement that doesn't require anything else.
The spray version I prefer does contain oil. As mentioned in some of my other blogs, spray supplements bypass the liver and digestive process and are quickly put to use by your body. You can also use a much lower dosage when you spray or use a sublingual (under the tongue) liquid because more of the nutrient is used.
My favorite CoQ10 is Source Naturals' NutraSpray Coenzyme Q10 (30mg). It's a 2-oz. bottle, but you use only 1-2 sprays a day. I'd be surprised if you didn't see results before the bottle was empty!
Additional sources:
Biofactors. 2003;18(1-4):129-36
Mol Aspects Med. 1994;15 Suppl:S265-72
South Med J. 2001 Nov;94(11):1112-7
Biofactors. 2003;18(1-4):91-100
J Assoc Physicians India. 1998 Mar;46(3):299-306
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2002 Jul;16(4):9-20
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I am not a doctor and have no medical training.
The information in this blog is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Statements made on this blog
have not been evaluated by the FDA.
Consult a healthcare professional before using any products,
treatments or exercises mentioned on this blog.
The substance is coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10, and plants, animals and humans synthesize it. Sometimes, your body doesn't make enough of it, and that can be a sign of serious of trouble.
When CoQ10 levels drop, your body gets stressed
CoQ10 helps prevent oxidation and tissue damage. When levels go below a certain level, the walls of your arteries experience more stress and make it difficult for blood to pass. The result is elevated blood pressure.
Doctors are on the fence about the meaning of low CoQ10 levels. Do low levels indicate that you have high blood pressure? Or, does high blood pressure cause a drop in CoQ10 levels? For our purposes, it doesn't matter. All we need to know is that adding CoQ10 to your diet reduces blood pressure.
You may be able to throw out your blood pressure pills!
For over 12 years, doctors have known that CoQ10 has a profound and positive effect on hypertension. Doctors at the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Texas at Austin conducted a study involving 109 patients with symptomatic essential hypertension. When they started the study, all the patients were on hypertension drugs. They followed the patients for six months and found that 51% "came completely off...one to three antihypertensive drugs at an average of 4.4 months after starting CoQ10."
These positive findings were confirmed in another study reported in the Southern Medical Journal five years ago. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial gave 60mg of CoQ10 twice a day to 46 men and 37 women with isolated systolic hypertension. CoQ10 levels were tested before the trial and after. "The mean reduction in systolic blood pressure of the CoQ10-treated group was 17.8 +/-7.3 mm Hg." The doctors concluded that CoQ10 "may be safely offered to hypertensive patients as an alternative treatment option." Wow! Could you use a reduction of almost 18 points in your blood pressure? That's the power of CoQ10!
A word of caution! If you're on blood pressure medicine, check with your healthcare provider before starting CoQ10 or stopping your drugs.
While CoQ10 lowers your blood pressure, it may be saving your heart!
It's almost impossible to separate your vascular/arterial system from your cardiac system. What affects one, usually affects the other. Therefore, it stands to reason that someone with hypertension may have cardiovascular issues. If that's your situation, you'll be interested in the following studies that show CoQ10 has helped improve heart ailments.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 35 patients with heart failure, doctors administered CoQ10 over a three-month period. The placebo group showed no significant improvements, but the CoQ10 group had "significant improvements in symptom class and a trend toward improvements in exercise time." Difficulty walking can have many origins, but you might be able to increase your endurance by supplementing with CoQ10 if your problem is cardiac in nature.
The power of CoQ10 is so far-reaching that doctors in India believe it "could be useful in patients with congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery diseases and in the prevention of myocardium."
If you're taking drugs to treat any of these cardiac issues, has your doctor told you that most of the drugs actually lower your CoQ10 levels? This makes a bad situation even worse. According to the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, "HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, gemfibrozil, Adriamycin and certain beta blockers" could be responsible for further reductions in your CoQ10. Your doctor can test your levels to see if your prescription is making things worse.
Liquid CoQ10 is the best deal!
I've used CoQ10 for general good health and have tried pills, capsules and sprays - and spray is best. In order for CoQ10 to be effective, you must take it with an oil. Without oil, your body can't use it. Many CoQ10 pills and capsules do not contain this necessary ingredient. You can take it with a meal that contains some fat or oil, but that's not always convenient. It's best if you have a supplement that doesn't require anything else.
The spray version I prefer does contain oil. As mentioned in some of my other blogs, spray supplements bypass the liver and digestive process and are quickly put to use by your body. You can also use a much lower dosage when you spray or use a sublingual (under the tongue) liquid because more of the nutrient is used.
My favorite CoQ10 is Source Naturals' NutraSpray Coenzyme Q10 (30mg). It's a 2-oz. bottle, but you use only 1-2 sprays a day. I'd be surprised if you didn't see results before the bottle was empty!
Additional sources:
Biofactors. 2003;18(1-4):129-36
Mol Aspects Med. 1994;15 Suppl:S265-72
South Med J. 2001 Nov;94(11):1112-7
Biofactors. 2003;18(1-4):91-100
J Assoc Physicians India. 1998 Mar;46(3):299-306
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2002 Jul;16(4):9-20
I am not a doctor and have no medical training.
The information in this blog is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Statements made on this blog
have not been evaluated by the FDA.
Consult a healthcare professional before using any products,
treatments or exercises mentioned on this blog.
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