What is CoQ-10 and What Are Its Benefits
What is CoQ-10?
Coenzyme Q-10 is the spark plug that ignites the body’s engine acting as a catalyst to energy production within every cell. The body then uses that cellular energy to fuel vital biological processes. CoQ-10 is present in every cell of your body and is essential for sustaining a wide range of healthy biological functions.
CoQ-10 Benefits
One of CoQ-10’s roles in the body is energy metabolism. The major part of cellular ATP (energy) production happens within the mitochondria, the engine of the cell. It is a critical substance for the electron transfer chain in mitochondrial respiration.
Due to the vital role it plays in the production of cellular energy, small changes in CoQ-10 levels within the mitochondria have been shown to have dramatic effects on the rate of cellular respiration. Research suggests that a deficiency of CoQ-10 may lead to declining energy levels and poor stamina.
Coenzyme Q-10 plays a key role as an antioxidant by neutralizing free radicals and preventing oxidative stress to the body’s cells and DNA. It can also help recycle the active forms of vitamin E and vitamin C, some of the body's most powerful antioxidants. The body's ability to assimilate CoQ-10 peaks at around the age of 21 and declines after that, lowering by as much as sixty-five percent by the time we are 80.
Coenzyme Q-10 Foods
CoQ-10 supplementation has a long history of effectively enhancing immune response, cardiac strength, nerve, and brain health. We should make our best attempts to obtain our daily dose of Coenzyme Q-10 from food sources such as dark green and cruciferous vegetables, alfalfa, barley grass, legumes, sesame seeds, pistachios, strawberries, and oranges, to name a few.
Unfortunately, the amount of CoQ-10 we typically get from our regular dietary intake may not be enough to compensate even for our normal age-related decline in CoQ-10 levels.
Premier Research Lab's CoQ-10 contains natural, fat-soluble ubiquinone. It is an excellent coenzyme Q10 supplementation for several reasons. This CoQ-10 is produced through a natural fermentation process that yields 100 mg/capsule of the bioavailable, preferred trans isomeric form of CoQ-10 (not the less desirable cis isomer form).
CoQ-10 by Premier Research Lab
This process does not use polysorbate 80 (an emulsifier made from polyethoxylated sorbitan), undesirable flow agents, or other excipients. This natural form of CoQ-10 is the most desirable because it is identical to the CoQ-10 produced by the cells in the body. Coenzyme Q-10 is found in the highest concentrations in body tissues with the highest rate of metabolic activity and energy demands (such as in the heart, muscle, liver, kidney, and brain).
CoQ-10 is one of those foundational health-building nutrients many of us would benefit from as an addition to our regular supplemental programs.
If you are interested in finding out more about CoQ-10 supplements, give us a ring or come by our Dripping Springs Pharmacy location. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Be Well,
Edwin Dossman