CoQ10 - What is Coenzyme 10 and Why is it Important for Heart Health?
By Hope Pope
You've probably heard of Coenzyme 10 or what is often referred to as "CoQ10" but you may not know exactly what it is and what it is used for.
CoQ10 is actually made inside our bodies; however, as we get older, it gets depleted from our system. CoQ10 is needed for the basic functioning of our cells.
Age reduces CoQ10 from our bodies but medications will also do this. Guess what popular drugs decrease our natural CoQ10 from our bodies? Cholesterol lowering drugs. Yes, you
very rarely hear from the doctor that cholesterol lowering drugs are not good for our bodies. Doctors just prescribe cholesterol lowering drugs left and right without thinking about... or rather without telling us the whole truth.
And what is interesting (and apalling as well) is that studies have shown that people with heart problems often have low levels of Co Q 10 in their systems to begin with. So, take cholesterol lowering drugs, too, and it just lowers the necessary CoQ10 even more in our systems.
It is true, usually people with heart disease have extremely low levels of CoQ10 in their bodies.
Coenzyme 10 has been proven to increase heart energy... and therefore, the heart becomes stronger and works better.
Studies have shown that taking CoQ10 supplements have helped heart patients with fatigue, dispend, chest pain, and palpitations.
If you buy CoQ10 locally, you will most likely pay a lot of money (which can explain why a lot of people don't take it)... which is why a lot of people who want to take it don't. However, if you search carefully, you can find cheap supplements online. Although, again, remember the old saying "you get what you pay for" and some of the cheap supplements are junk. And what a lot of people don't know is that a lot of vitamins are not "natural vitamins". They have "fillers" in them, some of which have been shown to not be good for you.
Some vitamins and supplements even have dangerous preservatives in them... including trans fat. Yes, they are taking the trans fat out of McDonalds french fries and putting them in our vitamins. Why?
The trans fats... or preservatives... make supplements and vitamins last longer and taste better. So be careful when shopping for CoQ10 supplements or any vitamins or supplements for that matter.
Hope Pope is the Owner of http://www.provennaturalcures.com ... a website that includes all natural cures and products for cholesterol, warts, smoking and more. Hope has also been successful in lowering her husbands cholesterol dramatically by using all natural supplements. Click here to see exactly what supplements her husband takes ...
