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Coenzyme Q10 Health Benefits Examined
Co Enzyme Q10 is a very important vitamin-like compound that’s found throughout every cell of the body. It is important for heart health, energy levels and muscle function. To produce it, the body requires vitamin C, a number of the B vitamins and folic acid.
Because it is made by the body, CoQ10 is not called a vitamin, although it has similar properties. Coenzyme Q10 is most commonly used for conditions that affect the heart such as heart failure and fluid build up in the body (congestive heart failure or CHF), chest pain (angina), and high blood pressure. It is also used for preventing migraine headache, Parkinson disease, and many other conditions.
Your body produces CoQ10 naturally, but its production tends to decrease with age. Fortunately, you can also get CoQ10 through supplements or foods. So here are our key observations from examining multiple journals articles and blogs on the helath benefits of CQ10.
1. It May Help Treat Heart Failure
It seems that treatment with CoQ10 could assist with restoring optimal levels of energy production, reduce oxidative damage and improve heart function, all of which can aid the treatment of heart failure.
2. It Could Reduce Migrane Headaches
Supplementing with CoQ10 seems to help prevent and treat migraines, as it increases mitochondrial function and reduces inflammation.
Abnormal mitochondrial function has been linked to depleted energy in brain cells and migraines. CoQ10 (resides in the cell mitochondria) assists in the prevention and treatment of migraine by improving mitochondrial function and lowering the inflammation that take place during migraines.
This is proven in research, where CoQ10 supplementation lowered the frequency of migraine by approximately 30% in adults (usually takes up to 3 months to observe the results).
3. Reduce Fatigue
CoQ10 is required in the synthesis of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP), the primary coenzyme used for generating energy. Hence, supplementing with additional CoQ10 helps enhance the overall energy production in your body. This is demonstrated in studies where CoQ10 supplementation decreased tiredness in individuals with multiple sclerosis.
4.It Could Help With Exercise Performance
Exercise performance can be affected by oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. CoQ10 can help lower oxidative damage, promote exercise capacity and decrease fatigue. It helps this by increased mitochondria and higher enegry levels, plus the transportation chain is far more efficient.
There are numerous other health benefits that have some evidence, these include better skin (improved blood flow) diabetes (help increase insulin sensitivity and improve blood sugar levels), better for the brain by protecting brain cells from oxidative damage and finally the lungs as it can protect the, from oxidative damage as well.
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