CoQ10 - The Spark Plug of your Body

CoQ10

The Spark Plug of your Body

Available in all forms at HEALTH BY LOGIC 20 Silverdale Street Silverdale Village

Your body is made up of trillions of cells and Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is found in every one of those cells. Your body actually makes CoQ10 for cell growth and energy, plus it is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants help fight free radicals, which are believed to contribute to health problems by damaging cells and DNA. Without CoQ10 you would be in a bit of trouble, health-wise.

People with certain conditions including diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and heart problems tend to have low levels of CoQ10 in their bodies. Researchers don’t know if the disease causes the deficiency or if the deficiency appears first, causing cells to age faster and making disease more likely. CoQ10 also helps reduce the effects certain medications can have on the heart, muscles and other organs; such as cholesterol-lowering Statins, which block the body’s natural production of CoQ10.

As we age, our body naturally produces less and less CoQ10; hence we need to top the levels up to keep us firing on all cylinders. It can be obtained from foods such as oily fish, beef, chicken, peanuts and some seeds; plus there are many supplements to choose from. CoQ10 supplements come in several forms – ubiquinone and ubidecarenone (the dry forms), and ubiquinol. Whilst the cheaper ‘dry’ forms are fine, they must be taken with oil to make them available to the body – and most quality supplements are formulated this way. Ubiquinol is the purest, most potent form; particularly the Kaneka strain, which is reported as being up to six times as effective as the dry forms in increasing blood levels of CoQ10.

So: to rev up your engine, increase your energy levels, counteract medication side effects – or to future-proof your health – consider increasing your levels of ‘CoQ10’.

Available in all forms at HEALTH BY LOGIC, 20 Silverdale Street, Silverdale Village.