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February 13, 2006
Heal Your Heart with CoQ10
Some of the most impressive studies on CQ10 researched the role of the supplement in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. In a landmark study, Dr. Folkers and his colleagues found CoQ10 deficiency in a majority of people with heart disease. When researchers measured the levels of CoQ10 in heart tissue biopsies, they found low levels of CoQ10 in 50 to 75 percent of patients with various types of heart disease.
The next round of studies looked at whether taking supplemental CoQ10 could help prevent or reverse heart disease. Since the 1970s, more than 50 studies demonstrated the effectiveness of CoQ10 in the treatment of people with heart disease. Dr. Folkers and Dr. Peter Langsjoen, a cardiologist in Tyler, Texas, conducted a remarkable study between 1985 and 1993. They observed 424 people who received CoQ10 and conventional medicine treatments for heart disease. Doctors then assessed patient progress according to the New York Heart Association functional scale. The heart disease ratings range from I (the least serious) to IV (the most serious). After taking CoQ10, 58 percent of the patients improved one category, 28 percent moved up two categories, and 1.2 percent moved up three categories! In addition, 43 percent of the patients cut back or eliminated their cardiac medication.
CoQ10 also helps lower blood pressure. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study in the Journal of Human Hypertension followed two groups of people with hypertension. One group took CoQ10 for eight weeks while the other group took a placebo. The COQ10 group showed a significant reduction in blood pressure. Molecular Aspects of Medicine reported another fascinating study about patients taking CoQ10 and prescription drugs for high blood pressure. Researchers found that more than half of all patients on blood pressure drugs were able to stop using their medications when they began taking supplemental CoQ10. In a University of Texas study, people with high blood pressure took oral CoQ10. Within one month, they experienced marked improvements in blood pressure. Overall, 51 percent of subjects were able to discontinue their blood pressure medication.
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February 6, 2006
The Discovery of CoQ10 Amazing Healing Power
Dr. Frederick Crane, the so-called Father of CoQ10 research, discovered CoQ10 at the University of Wisconsin in 1953. Crane initially assumed that the substance was related to the A vitamins, but later realized it was something altogether different. He continued to conduct research on the substance and in 1957 found it in the mitochondria of cow heart muscle.
In 1958, biochemist Karl Folkers, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Texas at Austin, and researchers at a pharmaceutical company identified the chemical structure of CoQ10, and soon developed a way to synthesize it. At the time, scientists did not appreciate the significance of their discovery. Since CoQ10 was a natural substance, it could not be patented, and it was expensive to produce. The pharmaceutical company sold the technology for the production of CoQ10 to Japanese researchers.
During the late 1950s and 1960s, Japanese researchers experimented with CoQ10 and its role in the body. They soon discovered that CoQ10 was effective in the treatment of congestive heart failure, a condition that does not respond well to traditional treatments. Western researchers paid little attention to this CoQ10 breakthrough. They believed the answer to heart disease was open heart surgery and other surgical solutions, rather than a simple nutritional supplement.
Researchers also found that CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants help the body neutralize free radicals in the cells. Free radical damage contributes to a range of diseases and medical problems, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and more problems associated with aging. Free radicals are one of the metabolic byproducts of energy production in the cells. CoQ10 appears to protect the cells and the mitochondria by cleaning up these free radicals before they can damage the cells. Now, even Western researchers appreciate the importance of CoQ10 in both energy production and the health of the cells.
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