Take CoQ10 to Keep Your Heart Healthy

What is CoQ10 and where do we get it from?

CoEnzyme Q10 (also called CoQ10 in short form) was first found by Dr. Frederick Crane at the Enzyme Institute of the University of Wisconsin. It is a natural substance that is found in tissues of animals and plants.

As a matter of fact, when it was originally discovered by Dr. Crane, it was taken out from a calf heart. CoQ10 has proved itself necessary in bioenergetics, which means it is required in the generation of energy.

A cell requires a lot of energy in carrying out different life processes and it is a coenzyme that helps the cell in acquiring energy from its food products.

CoQ10 can be found in nearly every cell of a living being and especially in large concentrations in those muscular regions that produce a good amount of energy.

In the bodies of human beings, greatest amounts of CoQ10 are found in heart, kidney, liver and pancreas. In order that these organs perform their functions properly, they should have sufficient amount of CoQ10 to maintain their energy.

Obviously, there are sources of CoQ10 within one’s own body. However, at times deficiencies do occur. That is why it is advisable to take supplementary amount of CoQ10 either in the form of food substances or in concentrated tablets.

CoQ10 is found in great amounts in wheat germ, spinach, meats, vegetable oils, rice bran, soy, broccoli, fish and grapeseed oil.

Yet another source of CoQ10 is exercise. It has been shown by different studies that as exercise increases, the levels of CoQ10 also go up in heart and other organs.

Role of CoQ10 in maintaining a healthy heart

Coenzyme Q10 helps to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. There is evidence of CoQ10 deficiency in heart failure. Recently, CoQ10 plasma concentrations have been demonstrated as an independent predictor of mortality in chronic heart failure.

The deficiency of CoQ10 is harmful to the long-term prognosis of chronic heart failure.

Oxidation of the circulating LDL is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, which is the underlying disorder leading to heart attack and ischemic strokes and CHD.

Studies in the last decade have demonstrated that the content of Ubiquinol in human LDL affords protection against the oxidative modifications of LDL themselves, thus lowering their atherogenic potency.

CoQ10 plays the most important role of keeping the heart healthy. It increases the amount of energy that is produced in the heart and therefore leads to the betterment of patients suffering from heart disease, cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse and valvular heart disease. The heart muscles also function better if supplementary CoQ10 is provided.

CoQ10 opens up the blood vessels and decreases the resistance to blood flow and thus helps in reducing blood pressure and levels of cholesterol.

Another recent study has shown that there are better chances of survival after cardiac arrest if CoQ10 is given in addition to commencing active cooling of the body to 90–93 degrees Fahrenheit (32–34 degrees Celsius).

Conclusion

CoQ10 is definitely good for health, especially for heart. In today’s world, where there is extreme stress inside one’s heart and too much pollution in one’s environment, it is really assuring to think that there are certain products on which one can depend.

The current scenario indicates that probably one will have to increasingly depend on this stuff in the years to come.
 

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