| Are there special coenzyme Q10 benefits for | | | | treatments alone. |
| Babyboomers? You bet there are. This crucial | | | | 3. It can help you keep a healthy blood pressure. |
| substance is essential to good health at every | | | | Hypertension, or high blood pressure, effects one |
| time of life, but if you're over 50 you need it | | | | in four people over 50. A dangerous condition in |
| more than ever. Here are five reasons why: | | | | which the pressure of the blood in the arteries is |
| 1. It increases energy and enhances endurance. A | | | | chronically elevated, hypertension is strongly |
| vitamin-like substance that is present in every cell | | | | associated with heart attack, stroke, and heart |
| of the body, CoQ10 plays a key role in the | | | | and kidney failure. |
| production of energy. It acts as a "messenger | | | | CoQ10 is believed to improve membrane fluidity, |
| link", triggering the biochemical reactions that | | | | reducing blood viscosity and which in turn lowers |
| make up the energy production process. When | | | | blood pressure. In addition, maintaining high levels |
| levels of the coenzyme are low, the reactions | | | | of the coenzyme supplies additional energy to the |
| don't take place. | | | | heart, helping it work better and more efficiently. |
| A 2008 Japanese study showed that taking daily | | | | 4. It can keep your skin looking younger longer. |
| 300 milligram supplements of CoQ10 for as little | | | | CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant, capable of |
| as one week had a significant positive effect on | | | | preventing, repairing, and even reversing the free |
| physical ability during exercise, as well as on the | | | | radical damage that is basic cause of skin aging. |
| amount of post-exercise fatigue experienced. It | | | | Free radicals, chemically unstable molecules that |
| was also shown to greatly enhance oxygen | | | | are byproducts of cellular oxidation, scavenge and |
| utilization and reduce recovery time. | | | | damage the cells with which the interact. As we |
| 2. It can help you keep your teeth. Most adult | | | | age, free radical damage leads to the breakdown |
| tooth loss is related to periodontal disease, a | | | | of the collagen framework that is structural |
| condition in which the gums become red, sore, | | | | foundation of the skin. The result is wrinkles and |
| inflamed, and swollen. It's estimated that 90% of | | | | thin, sagging skin. |
| Americans will experience gum disease during their | | | | Numerous studies have shown that keeping |
| lifetime, and 25% of Americans over 60 will lose | | | | optimum blood levels of the coenzyme can help |
| teeth due to the disease. | | | | prevent and may even reverse thinning of the |
| Studies have repeatedly confirmed that low | | | | skin, and it supports and strengthens the collagen |
| CoQ10 levels are definitely associated with | | | | foundation. |
| periodontal disease, and numerous clinical trials | | | | 5. It protects against a host of age-related |
| showed that supplements can effectively halt the | | | | disorders. The anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory |
| progression of the disease. Several small studies | | | | properties of CoQ10 are already known to be |
| suggest that raising blood levels of the coenzyme | | | | invaluable to maintaining cardiac health, and it's |
| can actually reverse the effects of the disease, | | | | being tested for effectiveness in preventing or |
| and when used in conjunction with other | | | | treating macular degeneration, adult-onset |
| treatments can result in faster and more | | | | diabetes, and prostate cancer. |
| complete healing than expected with standard | | | | |