| With more than 8,000 people in the US turning 60 | | | | Research throughout the US and Europe has clearly |
| every day, the growing list of ways that CoQ10 | | | | demonstrated that there is a correlation between |
| benefits Babyboomers is getting a lot of attention. | | | | coenzyme levels and heart health, and it is used with |
| Coenzyme Q10 is a vitamin-like substance that is | | | | successful results as an adjutant therapy for patients |
| essential to the production of energy at a cellular level. | | | | with heart disease, who have suffered heart failure, or |
| It is present in every cell in the body, but the older we | | | | who are recovering from heart surgery. |
| get the less we produce. Over the last decade | | | | Possible relationship to other aging-related disorders |
| medical research has shown that there is a direct | | | | Coemzyme Q10 has been shown to be an important |
| correlation between levels of this important substance | | | | factor in brain health and cognitive abilities, especially as |
| and many of the problems associated with aging, | | | | related to aging. It is also being tested for |
| including heart failure, high blood pressure, | | | | effectiveness in preventing or treating macular |
| cardiovascular disease, and more. | | | | degeneration, adult-onset diabetes, prostate cancer, |
| Antioxidant for Anti-Aging | | | | and a host of other age-related problems. It is even |
| Many of CoQ10's benefits can be attributed to the fact | | | | known to work against skin aging, and in fact in Europe |
| that it's a powerful antioxidant and actually repairs and | | | | it's better known as an anti-aging skin treatment than a |
| reverses the cellular damage done by destructive | | | | dietary supplement. |
| compounds that interfere with healthy cellular | | | | Possible cure for Alzheimer's? |
| metabolism. These compounds, known as free | | | | One of the coenzyme's most exciting possibilities is its |
| radicals, are unstable atoms formed during the | | | | potential as an antioxidant treatment for Alzheimer's |
| oxidative process when oxygen interacts with other | | | | disease, a dreaded aging-related disorder that is |
| materials. Free radicals attempt to correct their | | | | currently the number seven cause of death in the US. |
| unstability by scavenging other molecules, and in the | | | | A 2006 study by Johns Hopkins University |
| process they damage cells. | | | | demonstrated a clear relationship between |
| Cellular damage by free radicals plays a major role in | | | | supplementation of the coenzyme and improvement in |
| the aging process. It is believed that oxidation damage | | | | the kind of cognitive impairments Alzheimer's creates. |
| accumulates throughout life and research has shown | | | | The study used groups of animals with Alzheimer's-like |
| that many of the general health and fitness declines | | | | brain damage. The group that got no supplementation |
| associated with aging show a positive response to | | | | showed rapid cognitive deterioration, but group that got |
| antioxidants. | | | | daily supplements showed no signs of neurological |
| Direct ties to heart health, cardiovascular function | | | | dysfunction and remained cognitively as competent as |
| Incidence of heart disease, the number one killer all | | | | animals with no brain damage. |
| over the world, is known to increase with age. | | | | |