Does CQ10 good for heart disease?
Without any doubt,but the drug companies are far from happy
about it !
CoQ10 is short for Co enzyme Q 10. This molecule is made in
every cell in our body and is required for the body to make energy.
This energy is needed to do all the work the body needs to do,
weather it is to run a marathon, read a book, digest a meal, grow,
recover from a cold, or just to type an answer to your question.
The heart, being a big muscle, uses a lot of energy (and thus
CoQ10) to do its work. Our body makes Co Q 10. We also get Co Q 10
from our diet, from muscles (which use a lot of energy and thus
have a lot of Co Q 10 in them), AKA meat, being a primary source of
dietary Co Q 10. The question isn't if Co Q 10 is good for our
heart or any other cell in the body. Without Co Q 10 we would be
dead. So yes, not only is it good, it is required. The question
should be why would we need to take supplemental Co Q 10 if our
body makes Co Q 10 and and we get it from food we eat. The first
part of this answer is because under certain circumstances we don't
make enough Co Q 10. The second part of this answer is we likely
don't get enough through our diet, especially if we don't get
enough whole foods in our diet. The main reason we find people
needing supplemental Co Q 10 is because of medications that deplete
Co Q 10 in our body. Statin medications for example, which are
medications use to lower cholesterol, block our body's production
of Co Q 10 which causes a deficiency of Co Q 10 in our body. This
is why a lot of people on statins, especially high doses of
statins, complain of being tired. Many other common medications can
lower Co Q 10 in our body, such as beta blockers or some diabetic
medications.