LifeSource’s Liquid C0Q10 is clinically tested for potency and efficient. It is a highly bioavailable oral supplement that hits the blood stream within seconds.

CoEnzyme Q-10 (CoQ-10) is a natural compound that is being used clinically to medically treat heart disease in Japan, Italy and China. CoQ-10 is also used as a natural health product in the USA, Canada and some other countries.

In the human body, CoQ-10 is found concentrated in the heart and liver tissue, where it functions in the respiratory electron transport system in mitochondria. Consequently, its toxicity to the human body is extremely low. It has ten isoprene units forming a side chain attached to benzoquinone ring and all the ten double bonds in the side chain should be ''trans'' form to be physiologically effective in medicinal applications.

Benefits of CoQ10

The truth about CoQ10 and Statins
The benefits of our Liquid CoQ10 are numerous, and it is one of the most important compounds for maintaining the proper functioning of the heart. A deficiency of CoQ10 (CoEnzyme Q10) can lead to various kinds of heart disease among other serious health conditions.

What is CoQ10 and why is it so important?
CoQ10 is a naturally occurring compound found in the body, and a powerful antioxidant. It is a coenzyme, similar to a vitamin, and as such assists in various internal processes.

Specifically, CoQ10 plays an essential role in the production of cellular energy. Without this energy, your cells cannot function.

CoQ10 is found in high concentrations in tissues and organs that require a lot of energy. The heart requires huge amounts of energy to function which is why CoEnzyme Q10 is such an important compound for proper heart function. The benefits of CoQ10 are crucial to maintaining cardiovascular health.

What is the link between CoQ10 and statins?
CoEnzyme Q10 research has shown that cholesterol lowering drugs, known as statins, can actually decrease the body's supply of CoQ10. These drugs act to inhibit the enzymes that are involved in cholesterol production, which takes place in the liver. However, they also inhibit the production of CoQ10 in the process! So the problem with CoQ10 and statins is that while these drugs - Lipitor, Pravachol, etc. can help decrease cholesterol in the body, they are also depleting the important CoQ10 that your body needs.

This is why if you must take a statin and you should probably supplement CoQ10 to ensure that your heart has enough of this important compound. The statin CoQ10 dilemma has been the topic of much recent debate.

It is a powerful antioxidant, scavenging free radicals, sitting in the membranes with Vitamin E, which it recycles to keep it most active.

It has been shown that enhancing the body's CoQ-10 can:

• Reduce many of the serious side effects of cholesterol and other prescription
  drugs such as adriamycin, beta-blockers and psychiatric drugs.
• Reduce the effects of aging on numerous facets.
• Aids in the recovery from a wide range of heart problems including angina
  pectoris, congestive heart failure and mitral valve prolapse.
• Can reduce blood pressure and blood lipids at 30 mg day.
• Assists chronic fatigue sufferers when administered at 90 to 300 mg per day.
• Assists in weight loss by stimulating mitochondria and thermogenic activity
• Treating chronic gum disease
• Building a strong immune system as a defense against all forms of disease
• May normalize blood sugar levels
• Helps in maintaining a healthy brain
  

Please read below for more info on CoQ10:

An Energy Producer

The CoEnzyme's function can be compared to a spark plug in a car engine. Just as the spark plug provides an initial spark to start the engine, CoQ10 also jumpstarts energy production within cells. The body uses the generated energy to operate all of its vital processes, including muscle contraction and digestion.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin first discovered CoQ10 in 1957. Examining how the cell produces energy, Professor F.L. Crane and his colleagues came across CoQ10. Since then, scientists have found evidence that CoQ10 supplements may provide significant assistance in the prevention and treatment of a number of health disorders, especially cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Preventing Heart Disease

In one of the first steps in the development of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, free-floating oxygen molecules attack LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) in the blood. The result is a reactive type of LDL cholesterol that can damage the lining of arteries.

As an antioxidant, CoQ10 prevents cholesterol from being attacked. And because CoQ10 does the job, the body can save its reserve of vitamin E for other uses. The coenzyme has also been found to work in conjunction with vitamin E to prevent damage that leads to heart disease. The coenzyme is mainly used by patients with cardiovascular diseases, including congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse, coronary artery bypass surgery and angina. Because of its importance in generating energy for the heart, some researchers believe that CoQ10 can be used as a drug to boost ailing organs, particularly the heart.

Other Uses:

CoQ10 may also help to improve the symptoms of diabetes, periodontal disease, immune deficiency, cancer and muscular dystrophy. Some people use CoQ10 as a weight-loss aid while some athletes use the supplement as a performance-enhancer.

Since the response of CoQ10 can take time, getting results may take more than eight weeks.

What does congestive heart failure, gum disease and obesity have in common?

Very often, a deficiency of CoEnzyme Q10 (CoQ10). A lack of CoQ10 has also been implicated in arrhythmia’s, strokes, hypertension, heart attacks, atherosclerosis, muscular dystrophy and AIDS and many of these diseases can be prevented and treated successfully with CoQ10. Since its discovery and isolation 40 years ago hundreds of clinical research studies have been done on CoQ10 and it is now abundantly clear that this nutrient is absolutely vital to health.

CoEnzyme Q10 (ubiquinone/ubiquinol) is a fat-soluble quinone with a structure similar to that of vitamin K. It is a powerful antioxidant both on its own and in combination with vitamin E and is vital in powering the body's energy production (ATP) cycle. CoQ10 is found throughout the body in cell membranes, especially in the mitochondrial membranes and is particularly abundant in the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas and adrenal glands. The total body content of CoQ10 is only about 500-1500 mg and decreases with age.