Does CQ10 good for heart disease?

Answer 1

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.