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Q: Is Coenzyme Q10 right for a 24 year old girl?
I went to a local store they carry it in supplement form. I know you find Coenzyme Q10 in particaulr foods, Is it safe to take it in a supplement form?

A: to tell you the truth, a lot of supplemental stuffs are not FDA approved or thoroughly studied. you take them with your own risk. I assume you are a healthy human being, normal kidney, heart, no diabetes, among other things. assume you dont take any weigh loss products or sinus medications.

Co Q10 may boost your metabolism. you can take it, starting lower dose than recommended from the bottle. when you see no side effects, then you can increase slowly to the recommended dosage.

I hope it helps.
ps. pay attention to your heart rate. and remember to take a lot of fluid.

Q: what is the best form of coenzyme Q10 to take?
I am looking online for coenzyme Q10. I visit iherb.com often. On that site there are so many coenzyme Q10. I do not know what to buy or what to look for, in terms of amount. What is a good price for it? I do not want to pay too much or not enough coenzyme Q10 or too much in my system.

A: Coenzyme Q10 is not a FDA approved medication. It’s considered a “vitamin/herbal product”. Since there is no regulations on the product, it’s very difficult to say which is better, or even that the label has what it claims to have. With herbals, no one is regulating that a bottle that claims to have 60mg of something, really actually has 60mg of it. Often times, manufacturers can vary the amount of coenzyme Q10, even if the label says they contain the same amount. This can even vary with the same manufacturer between different lots.

Since these products are NOT FDA approved, there have been NO clincial trial studies to even say that they actually work. This is not to say that they don’t work (for whatever you are taking it for). But, I’m just saying that there is no clinical evidence that these products do what they say they do.

Unless your physician told you to try this product, you are probably better off seeing a physician and getting a prescription drug that has been proven to have an effect, rather than waste your money on something that may or may not work.

Q: Does coenzyme Q10 really help with blood pressure?
I’ve heard that coenzyme Q10 helps lower blood pressure. Is this really true? What are the side effects, if any?

Thanks

A: It helps a bit like other natural remedies such as fish oil, garlic oil and a few others so often you will need several other natural remedies as well.

If you are on warfarin you must not take coenzyme Q10 as it reduces the effectiveness of the warfarin.

Q: Are coenzyme Q10 and idebenone really good to prevent face skin’s wrinkle?
I have read in paper that people can eat co enzyme Q10 and apply idebenone to their skin to prevent wrinkle formation on their face skin. If so, can parents above 50 years old use them without doctors’ prescription?

A: Idebenone has also been used in topical applications to treat wrinkles.

Q: Is it safe to take vitamin e, chromium picolinate, coenzyme q10 calcium magnesium zinc copper all at once?
I heard they are all good for weight loss…these are the doses…

coenzyme q10 …200mg
vitamin e…..2000mg
chromium picolinate….500-1000mg
calcium……1000mg
magnesium….400mg
zinc….15mg
copper 1mg

Thanks so much!

A: Except for the Vitamin E is it safe—actually, Co-enzyme 10 does not help reduce weight but it is an excellent vitamin for heart health. I’ve been taking it for years along with garlic and vitamin C and you should see my blood pressure!!–Always a svelte 110/68 or close to around that value. Co enzyme 10 is a powerful antioxidant and studies have proven that 100mg of CQ10 with 1000mg garlic and 500mg vitamin C reduces both, the upper and lower value of the blood pressure. In addition to that is it hailed as the anti-aging vitamin, but I am not so sure of that.

With Vitamin E you have to be careful not to overdose because too much can actually affect your retina in a negative way(that’s what my ophthalmologist said). The rest of the vitamins is what you pretty much find in multivitamins, so it is pretty safe to take them all at the same time. My doc suggested that I take vitamins in the mornings instead of the evening because vitamins boost the energy.
If you want to lose weight effectively, I’d like to make a suggestion: eat 1/2 of a large grapefruit while drinking coffee in the mornings and if you like yogurt, eat plenty of that afterwards. I have lost plenty of weight and inches, especially on my belly just with the yogurt alone. Caffeeine is a natural fatburner(but only up to 7 cups per day are safe), and one of the best natural fat burners are grapefruit. Eating grapefruit and drinking coffee at the same time boosts the natural fat-burning ability of the grapefruit and I can tell you from personal experience that it works well. Yogurt has a tendency to clean out your digestive system which leads to additional weight loss and for some reason does it look to me(and others), that yogurt also burns belly fat. So give that a try for a month before you spend a lot of money on vitamins. I have been taking Co-enzyme 10 for years but did not lose weight with it–I also take Vitamin C for years without any weight loss!!

Any vitamins we take are considered medication by the medical community–weather it is prescribed drugs or vitamins or OTC drugs—they all are considered medication and should not be taken without consulting a doctor.

I had gone through some terrible vitamin A overdose with a resulting vitamin B deficiency and a possible lack of calcium, even though I took very good multivitamins. Some vitamins, if they build up in the body prevent the absorption of other vitamins and so we should be careful not to take them without a physicians consent and advice….good luck

Q: I want to take coenzyme Q10 but it is really expensive. Is 30 mg. large enough a dose to be effective?
I would take more, but economic constraints prevent me from doing that. I have heard about the numerous benefits of this antioxidant.

A: It’s hard to answer a question about effective doses when the stuff has no proven effect at all, at any dose.
This is a “dietary supplement,” so it doesn’t have to show effectiveness to be marketed. That’s why you’re seeing testimonials instead of monographs from the medical literature.
Maybe it does some good, maybe it doesn’t, and maybe some dose matters, but it all falls for now into the category of quackery, so do what you want, but caveat emptor.

Q: How is coenzyme Q10 fermentatively produced as a dietery suupplement?
hi bumperduffer…Large scale production of coenzyme Q10?? any idea?

A: Coenzyme Q-10 can be produced by fermentation of yeast from which it is extracted or by biosynthesis involving dimethoxyhydroquinone and specific terpenoids. It is produced by three Japanese and several Chinese companies.

Coenzyme Q-10 has applications as a pharmaceutical supplement for enhancing cell activity [treatment of tumours] and as dietary supplement. Coenzyme Q-10 is often combined with other anti-oxidants including vit E and a-lipoic acid. In Japan coenzyme Q-10 is used in energy drinks. Within the past three years coenzyme Q-10 has been widely used as cosmetic ingredient [anti-wrinkle] especially in Beiersdorf’s Nivea crème.

The consumption of coenzyme Q-10 has increased considerably over the past two years due to its popularity as nutraceutical supplement and cosmetic [anti-wrinkle] ingredient.

The details of the production process to make lots of CoQ10 commercially from fermentations are trade secrets. The most usual raw materials are algae, yeasts or shark cartilage(!!!). The extraction is very temperature dependent and often involves hexane (gasoline). So not something we could easily do in our kitchens.

Sorry that my answer is unsatisfactory but my web-searches do not want to give up the information. I have trawled through the usual Biochemistry and Pharmaceatical journals but none have illuminated my knowledge.

Regards,
Bumperbuffer.

Q: what foods contain coenzyme Q10, bioflavonoids, biotin, or inositol?

A: Many foods contain traces of Q10 and the others but the best place to find what you’re looking for is a health food store.
Many people think that eating turkey on Thanksgiving makes people fall asleep; the scientific truth is you’d have to eat 4 turkeys to get the amount of L-tryptophan to make you feel sleepy!

Q: What does elevated Coenzyme Q10 mean?
apparently, from recent blood tests, it is almost double the normal quantity.

A: i think that is good, it means your body is making a lot and its good for your heart/vascular system, if it was 1/2 as much then they might want to understand why

Q: Do you believe effect of Coenzyme Q10?
I have taken tablets of Coenzyme Q10 for 3 weeks, and it seems to appear the good effects. My skin condition became better, look younger skin. Does this effect really come from taking Coenzyme Q10? Please share your experiences about Coenzyme. I still cannot believe that the vitamin tablets lead to the better skin condition.

A: Hi! I am a skin care specialist and naturalist/herbalist. Yes Co-Q10 works. It is something that naturally occurs in our body and with todays lifestyles we are certainly lacking in it. I highly recommend taking it, not only for the beauty end of it, but because, it is a cancer fighter, and is amazing for your overall health. People eat out to much, fast food, processed foods, to much technology makes us lazy, we all need supplements of some kind, we are all lacking in the beauty area as we don’t get enough nutrition from our diets, so yes I can see that this would help A LOT! Keep taking it. And while your at it do research on natural health, you’d be surprised how great your hair, nails etc can get when you provide your body with needed nutrients.

Q: high blood pressure and coenzyme q10?
My grandmother is on pills for high blood pressure (Atenolol 75mg per day, aspirin 75mg, bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg & coracten xl m/r capules 30mg). She wants to take coenzyme q10 for gum disease, so would it be safe to take it with all this or would she be better off dropping the others and just taking coenzyme q10. Please don’t suggest she ask her doctor as she has and he’s never heard of it.
GiGi Your answer is not irrelevent its helpful thankyou.

A: Coenzyme Q10 must not be taken together with warfarin but should be OK with the ones that you have listed. If she drops the others then the Coenzyme Q10 alone would probably lower her blood pressure a bit but probably nowhere near enough. If the Coenzyme Q10 together with the others lowers her blood pressure more than is required (this is highly unlikely) then she could perhaps drop one of the others or perhaps even more than one. In general natural blood pressure lowering agents are much less effective than the prescription medications but in most cases you avoid those sometimes dreadful side effects that you get from your doctor’s prescription. In view of the fact that she is taking four different blood pressure medications already the extra blood pressure lowering effect of Coenzyme Q10 is likely to be very small so most likely she will have to keep taking those four.

Coenzyme Q10 is also an energy booster.

Q: Does Coenzyme Q10 help to control blood pressure? Which natural supplements are related in lowering blood p?

A: Yes, Coenzyme Q10 has been reported for use in high blood pressure. It is claimed to be of benefit in a variety of cardiovascular diseases including angina.

Other natural products used for blood pressure are

Herbs – Coleus, Dong Quai, Garlic, Hawthorn, Olive leaf and Reishi.

Vitamins/Minerals/Trace Element/ Nutraceutical – Calcium, Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), Fish oils, Flaxseed Oil, Magnesium, Potassium, Taurine.

Q: Are there any Side Effects of Coenzyme Q10? Anyone Taken It?
im thinking about taking 300 mg a day, any thoughts?

A: CoenzymeQ10 is a natural supplement that does not cause side effect.

Q: is taking candesartan, coenzyme Q10 & simvastatin everyday for a year for hypertension and atherosclerosis?
candesartan 6am
coenzyme q10 noon
simvastatin 9pm
everyday for a year…is this safe?
thanks everyone for your answers.

i remain unsure if i should let my father take these 3.

my father has hypertension and aterosclerosis. the cardiologist prescribed candesartan and simvastatin. together for 7 months now,they’ve lowered my father’s BP and blood bad cholesterol level.

however, i have read that simvastatin depletes coenzymeQ10 levels in the body. reduction of coenzymeQ10 in the body may cause other cardiovascular, muscular and even neurotic (like alzheimer’s or parkison’s?) problems.

hence,i’d like to ask my father to start coenzymeQ10 supplementation.

i’ve asked the cardiologist,but she had no idea what coenzymeQ10 is.

my father is not willing to see more doctors and is stubborn.

i’ve read online that coenzymeQ10 may actually improve the beneficial effects of blood pressure medications but it does not specifically mention candesartan. so now,i’m really confused.

any cardiologists in yahoo?
In a study of individuals taking blood pressure medications (including diltiazem, metoprolol, enalapril, and nitrate), CoQ10 supplementation allowed the individuals to take lower dosages of these drugs. This suggests that CoQ10 may enhance the effectiveness of certain blood pressure medications, but more research is needed to verify these results.

http://www.livingnaturally.com/common/adam/DisplayMonograph.asp?storeID=15F522D98A3A417FBE8D6702F135785A&name=ConsSupplements_Interactions_CoenzymeQ10cs

A: Good quality Q10 is good for your heart and can reduce your blood pressure.

Q: Is CoEnzyme Q10 as good as they say it is?
I’d like to hear from someone who has taken consistently for 3 months minimum, and what kind of changes you see in your health. Thanks.

A: I’ve been on it 300 mg. per day for the last 6 mos. It keeps the muscle aches caused by Crestor ( cholesterol med. ) manageable. Other than that, I’m not aware of other benefits, but that’s enough for me.

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