Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10 is also known as Vitamin Q. It is used in every cell of the body to produce energy. It also serves as an antioxidant and is particularly effective in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and periodontal problems. Sources include all animal products. Cholesterol lowering drugs interfere with the absorption of Coenzyme Q10.

Only use products from a whole food source. We use Standard Process, Systemic Formulas, Best Process and a few others for this reason. Avoid multiple vitamins, as they are synthetic and stimulatory. Would you eat synthetic food? Take only what you need. Avoid the fad of the month. Avoid house brands such as Costco, Trader Joes, GNC and Rite Aid, and avoid ordering vitamins from catalogs you receive in the mail, as these are second-level quality and can cause more harm than good. Here are a few studies illustrating the reasons to avoid most vitamins:

The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 294(3), 20 July 2005, p 351-358, found whole foods to be the best source of nutrition and not the synthetic chemicals in multi-vitamins.

In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition January, 2004; 79(1):86-92, we learn that vitamin E supplements do not work as well as foods naturally rich in vitamin E.)

Agnes Fay Morgan, Ph.D., food research scientist at the University of California, reported in Science, (93: 261-262, 1941) that animals on a synthetic vitamin-enriched diet died long before the animals on an unprocessed diet became disabled. She stated that the enrichment of processed foods with synthetic vitamins may “precipitate conditions worse than the original deficiency.”  Other animal studies reveal untimely deaths, sterility, and serious health deficits with the use of synthetic vitamins versus whole foods in animal feeds (Scandinavian Veterinary, 30, 1940; Journal of Natural Agriculture, 1939).