The Benefits of Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10 has exploded onto the health scene. This powerfulmineral has many health saving properties. It is responsible foressential chemical reactions in your body as well as being adynamite antioxidant.

What's more, Coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10 occurs naturally in your body,(and that's good), but unfortunately, as you age, havenutritional deficiencies or get sick you are producing less ofthis essential mineral.

And check this out...studies show that an estimated 25%deficiency will cause serious metabolic health problems. At 75%,death will follow and that would mean no more birthday cake foryou!

CoQ10 plays a key role in the production of adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) needed for energy production in every cell. Italso has a powerful antioxidant that helps guard against damagefrom free radicals.

And that is just for starters, cardiologist Peter Langsjornexplains "Like the vitamins discovered in the early part of thiscentury, CoQ10 is an essential element of food that can now beused medically."

It gets even better...

Here are just a few of the health benefits:

Weight Loss - stimulates your bodies metabolism

Healthy Gums - suppresses gingival inflammation

Male Fertility - improves sperm mobility and protects free radical injury

Cardiovascular - improvement of symptoms in cardiac andcongestive heart failure patients

Immune System - significantly enhances function

In various other studies CoQ10 was a tremendous benefit inlowering high blood pressure and helped with angina andcongestive heart failure.

So you may be asking yourself, "Wow, where do I find thisstuff??" well, good news and bad news. A small amount, 10 to 20milligrams of CoQ10, can be found in fish and organ meats ofanimals. Well...that slowed me down a little! I don't like organmeats of animals, do you? Yuck! Here is another solution. Aneasily available source of this nutrient is in many high qualitynutritional systems.

Safe scientific formulated blends of vitamins and mineralsincluding CoQ10 are specially formulated for maximum absorption. For adults taking Coenzyme Q10 in a supplement, the optimalamount should be between 30 and 90 mg per day. Under a doctorscare, higher amounts may be prescribed.

Regardless of age or health almost everybody would benefit fromtaking CoQ10 daily. Our health and quality of life are based onfeeling good and having healthy energy supplies.

And really people... this is so much better for your energylevels than a cigarette and a diet soda!

Brennan Howe is owner of the free hair loss information sitehttp://www.keepingyourhair.com Find out how good nutritionwill help your hair loss.