The Heart–The Hardest Working Muscle In The Body
How important is your heart? I think you would agree, it is extremely important. Without it, you wouldn’t be here.
Most people know the importance of taking care of their heart, but doing so sometimes proves to be difficult.
Heart disease is one of the major killers of our time. It is affected by diet, genetics, lifestyle, smoking and a bunch of other factors.
Our hearts beat day in and day out without us taking much notice until something goes wrong. Then it is usually an emergency.
One substance that is critical to the heart is CoEnzyme Q 10 or CoQ10. It is responsible for producing energy in the cells. That includes the cells of the heart and other organs.
If there ever was a need for energy, I think the heart would qualify. In clinical studies, researchers found that CoQ10 promotes the heart’s ability to pump blood.
The body is a magnificent creature. It is able to synthesize many of the essentials needed for a healthy life, including CoQ10 which is found in every cell in the body.
Unfortunately, CoQ10 peaks in the human body around 20 years of age and goes down from there.
There are also medications that decrease the body’s CoQ10. Statin drugs, which are given to heart patients, decrease CoQ10.
This doesn’t make much sense to me. On the one hand, Doctors want to help the heart patient and on the other prescribe a medication that depletes the nutrient the heart needs to stay strong.
Unless a patient knows this side effect and supplements appropriately, the heart will continue to get weaker.
Unfortunately, most supplemental CoQ10 is poorly absorbed by the body. Finding a high quality bioavailable supplement is essential.
It is estimated that about 60% of the population in their fifties and sixties are deficient in CoQ10.
Learn more about CoQ10 and the choice you can make to supplement.
