Coenzyme Q10...

• "CoQ10 is a coenzyme. An enzyme is a protein found in living cells that brings out chemical changes; a coenzyme works with an anzyme to produce a particular reaction."

• "CoQ10 recycles vitamin E, the most powerful fat-soluble antioxidant in the body."

• "(Part) of the antioxidant defense network that rides on the lipoprotein train throughout the bloodstream."

• "CoQ10 can regenerate vitamin E."

• "(Along) with vitamin E, CoQ10 offers protection against UV radiation."

• "(Levels) of CoQ10 decline with age."

• "(The Japanese) widely used (CoQ10) as a treatment for heart disease and common aliments such as gum disease."

• "(CoQ10) is involved in the production of ATP, it made sense that a decline in the production of this antioxidant would disrupt the body's energy-producing system."

• "(CoQ10's) primary successes appear to be in the field of heart disease."

• "Heart patients often have dangerously low levels of CoQ10, an indication that they lack the spark plug required to keep the heart running normally. Infact heart muscle biopsies in patients with various heart disease showed a CoQ10 deficiency in 50 to 75 percent of all cases."

• "In one study...patients were followed for nearly eighteen months. Out of the 424 patients, Dr. Langsjoen's group reported that more than half showed improvement by one NYHA standard, 28 percent by two classes,...1.2 percent by three classes...(and) nearly half of the patients stopped taking between one to three heart medications. patients experienced virtually no side effects with CoQ10."
  

• "There is one group of heart patients who absolutely should take CoQ10: those who are taking statin drugs such as lovastatin to lower thier cholesterol."

• "(Dr. Beal) administered CoQ10 along with the malonate, the mice showed substantially less brain damage and lived an average of eight days longer. This proved that CoQ10 was able to provide protection for brain cells under the most trying conditions of oxidative stress."

• "Gum disease usually strikes from midlife on because older tissues does not repair itself quickly or efficiently as younger tissue."

• "(Lower) than normal levels of CoQ10 in the gum tissue of patients with gum disease... when CoQ10 was applied directly to the gums, and/or taken as a supplement, patients showed marked improvement and healed much more rapidly."

• "In an open trial conducted in the United States, patients undergoing periodontal surgery who took CoQ10 recovered up to three times faster than those who did not."

• "CoQ10 is a popular treatment for gum disease in Japan and is often included in toothpaste and mouthwash."

• "(Inflammation) is believed to be involved in the onset and progression of gum disease and since free radicals area a by-product of inflammation, it makes sense that people who suffer from gum disease may not have as strong antioxidant defenses as those who don't."