Ubiquinol Q10 in capsules

On patients with slight cognitive disorders because of Parkinson's disease, a treatment of several years of a combination of creatine + Q10 delays the cerebral degeneration of users compared to a placebo. It is therefore a good combination to protect the brain from aging.

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Kaneka produces both Ubiquinol and Q10. The Q10 is the first form to have been synthesized 30 years ago; It is therefore much older and less expensive. On the other hand, it is less effective than ubiquinol. However, some resellers play on this Ubiquinol - Q10 Kaneka ambiguity and pass their Q10 for ubiquinol so that their product appears cheaper.

In the body, there are three forms of Q10: the Q10 in oxidized form (Ubiquinone), in radical (semiquinone) or in reduced form (Ubiquinol). Likewise, there are three main forms of Q10 supplements: Q10, Ubiquinol and Ubiquinone. But it is the last two that are the most popular, because being more recent forms than the old Q10.

Like the words Ubiquinol and the Ubiquinone are alike, we quickly did not know who is who? There is a memoic means of differentiating them: at the end of the word Ubiquinone, we find "no". If you get used to Ubiquinon, you will no longer confuse. This helps to remember that if this form is the least expensive, it is also less effective, as illustrated by the following studies.

In subjects aged 29 to 50, taking 200 mg of Ubiquinol for 4 weeks twice as much the blood level of Q10 as the 200 mg of Ubiquinone (37). Elderly men on average 55 years received 200 mg either from Ubiquinol or from Ubiquinone with a meal for 2 weeks. Ubiquinol's taking increases the level of Ubiquinol in the blood by 250 % against 168 % following the taking of Ubiquinone (38). Ubiquinol's taking increases the level of ubiquinone in the blood by 272 % against 136 % following the taking of Ubiquinone.

Note, however, that there are very strong variations in the absorption level depending on the individual, but 60 % of the subjects responded much better to the Ubiquinol against 40 % who absorbed the ubiquinone better. Absorption levels above average are noted in 70 % of Ubiquinol users against only 20 % of Ubiquinone users (38).

Many brands boast of producing a ubiquinol made in France. Again, they play on words as well as on the ignorance of the consumer. Ubiquinol Kaneka comes from Japan. The other Q10s generally come from China. The only thing that is French is the packaging of Q10.

The Q10 is a molecule close to vitamins (vitamin K) (2). The Q10 is present in cell membranes in order to act as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory (3). More specifically, the Q10 helps mitochondria to produce ATP. By stimulating energy production, the Q10 helps the most important of our muscles to work well: the heart (4-5-6). It also reduces the formation of fibrosis, which helps to maintain good cardiovascular health over the decades (7).

For example, in seniors with heart problems, taking Q10 for 2 years lowers mortality of almost half (18 % in the placebo group against 10 % with the Q10) (8-9).
These cardiac benefits of Q10 will be very important for athletes. Indeed, if a moderate practice of sport is good for the heart, this muscle is put to the test as soon as training becomes intense and regular. This explains that athletes, as they get older, develop specific cardiac pathologies, which are little found among the sedentary population.

Medical analyzes show that physical activity immediately lowers the bodily levels of Q10 due to an acceleration of the destruction of this molecule (12). This explains that rates of Q10 below are found in athletes during training compared to sedentary persons (13-14-15-16). This is paradoxical because studies show that the more the muscles are rich in Q10, the more efficient they are. Hence the idea of ??supplementation to not only inhibit the scarcity of the Q10, but also to increase performance (17-18).

These paradoxes of aging and the sportsman constitute two examples which show that our body does not work at its optimal without external help from a complementation. Indeed, the senior and the sportsman suffer from less Q10 reserves when they need more than the average. Obviously, there will be a accumulation of deficits from the sportsman who is age over the decades.

The medical use of statins to reduce cholesterol produces several side effects. Many patients develop muscle pain and weaknesses (19-20). One of the reasons for these problems is the fall in the Q10 level that these drugs induce. It is therefore a good model to better understand what is happening when you lack Q10 and how to compensate for this deficit by an Q10 supplementation acts on the physiological level. Taking Q10 reduces muscle pain in 75 % of statins users and the general pain level from 30 to 40 % (21). Taking Q10 often makes it possible to reassemble their muscle performance (22).

The beneficial action of Q10 on performance is especially noted in endurance sports because medical research focuses essentially on aerobic performance and not on bodybuilding (23-24-25-26). < BR>
The Q10 protects the muscles of both muscular and hepatic catabolism in high-level athletes due to an attenuation of inflammatory and oxidative phenomena (27-28-29-30). These protective effects explain, at least partially, the reason why the Q10 accelerates recovery between two training sessions; This constitutes a practical application for all athletes, including in force disciplines such as bodybuilding (31).

Alone or in synergy with carnitine, the Q10 mitigates the immunosuppression noted after very intense efforts (32-33-34). The Q10 also reduces hypertension phenomena that develop during very intensive training periods (35). The Q10, undoubtedly because of its antioxidant action, can protect the joints by reducing the speed of degradation of the cartilages, thus reducing the level of pain (36).

Ubiquinol Nutrimuscle is addressed:

to sportsmen to increase sports performance;
to sedentary for its action on cardiovascular health.