| New studies are showing that increased | | | | impact on exercise, both in terms of the |
| performance and less tiredness after exercise are | | | | participants' performance and the amount of |
| among the many benefits of Coenzyme Q10, | | | | post-exercise fatigue they experienced. |
| commonly known as CoQ10 or Vitamin Q. | | | | The study participants, who had an average age |
| A naturally-occurring substance that helps cells | | | | of just over 37, were tested on a bicycle |
| convert fat and sugar to energy, CoQ10 is used | | | | ergometer. The participants were separated into |
| in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and is | | | | three groups and each group was administered |
| often prescribed to aid in recovery from heart | | | | either a daily 100 milligram dosage of the |
| surgery. Because of it's powerful anti-oxidant | | | | supplement, a 300 milligram dosage, or a placebo. |
| properties, this substance is also believed to be | | | | The participants who received the 300 milligram |
| effective in the prevention of a host of | | | | dosage showed measurable improvements in |
| age-related disorders, including adult-onset | | | | performance during exercise and a marked |
| diabetes, macular degeneration, vascular disease, | | | | reduction in fatigue after exercise. The same |
| and even Alzheimer's. | | | | effect was not observed in participants receiving |
| Claims that this vitamin-like natural substance can | | | | the 100 milligram dosage or placebo. |
| function as a supplemental "fountain of youth" are | | | | The researchers who conducted the study |
| still under investigation, but an increasing body of | | | | suggest that the improvement can be attributed |
| research confirms that even a brief regimen of | | | | in large part to CoQ10's potent anti-oxidant |
| this coenzyme can have marked positive effects | | | | properties. The study concluded that not only is |
| on physical performance. | | | | this coenzyme indispensable to the mitochondrial |
| The concept that supplemental CoQ10 can boost | | | | membrane (the portion of the cell that produces |
| energy levels in healthy people was upheld by a | | | | energy), it also acts as an essential antioxidant |
| recent Japanese study jointly conducted by | | | | and assists in the regeneration of other |
| Osaka City University Graduate School of | | | | antioxidants. |
| Medicine, Soiken Incorporation, Kansai University | | | | Since the body's production of this coenzyme |
| of Welfare Sciences, and Osaka University of | | | | diminishes as we age, supplemental dosages can |
| Foreign Study. The study results published in the | | | | be particularly effective in those of middle-age |
| Nutrition journal indicate that sufficient amounts of | | | | and beyond. |
| supplemental CoQ10 made a significant positive | | | | |