CoQ10 & L-Carnitine Are Vital to Ensuring Healthy Longevity and an Improved Quality of Life
Why CoQ10 and L-carnitine in a single supplement? Simple. Both are critical metabolic activators and protectors, acting specifically on the mitochondria of the heart, skeletal muscle and other lean tissues. The mitochondria are the cellular "power plants" responsible for producing energy (ATP) from glucose and fatty acids. Mitochondrial function flags during aging and when the body is under stress. This causes energy deficit, fatigue, poor recovery from training and stress, and proneness to degeneration. Maintaining mitochondrial function is one of the keys to vitality, energy and health.
L-carnitine transports fatty acids (potential energy) into the mitochondria; CoQ10 acts as the "spark-plug" for mitochondrial enzymes which create actual energy from potential energy. These two vital factors have rejuvenative, preventive and anti-aging properties.
Numerous studies have shown that CoQ10 helps promote cardiovascular health and ameliorates heart diseases such as the heart failure of aging (congestive heart failure), angina and hypertension. Doses as low as 100 mgs/day increase aerobic activity and protect cardiomyocytes.
CoQ10 serves as an antioxidant, damping LDL ("bad cholesterol") oxidation. It lowers total cholesterol, itself, and is also used to prevent serious muscular side-effects of "statin" drugs (e.g. Zocor) commonly used to control blood cholesterol.
CoQ10 benefits cognitive function by acting as an antioxidant for highly-sensitive brain lipids, and by promoting cholinergic nerve function. Deficiencies of CoQ10-dependant enzymes have been observed in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease patients, and trials with CoQ10 in Alzheimer's have yielded encouraging results.
Other uses include promotion of gum health, reducing gingival inflammation, and slowing or arresting the progression of periodontal disease. Also -- dramatically -- studies show that CoQ10 may slow the growth of breast tumors, while protecting healthy tissues from tissue damage caused by anti-tumor drugs such as doxorubicin.
When CoQ10 is deficient, energy production declines, body heat dissipates (creating a cold feeling even when others nearby feel comfortable), and numerous preexisting medical conditions may be aggravated. CoQ10 is best used in a liquid form, as absorption is fast and complete (500% more efficient than tablets or capsules).
L-carnitine is an amino acid derivative that acts as a carrier for fatty acids in the body. It delivers fatty acids to the inner mitochondria where they can be converted to energy (ATP). Thus, it acts synergistically with CoQ10 to boost mitochondrial function and energy production.
L-carnitine, even alone, is a dynamic molecule that protects against nerve degeneration, stimulates nerve growth, improves heart function, boosts energy and combats fatigue, enhances athletic performance, and can assist with body repartitioning (reducing body fat selectively). There is also intriguing new evidence that carnitine can assist -- at least in the colon – a process called apoptosis, which protects against cancer.
L-carnitine supplementation is excellent for supporting healthy brain and cognitive function, and is proven effective in ameliorating age-associated memory impairment. It may also be effective in serious neurodegenerative dementias such as Alzheimer's.
You can get the benefits of both CoQ10 and L-Carnitine in one conventient MRM supplement: CoQ10 100mg with L-Carnitine 1000mg. MRM was the first to provide this formulation in a liquid form because absorption is fast and complete, even in older people. Anti-aging, tonic and rejuvenative effects of CoQ10 and L-carnitine, along with ease-of-use and ready assimilation in a liquid form, give this formula an edge. The product comes in a great tasting flavor - natural orange.