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News of the Day:
Bill Clinton gets angioplasty after quadruple bypass. But is he taking nutraceuticals to prevent the build up of plaque?
In the Side Effects Bible the author chronicles how pharmaceutical drugs rob the body of many important nutrients. The author states that CoQ10 protects LDL cholesterol from oxidative stress.
What is Oxidative Stress? From Wikipedia:
Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen
and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive
intermediates or easily repair the resulting damage. All forms of life maintain a reducing environment within their cells. This reducing environment is preserved by enzymes
that maintain the reduced state through a constant input of metabolic
energy. Disturbances in this normal redox state can cause toxic effects
through the production of peroxides and free radicals that damage all components of the cell, including proteins, lipids, and DNA.
Why this is important? The origin of Atherosclerosis is the oxidative stress that inflames the LDL cholesterol. This inflammation causes the cholesterol to become sticky and harden into plaques.
CoQ10 is in Huge Demand.
CoQ10 is depleted from the body by the taking of statin drugs. CoQ10 is in huge demand by the heart. It contributes to the ATP or the firing of the muscle cells energy burning furnaces (the mitochondria). If you take a statin and your muscles ache, it is aching for CoQ10. Read more....
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