User's Guide to Coenzyme Q10

However, experts say that exhaustive and prolonged exercise depletes CoQ10. That’s because the body needs more of it to fuel the increased activity

And the most obvious place where CoQ10 works is in the mitochondria. So, if you don’t have enough, then you might not produce energy as well in your cells. This may help to explain why older people slow down.”

Scientists say it starts happening after the age of twenty, with a more accelerated drop after forty

The Coenzyme Q10 Phenomenon (Keats Publishing, 1998)

Also beef, chicken, and pork hearts … but nobody eats them.”

He says that even by eating a lot of fish you can probably only consume the equivalent of 5–10 mg a day

Just to obtain the equivalent of a 30-mg supplement, you would have to eat one pound of sardines, two pounds of beef, or two and one-half pounds of peanuts. Thirty milligrams may be fine for general health maintenance, but it isn’t nearly enough to produce therapeutic benefits against disease

You can extract some CoQ10 directly from the food you eat. But that depends on what you eat. CoQ10 is naturally present in small quantities in many foods. The best sources are organ meats such as heart, kidney, and liver, as well as mackerel, peanuts, salmon, sardines, and soy oil—foods we tend not to eat a lot

every life function requires biochemical energy and CoQ10 is a major mechanism in the process. It is absolutely essential for life.”

scientists have looked beyond the heart and found promising uses for it against cancer, muscle, and brain disorders, as well as its intriguing potential as an “antiaging” factor