Opinion?
I don’t know, but as a pharmaceutical purchasing agent, I’ve been buying ALOT more of it lately. It’s an anti-oxidant, used in a lot of anti-aging products.
Yeah, 100mg a day. I get it from a friend who’s company manufactures the stuff. At first I had a feeling that it improved recovery (these things are hard to tell). Would I take it if I had to pay for it? Not sure. What I have read about the stuff makes it sound good, but at the moment it’s pretty expensive (especially here). I suppose it can’t hurt, but like all supplements you never really know if it’s worth it.
i took it for a little while and then fell off the wagon as usual. i don’t really know what it did.
I’ve been taking it for about 10 years and I think it is helpful. I never really noticed anything different when I started taking it, but I noticed when I stopped. When I stop I get the same feeling as when I’m overtrained.
I guess the coenzyme Q-10 is one that is naturally produced in your body, and helps with the heart muscle…something with elasticity but I’m not sure.
It seems to work for me and until I hear it is bad for the body, I’ll keep using it.
I’ve been taking it for 6 yrs.
All I know is that I haven’t gotten sick once since I’ve been on it.
Even during our New England winters.
I’m sold on it.
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I’ve been taking it during the periods in which I’ve trained regularly and strenuously between the ages of about 50 and now 62. More than most supplements, I think I feel its effects in allowing me to recover quickly enough for still one more workout later today or sometime tomorrow–particularly regarding muscle soreness.
I take it on Doc’s advice because I also take Lipitor. Lipitor does something that blocks the natural production of CoQ10, and the supplement helps to ensure that I don’t get the muscle damage that some Lipitor users experience.
I have no idea if it actually works, but my doc said take it (he’s a runner) so I do.
I’ve been taking it about a year and have developed telepathic powers, written several poetic masterpieces and inceased my earnings by 75%.
Seriously though, it has helped with my recovery, boosted my immunity, and seems to give me more energy.
You almost did strike me as a reasonable person (until I read your second sentence)
o.k. here you get my take:
Co-Q is naturally a transporter that shuttles electrons in your energy generating system in the mitochondria of all your cells. Oral intake will make it very difficult to influence the distant Co-Q pools inside your cells inside the mitochondria of your body.
I can act as pro- and anti-oxidant everywhere in your body. This means, under certain (genetic conditions that are not pathological per se) these molecules can actually increase free-radical damage. Correct and individual dosage as well as targeted delivery of antioxidants is always a problem (as is their nature-identical synthesis) and overdose (which are rarely “what the doctor recommends” as “safe”) are not beneficial for your health (or your wallet).
As a somewhat knowledgeable person I personally have come to the conclusion that it is better not to mess with my intrinsic balance of anti-oxidant defenses. Just think of disturbance of a natural and balanced equilibrium (which is established regardless how you stress your system-cells are built to handle it). I however try to supply my cells with enough “raw-materials” to beef up on certain anti-oxidant defense “pathways” if needed by my body. This can be easily done by eating a healthy diet with a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Since your psyche has a big influence on your overall well-being as well as your immune system, Co-Q may actually benefit you (as would any placebo). Just not in a way that can be proven in a biological way.
For what it is worth.