How CoQ10 Supports Heart Health, Prevents Migraines, And Improves Cognition

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.

CoQ10 is a compound whose job is to help cells generate energy, so it’s no surprise there are so many wonderful benefits to getting enough of this critical coenzyme. Although you can find it in supplement form, it is also naturally produced by the body. Unfortunately, however, as you age the production of CoQ10 declines. It also declines with chronic stress, toxin exposures, and certain medications. The decreased amount of CoQ10 in your cells contributes to the gradual loss of energy that most of us experience in our thirties and beyond.

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about coenzyme Q10, also known as CoQ10—what it is, what it can do for us, and how to ensure we are getting enough of this critical nutrient.

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Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

What exactly is CoQ10? (3:42 / 1:32)
Statins, muscle aches and pains, and CoQ10 production (4:20 / 1:55)
How your body makes energy (5:14 / 2:40)
The scientific discovery of CoQ10 (6:05 / 3:30)
Benefits of CoQ10 (6:27 / 3:56)
CoQ10 and heart health (7:40 / 5:10)
Treating and preventing migraines with CoQ10 (8:51 / 6:18)
CoQ10, insulin sensitivity, and blood sugar (10:02 / 7:29)
Slowing and reversing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease (10:34 / 8:00)

CoQ10-rich foods and supplements (11:30 / 8:58)

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy.
0:03.4	It's something I use regularly for migraines, regularly for heart patients.
0:06.4	A bag of everybody with a statin, which I don't prescribe that often, but it can be useful sometimes.
0:11.0	Definitely gets good if you tend.
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