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Talking about co-enzyme Q10.

Now, what is it co-enzyme?

It's something that helps an enzyme.

And there's a lot of different enzymes in the body that go way beyond just digestion.

There are enzymes that help perform many different functions.

There are proteins that are involved in all the biochemical pathways in the body

for making energy to making hormones to helping you detoxify poisonous chemicals.

Now, co-cutin is found in every single cell in your body.

It's an extremely powerful antioxidant, but its main job is to stabilize membranes.

Membranes are outer coverings of certain things, like your cell membranes have this outer fat

layer. Very, very important in holding the voltage of the cell, because the cell is like a battery.

Without that membrane, you wouldn't be able to hold the voltage. So it's a very key part of all cells.

Also, the membrane around the mitochondria, which is energy factory, needs CO210 to help transport

electrons through this process into ATP, which is the energy currency of the body.

All the lipoprotein membranes need co-enzyme Q10, as in HDL, LDL.

And these are just proteins that carry cholesterol through the body and then back from the body,

back to the liver.

So co-Q10 helps stabilize membranes, especially in areas of your body which you're generating a lot of energy,

okay, as in the heart, the brain, the kidney, the liver, and your muscles. So we need co-enzyme Q10 because if you're generating a lot

of energy, you're also generating a lot of free radical damage in oxidation. So co-Q10 helps to

counter that. Now here's the thing. When someone takes a statin, they completely block co-Q10. And if you're going to block

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