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Fuel in the Fight Against Cancer-Heart Disease

Coenzyme Q10 , known as a healthy heart supplement, is also demonstrating potent anti-cancer properties.   Coenzyme Q10, which is found in all your cells, provides energy--especially to the heart muscle. That is why it has become a vital treatment for heart health in recent years.   But now a new series of studies are turning up some even more exciting news.   CoQ10 may be able to halt cancer.

Dr. William Campbell Douglass reports research findings and case histories in his newsletter Second Opinion that show a correlation between CoQ10 and breast cancer. Low levels of CoQ10 were found in women with breast cancer.   Increased levels were associated with regression and remission.

Among the studies, Dr. Karl Folkers of the University of Texas, Austin reports regression of breast cancer, not only at the original site, but even of cancer that had spread (metastasized) to the liver—usually a sign of terminal illness.   How were these results achieved?   With supplements of CoQ10.

Moreover, unlike conventional treatment, CoQ10 is completely non-toxic and it stimulates the immune system, rather than depressing it.   In several studies, CoQ10 worked wonders with patients who had chosen to take chemotherapy, reducing the toxicity of such treatment.   In one study, patients who were given CoQ10 had little or no toxicity, even though they were given much larger doses of the toxic chemotherapy agent than were given to the control group.   This inverse correlation is significant.

Dr. Douglass points out that CoQ10 dissolves in fat and that it is therefore most absorbable in either a special wafer form (to which some oil has been added) or taken with a tablespoon of olive oil. Burton Goldberg recommends coconut oil.

Since CoQ10 has many health benefits, a minimum dose of 50mg daily is appropriate for prevention of degenerative diseases, for improved energy, and for general health   If you have cancer, you will want to increase that dosage dramatically to 400-600mgs daily.   But be sure to discuss large doses with your doctor.

CoQ10 is naturally manufactured by the body. However, two factors are significant. First, the amount declines with age. Second, the B vitamins niacin (B3), folic acid, and pyridoxine (B6) are required for the body to make this important nutrient. If you are not eating red meat, be sure that you are taking a good multivitamin and high doses of B complex.

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CoQ-10 a miracle in a bottle?

By John McKenzie ABCNEWS.com T Y L E R, Texas, Nov. 24 — A presidential commission on vitamins and nutritional supplements said today it will create an advisory panel to help monitor the safety of the pills and powders that 42 percent of Americans take every day. The latest ABCNEWS poll shows that 74 percent of people believe that vitamins should be taken regularly.   But opinions are split as to whether vitamins actually do the things they are said to do.   While 45 percent doubt vitamins do what they are claimed to do, 49 percent think that the advertising for vitamins is reliable.   Only recently, however, has there been scientific research to test what vitamins can do to improve our health. In some cases, it turns out the results are remarkable.

Help for a Desperate Heart
Gina Ferguson seemed much too young to be suffering from an enlarged and weakened heart. She was 24 years old, and she was dying.   I couldn’t walk to the bathroom without feeling I had walked a mile, Ferguson said.   “Shortness of breath to the point of gasping.   "The cardiologist they sent me to told me that my life expectancy was very short, perhaps 10 days."   Doctors already had put her on a variety of powerful medications.   Finally, running out of ideas, they suggested she try something very different—a little-known nutritional supplement called Coenzyme Q-10.   Cardiologist Dr. Peter Langsjoen is among hundreds of researchers who have studied this vitamin-like substance and found the results encouraging.   "It doesn’t even compare to anything else," said Langsjoen.   Its effects are so clear.  They are not subtle.   They are dramatic."

Enzyme Essential for Health
Early research showed that Coenzyme Q-10 is in every cell in the body and essential for cells to produce energy.   Scientists found that patients with weakened heart muscles had unusually low levels of Coenzyme Q-10.   But several small, controlled studies found that when patients took supplements, most showed significant improvement.   In one weak heart, the left ventricle was enlarged, unable to squeeze down properly.   But with supplements of Coenzyme Q-10, that same heart is now smaller, back to its normal size, and able to pump blood much more thoroughly. The most obvious thing a person would notice would be improved stamina, vigor," says Langsjoen. And because levels of Coenzyme Q-10 decline steadily with age, scientists are taking a preliminary look at how these supplements might affect other diseases.

Other Benefits Possible
"Other degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease also have defects in energy production, said Professor Lester Packer at the University of California, Berkeley. “So Coenzyme Q-10 could be important.” As for Gina Ferguson, within one month of taking Coenzyme Q-10, her heart was measurably improved. "The end result is that I’m still here,"” said Ferguson.I can still be a mother to my child and I can still be a wife. Coenzyme Q-10, for me, it’s my lifeline."

CoQ-10 is expensive if bought in the conventional manner.   Prices range from $25-$70 for a bottle of 60, 50mg. caps.   There is a source for about $14.00 available only to members of The Generic-co-op. .   We have nothing to do with the sale or revenue from this, or any other, product.

Enzyme Essential for Health
Early research showed that Coenzyme Q-10 is in every cell in the body and essential for cells to produce energy.   Scientists found that patients with weakened heart muscles had unusually low levels of Coenzyme Q-10.   But several small, controlled studies found that when patients took supplements, most showed significant improvement.   In one weak heart, the left ventricle was enlarged, unable to squeeze down properly.   But with supplements of Coenzyme Q-10, that same heart is now smaller, back to its normal size, and able to pump blood much more thoroughly. The most obvious thing a person would notice would be improved stamina, vigor," says Langsjoen. And because levels of Coenzyme Q-10 decline steadily with age, scientists are taking a preliminary look at how these supplements might affect other diseases.

Other Benefits Possible
"Other degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease also have defects in energy production, said Professor Lester Packer at the University of California, Berkeley. “So Coenzyme Q-10 could be important.” As for Gina Ferguson, within one month of taking Coenzyme Q-10, her heart was measurably improved. "The end result is that I’m still here,” said Ferguson. “I can still be a mother to my child and I can still be a wife. Coenzyme Q-10, for me, it’s my lifeline.”