Do you take CoQ10 yet?
Most people I know have recently become aware of CoQ10. It wasn’t always like that. It’s a little humbling to think that there’s something as important as CoQ10 and 15 years ago nobody knew about it.
It’s one of the most powerful nutrients I prescribe to my patients. You already know it for its heart and brain benefits…and now the news just got better.
We have new evidence that CoQ10 can have a profound effect on your eye health.
High energy organs like your eyes use lots of CoQ10. Because of the energizing and protective effect of CoQ10, researchers decided to try giving CoQ10 drops to people undergoing cataract surgery. 40 people who had the surgery got either CoQ10 or saline solution twice a day for 9 months.
The people who got CoQ10 had faster nerve regeneration and better stability of the surface of the eye throughout the study, with no side effects.(1)
CoQ10 also gives us new hope that we can prevent the onset of blindness from AMD (macular degeneration), although the evidence has been completely ignored by mainstream medicine.
Researchers in Hungary wanted to look at the effect mitochondrial dysfunction plays in developing AMD. So they designed a clinical trial to find out how early treatment with nutrients known to improve mitochondrial function, like CoQ10, would have on people with weakening eyesight.
At the end of a study of more than 100 people, the researchers found a huge improvement in those who took the nutrients including CoQo10 for all four parameters of eyesight that they measured.
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1. Get some from the only good food source – Eggs, avocados, almonds, grape seeds and sesame seeds do have a tiny bit of CoQ10. But nowhere near enough. The only good food source is the organs of free-range cattle and wild game. But we don’t eat them anymore. The closest thing you’ll find is grass-fed meat.
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