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Just as a lamp is powered by electricity or a car is powered by gas, your heart and other energy-demanding organs are powered by cellular energy. Ubiquinol is the advanced form of CoQ10 and plays an important role in creating the cellular energy that keeps your organs working.
When we’re under forty, our bodies produce CoQ10 and convert it into Ubiquinol. In healthy young adults, more than 95% of the CoQ10 found in their bodies is in the Ubiquinol form. 1 2 3 However, as we age, our bodies’ ability to convert CoQ10 into Ubiquinol decreases.
Research has shown that Ubiquinol supports optimal heart health, 4 5 supports natural cellular energy production, 6 helps prevent damage in the body caused by oxidative stress, 7 and replenishes CoQ10 blood levels depleted by statin cholesterol medicines. 8 9 To gain these benefits, many adults over forty are now taking a Ubiquinol supplement.
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