CoQ10 helps heal neurodegenerative disease: Study

CoQ10 helps heal neurodegenerative disease: Study

(NaturalNews) Most of us know the value of CoQ10 for heart health. Now a
recent case report has demonstrated that CoQ10 may be of value for
reversing even extreme neurodegenerative diseases. This case report
involved a 75-year-old with what is considered one of the most
irreversible progressive neurodegenerative diseases known: amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Lou
Gehrig was a New Yankee star who was forced to retire at age 35 due to
his ALS. His farewell speech in completely-filled Yankee stadium in 1939
is one of sport's most touching moments. Of course soon after that
memorable farewell speech, Lou died.

Though ALS occurs rarely, the life expectancy for those afflicted with ALS is two to five years for most.

Why this case study is important

ALS
affects the skeletal muscular nerve impulses that control contraction
and function. It may start with chronic twitching, cramping, and
muscular weakness. Then it spreads to total muscular atrophy including
the inability to eat, swallow, or breathe, and slurred speech.

A
Japanese medical scientist, unnamed in the reports, allowed colleagues
to do a clinical evaluation of CoQ10 for ALS on him. The 75-year-old
scientist had been diagnosed with onset ALS in the year 2000. By 2005,
it had progressed to the point of interfering with his most common
mundane activities.

Excerpt from the Vitasearch.com report: "(He)
... was treated with a highly bioavailable form of coenzyme Q10
(solubilized ubiquinol, Tishcon Corp., NY), starting at 200 mg, twice
daily for 4 weeks (at which point he already experienced improvements),
followed by 500 mg, twice daily, and then back down to 200 mg twice
daily..."

His improvements were significant with most of his
voluntary motor activity returning along with restoring his grip. The
rate of muscular weakening was lowered as well. The unnamed scientist
patient was still surviving and managing when the CoQ10 study was reported in The Open Nutraceuticals Journal of September 2012.

That's
pretty impressive for a progressive neurological disease diagnosed when
he was 70 and treated with CoQ10 when he was 75. He passed the 80-year
mark in 2012. If CoQ10 treatment can do this for ALS, what might it do for other neurological diseases such as MS (multiple sclerosis), Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases?

Other CoQ10 neurodegenerative studies

Studies
performed on mice and dogs proved that CoQ10 protected and reversed
chemically induced brain and nervous system damage by restoring brain
and nerve cell metabolism.

It would be a little more humane to
experiment using a harmless supplement on humans already afflicted with a
neurological disorder than inducing those disorders on helpless
animals, but that's science for you. The complete report with medical details can be linked from source (2) below.

The
potent antioxidant capabilities of CoQ10 are worthy of application for
both heart and brain/nerve health. Just make sure it's in a very
bioavailable form.

Taken as directed it will help protect against
neurological disorders. And CoQ10 can be taken safely with larger doses
for therapeutic interventions on existing neurological maladies.

Source:-
http://www.naturalnews.com/038643_CoQ10_neurodegenerative_disease_prevention.html