Beat chronic depression and stress with Co-Q10

Beat chronic depression and stress with Co-Q10

(NaturalNews) It's well known that Co-Q10 or Coenzyme Q10 is beneficial
for maintaining a healthy heart or even restoring health to an ailing
heart. There are also other benefits from Co-Q10 which will be explained
later in this article.

But a recent study in Cairo, Egypt has
uncovered an unusual property of Co-Q10 that is rather surprising: It
eliminates depression and anxiety. This study is an animal study on, as
usual, rats.

Why a known safe supplement couldn't have been used
on depressed humans instead of torturing rats to create depression and
anxiety is a mystery. At least they were ultimately relieved, thanks to
Coenzyme Q10.


The study

After stressing out the mice with
forced swimming and chronic restraint stress (CRS), something cruel
kids might do, anxiety and depression were artificially induced in the
mice, a standard lab gimmick. Then they were fed large amounts of Co-Q10
for three weeks.

Using background data from different studies
that associated diminished hyppocampus volume and increased hyppocamal
oxidative stress with depression, the researchers focused on that area's
biochemical activity as well as observing behavioral traits for this
trial.

The hyppocampus is a small part of the brain's gray matter
that is responsible for emotional response as well as memory formation.
It is shaped like a seahorse and located on both sides of the brain's
lower area. It is believed to be the first area to be damaged by
Alzheimer's disease.

It became apparent that most of the observed anxiety and depression abated during the Co-Q10
feeding. The biological markers also showed increased antioxidant
activity in the hypocampus, reversing oxidative cellular and DNA damage.

Their paper, published in the National Center for Biotechnology or NCBI was presented by PubMed.org
on January 11, 2013 and titled "Coenzyme Q10 displays
antidepressant-like activity with reduction of hippocampal
oxidative/nitrosative DNA damage in chronically stressed rats."

Their
conclusion has an element of irony: "... CoQ10 may have a potential
therapeutic value for the management of depressive disorders. However,
further research, is still required to characterize the mechanism of the
antidepressant effect of CoQ10 and extend these results before the safe application in humans."

Yes
- the italics inserted in their conclusion is where the irony lies.
It's okay to openly and commonly prescribe selective serotonin re-uptake
inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and others that often
worsen mental conditions to the point of psychosis and suicidal or
homicidal impulses.

But Co-Q10 has side effects that are positive for overall health.

What else Co-Q10 or ubiquitol can do for you

Ubiquitol
is a form of Coenzyme Q10 that is more expensive and less commonly
used. But many consider it wise to use ubiquitol if you're over 40.
Ubiquitol is a reduced or non-oxidized form of Co-Q10. Common Co-Q10
supplements are not reduced. They are oxidized.

So your body has
to convert the ubiquinone (oxidized) Co-Q10 into easily assimilated
reduced (non-oxidized) ubiquitol, which becomes more difficult as we
age. If you're getting up in your years, spending more for reduced
Co-Q10 as ready made ubiquinol is recommended.

Co-Q10 is an
enzyme normally produced in the liver. That production may have to be
encouraged by supplementation in our stressful and toxic environment,
however.

Coenzyme Q10 is a super antioxidant and cellular
metabolism energy booster for inner cellular mitochondria activity. When
that declines, early aging and all sorts of auto-immune, neurological,
and heart diseases easily invade. Non-synthetic vitamin E works well
with Co-Q10.

Japanese cardiologists put most of their patients on
Co-Q10, often instead of statin drugs or other medicines, with a high
success rate. Many see Ceonzyme Q10 as an important anti-aging
supplement. Apparently it also helps with anxiety and depression.

Source:-
http://www.naturalnews.com/039051_chronic_depression_Co-Q10_heart_health.html