REWIND aging to keep vessels YOUNG… with this ENERGIZING nutrient
Friend, there are plenty of reasons why you should pay attention to your vessel health.
Keeping vessels healthy isn’t just a way to support your heart health…
But also your brain health… and your vision!
Unfortunately, as we get older, we’re in the crosshairs for vascular aging…
And “old” vessels just don’t work as well as “young” ones do.
But there’s an antioxidant nutrient out there that could help.
It occurs naturally in all our bodies…
But seniors too often find their supply DEPLETED… especially if they’ve been taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
Fortunately, you can REPLENISH your supply.
And doing so might help REWIND THE CLOCK on aging vessels… but only IF you take the RIGHT version of this nutrient.
Last year, I shared with you how coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) could help keep your heart young…
And how it could help improve vision… particularly the “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration… by supporting the blood vessels in aging eyes.
Truth is, CoQ10 could help support vessel health THROUGHOUT our bodies…
And one of the ways it works is by COOLING inflammation.
A 2018 meta-analysis reveals how CoQ10 could help reduce levels of such inflammatory markers as C-reactive protein and Interleukin-6.
Now, that’s good…
But there are actually 2 different forms of CoQ10… and it’s the OTHER one that could do even better.
See, supplementing with regular ol’ CoQ10 gives your body the INACTIVE form… forcing it to take the extra step of converting it into a version it can absorb.
The ACTIVE version of CoQ10 is known as ubiquinol. It’s got the addition of two hydrogen atoms, so scientists call it CoQ10H2.
There’s a patented version of ubiquinol… called MitoQ… that’s been the focus of recent research on its benefits to vessel health.
It gets its name from the fact that it ZEROES IN on the mitochondrial function of aging cells…
Helping to ENERGIZE them… and SUPPORT cellular function, particularly in the vessel lining (a.k.a. the endothelium).
In a 2018 study on older folks, supplementing with MitoQ was associated with flow-mediated dilation (FMD) that IMPROVED by about 42%.
FMD is a crucial measurement of arterial stiffness. The MORE your vessels can dilate (or widen)… the BETTER they can function!
The study’s authors claim that that level of improvement in vessel function could be the equivalent of vessels aging IN REVERSE…
By as much as 15 to 20 years!
Taking MitoQ appeared to do even more…
Because the participants also showed REDUCED markers of oxidative stress, including oxidized LDL.
In that study, participants took 20 mg daily of MitoQ over the course of 6 weeks.
Even better, ZERO serious adverse events occurred.
Now, MitoQ is a TURBOCHARGED version of CoQ10/ubiquinol…
So while this EXACT form doesn’t occur in nature, it’s pretty similar.
You can look for MitoQ-branded supplements at your local health food store or online…
Or choose any ubiquinol supplement from a quality maker you trust.
CoQ10 is generally considered safe for most healthy folks to take… but you’ll always want to check with your doc before starting up on any new supplement routine.
To your healthy vessels,
Sarah Reagan
Source:
“Novel antioxidant makes old blood vessels seem young again” – ScienceDaily.com (4/19/18)
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419141523.htm
