Introduction Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an essential antioxidant and component of the mitochondria, deep in every human cell. CoQ10 plays a critical role in the manufacture of ATP, the energy currency of all body processes. A good analogy for CoQ10’s role is similar to the role of a spark plug in a car engine. Just [...]
September 1, 2011
Probiotics in the Treatment of Childhood Constipation
Background Constipation in children is a very common occurrence affecting roughly 10% of children. It is characterized by bowel movements occurring less frequently than usual or stool that tends to be hard, dry, and difficult and painful to pass. The following are common causes of constipation in children: Milk allergy – about 70% of [...]
August 11, 2011
Ubiquinone and Ubiquinol Equally Effective in Patients with Dry Mouth
Background Dry mouth (xerostomia) is a condition in which salivary secretion is reduced for various reasons and is known to cause not only a dry mouth sensation, thirst for drinking water, and difficulty with food intake, but also disturbed taste, dental caries, periodontal disease and oral pain. Obviously, having chronic dry mouth significantly decreases a [...]
August 4, 2011
Celery Seed Extract for Protection Against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease?
Background An accumulation of beta-amyloid in the brain is one of the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloid is a general term for protein fragments that the body produces normally. Beta-amyloid is a fragment snipped from an amyloid precursor protein (APP). In a healthy brain, these fragments are broken down and eliminated. In Alzheimer’s disease [...]
July 21, 2011
Green Tea Polyphenols vs. Candida Albicans Biofilm
Background The usually benign yeast Candida albicans can sometimes overgrow in the human gastrointestinal tract to give rise to a complex medical syndrome known as chronic candidiasis, or the yeast syndrome. Candidiasis can cause a wide variety of symptoms in virtually every system of the body, with the GI, genitourinary, endocrine, nervous and immune systems [...]
June 16, 2011
Coenzyme Q10: Uses, Forms, and Dosage Recommendations
Introduction Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an essential component of the mitochondria and plays a critical role in the manufacture of ATP, the energy currency of all body processes. A good analogy for CoQ10’s role is similar to the role of a spark plug in a car engine. Just as the car cannot function without that [...]
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