I found this while web surfing. I think it was this list that spoke of a friend with enlarged heart. (?)
CoQ-10 a miracle in a bottle? By John McKenzie ABCNEWS.com T Y L E R, Texas, Nov. 24 — A presidential commission on vitamins and nutritional supplements said today it will create an advisory panel to help monitor the safety of the pills and powders that 42 percent of Americans take every day. The latest ABCNEWS poll shows that 74 percent of people believe that vitamins should be taken regularly. But opinions are split as to whether vitamins actually do the things they are said to do. While 45 percent doubt vitamins do what they are claimed to do, 49 percent think that the advertising for vitamins is reliable. Only recently, however, has there been scientific research to test what vitamins can do to improve our health. In some cases, it turns out the results are remarkable. Help for a Desperate Heart Gina Ferguson seemed much too young to be suffering from an enlarged and weakened heart. She was 24 years old, and she was dying. I couldn’t walk to the bathroom without feeling I had walked a mile, Ferguson said. “Shortness of breath to the point of gasping. "The cardiologist they sent me to told me that my life expectancy was very short, perhaps 10 days." Doctors already had put her on a variety of powerful medications. Finally, running out of ideas, they suggested she try something very different—a little-known nutritional supplement called Coenzyme Q-10. Cardiologist Dr. Peter Langsjoen is among hundreds of researchers who have studied this vitamin-like substance and found the results encouraging. "It doesn’t even compare to anything else," said Langsjoen. Its effects are so clear. They are not subtle. They are dramatic." Enzyme Essential for Health Early research showed that Coenzyme Q-10 is in every cell in the body and essential for cells to produce energy. Scientists found that patients with weakened heart muscles had unusually low levels of Coenzyme Q-10. But several small, controlled studies found that when patients took supplements, most showed significant improvement. In one weak heart, the left ventricle was enlarged, unable to squeeze down properly. But with supplements of Coenzyme Q-10, that same heart is now smaller, back to its normal size, and able to pump blood much more thoroughly. The most obvious thing a person would notice would be improved stamina, vigor," says Langsjoen. And because levels of Coenzyme Q-10 decline steadily with age, scientists are taking a preliminary look at how these supplements might affect other diseases. Other Benefits Possible "Other degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease also have defects in energy production, said Professor Lester Packer at the University of California, Berkeley. “So Coenzyme Q-10 could be important.” As for Gina Ferguson, within one month of taking Coenzyme Q-10, her heart was measurably improved. "The end result is that I’m still here,” said Ferguson. “I can still be a mother to my child and I can still be a wife. Coenzyme Q-10, for me, it’s my lifeline.” <A HREF="http://generic-co-op.com/";>CoQ-10 for under $15.00, click here.</A> <A HREF="http://cat007.com/catalt.htm";>Return to main menu</A>
