Coq10: A vital anti-ageing vitamin!

Afraid of those crow’s feet bordering your eyes or creases across your forehead? Or do you mind the laugh lines around your mouth? You shouldn’t. These are signs of ageing which start showing as you hit middle-age and you can solve them with an anti-ageing ingredient which is claimed to be the next big thing - CoQ10 or simply, Vitamin Q (chemical term: Coenzyme Q10). CoQ10 is a naturally occurring substance found in every cell of the human body. This is no artificially manufactured medicine. Its function is to help the cellular mitochondria — the “powerhouse” of every cell — convert fats and sugar into energy.

It can be found in various meats and vegetables like  beef, sardines, mackerel, poultry, spinach, soybean,  and peanuts to name a few. As a nutrient, it serves as a crucial supplement to support the scientific system of ageing in terms of cell growth and maintenance. CoQ10 is considered a super-nutrient for its ability to fight the free radicals which manifest as a key cause of ageing. This magic vitamin keeps other antioxidants like vitamins E and C active too.

Apart from being an antioxidant, which helps battle against ageing, this nutrient has other benefits:

• Studied for cancer treatment to provide relief from side-effects.
• Protects the brain from debilitating diseases like Parkinson’s.
• Shown positive results in lowering blood pressure.
• Helps to recover patients who suffered from cardiac arrests.
• Yielded positive results in gum disease.
• Proven beneficial for migraine headaches.

In many countries like Japan, people frequently resort to CoQ10 to live healthier, youthful and better lives. So rediscover the youth inside you by introducing CoQ10 in your daily diet.

The writer is a nutritionist