Coenzyme Q, CoQ10, ubiquinone

Roc does not take CoQ10. The literature strongly condemns it as a supplement, except for when experiencing leg pain while taking statins to control cholesterol, both under a doctor’s supervision.

Oct 2009 - Coenzyme Q (CoQ10) supplements provide no benefits and may impair brain function - Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is widely consumed as a dietary supplement to enhance bioenergetic capacity and to ameliorate the debilitative effects of the aging process or certain pathological conditions. Our main purpose in this study was to determine whether CoQ10 intake does indeed attenuate the age-associated losses in motor, sensory, and cognitive functions or decrease the rate of mortality in mice...Our results suggest that prolonged intake of CoQ10 in low amounts has no discernable impact on cognitive and motor functions whereas intake at higher amounts exacerbates cognitive and sensory impairments encountered in old mice. These findings do not support the notion that CoQ10 is a fitness-enhancing or an "antiaging" substance under normal physiological conditions.