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Ubiquinone vs Uiquinol

Dr Dee • Jul 17, 2015

Ubiquinone vs Uiquinol

Co Q 10 was discovered in 1957. And its ability to be fermented from bacteria was not far behind.

Both ubiqinone and ubiquinol ( the reduced form of ubiquinone) are natural. They are BOTH naturally fermented from bacteria. One is not superior due to synthetic vs natural arguments.

There is no evidence of; either better bioavailability or benefit when taking one over the other. In fact the literature shows both oral forms are sufficient to double coQ10 stores ( when measured in serum) and show improvement in Vo2 Max. In fact the only real evidence showing one superior over the other was when one was taken in a powdered form instead of a lipid soluble form. Lipid forms copy the nature of the molecule and therefore are superior regardless of the reduced nature of coQ10.

Both age and statin drug use deplete coQ10. It is necessary with advancing age or statin use to take a larger amount of coQ10 to meet the increased requirements of body function under the stress of age and environment. Since ubiquinol, the reduced form, is much more expensive commercially vs ubiquinone it does seem not just medically appropriate, but financially as well to take ubiquinone in higher amounts with age or statin use.

The production of ubiqinol COMES FROM the reduction of NATURAL ubiqinone. It looks like this: Acetyl CoA–HMG-CoA—Mevalonic Acid—farnesyl Pyrophosphate—UBIQUINONE–exchange of electrons due to NADH+ and there you have it… Ubiquinol. Considering the most abundant form, in the foods we consume, is also ubiquinone it is easy to support the -one form as beneficial. In the absence of evidence of better bioavailability or clinical benefit it is still reasonable to use ubiquinone.

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