Hi all.
There have been a few threads regarding the benefit of taking CQ10, especially if you are on a statin. I took CQ10 for around twelve months but can't really say if it was of benefit to me or not. At my yearly check up the pharmacist advised me that eating a couple of Brazil nuts per day would have the same beneficial effect as CQ10. If so, as CQ10 is quite expensive this would be great. What do you think?
Her advice isn't much use to me as I have a range of food intolerances/ allergies most of which impact on my AF. Nuts are in that category. I'll stay with CoQ10.
With my teeth???!!!
You could ask a friend to pre-suck them for you Bob. Then run them under the tap - job done.
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Coffee grinder Bob? 🤣
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Throw them in your NutriBullet food processor!
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Hi Eddie
That's interesting to hear and a good tip for us all. I've eaten a mixture of nuts for years without fail, but also supplement daily with 100mg of Q10. I really can't say if it helps me or not.
Thanks jean. Peanuts are the highest in CoQ10 apparently.
Hi Eddie, Oddly I never eat those. Think I'll go and look up about nuts and their benefits. I eat walnuts, almonds, cashews and brazil nuts. I buy them in Sainsburys (at great expense) because they are the freshest tasting (the ones in the yellow bag, not the organic as they taste horrid to me). I rarely drink and have never smoked so think I deserve some treats.
Jean
You do. Go for it. I have just ordered CoQ10 from H+B, buy one get one half price.
You do indeed Jean 😊
Well that's interesting thanks Eddie....I like peanuts eat then regularly.....seems inadvertently I've covered that base! Brazil nuts are more expensive! Unfortunately I have to buy the salted form unless I can find unsalted (rare). Can't eat roasted due to the gluten covering on them...lol.
I think that's where I bought mine from, they're a black capsule made by Fitness Pharma.
Hi Jean, my understanding is that Ubiquinol is easier for our bodies to adjust. It’s very expensive but I have taken it for ages - don’t have a clue whether it does any good, LOL! I get mine from Healthspan and thoroughly recommend them, their products are ethically sourced and if you have a query I have always found them helpful, even to the point of telling me that I didn’t need certain things because I was already getting them in another product (hope that makes sense). It’s worth visiting their website, they give helpful info on their products. Best wishes and hope all is well with you. X
Thanks for that info Tricia. I'll have a look at Healthspan - I used to order from them years ago.
Yes, all well with me and hope you are well too.
Jean x
I have no idea Q10 and statins should be taken taken together, but when my cholesterol reached 6, years ago I was put on 5mg of aspavor and 150mg Q10 and my cholesterol stays at 4 - a higher dose of statin brings the reading down too low.
There is a very important point made here. What is regarded as too low for cholesterol, please?I felt mine was too low at 3.5 but my doctor laughed... I was having dreadful side effects, too many to mention here. I no longer take statins and never will! Tom x
Hello Tom - mine went down to just under 3 on Simvastatin (not sure of the right spelling) and my doctor said 'too low', cholesterol is vital for your brain function and she feels that about '4' is fine, It was borderline as to whether I needed statins at all, my diet could have been possibly tweaked enough, but I said I'm not giving up cheese. It was my choice to take the statin because I'm a bit obsessive about not wanting to have a heart attack or stroke, and 5mg (half a tablet of the lowest dose pill available here in South Africa) makes us both happy, and causes no side effects.
Thanks for that further information, I find it very helpful, I wish you good health, Tom
I was advised by my GP not to take COQ10 with Edoxaban
Did they give you a reason for that?
I think I read somewhere (sorry didn't record the source) that CoQ10 may encourage blood clotting, so you probably wouldn't want to exceed the normal range 0.55 - 2.0.
she just said she would prefer me not to take it. I’ve had a thread on here over the past few weeks. Look under Mowgli
I've been on Edoxaban since Christmas 2019. My cardiologist is aware I take CoQ10 and made no comment, apart from at a later appointment when he knew I'd applied for a clinical trial on it he said you do know you'll have to stop the ones you are taking....yes, obviously!
Just be aware that Brazil nuts have high Selenium content and it’s really easy to overdose so you cannot eat Brazil nuts with abandon without consequences and they are also expensive. 1/day maximum.
CoQ10 helps me but if you are looking for a nutrition to help with your AF then go see a nutritionist and get advice specific to your circumstances - everyone will have different needs.
Almond nuts have shown to have a positive affect on heart health so I would choose almonds over any other nut.
Your pharmacist is talking nonsense. There is co enzyme Q 10 in various foods but in very small amounts compared to what is in a supplement. The highest amount is in organ meats. As CDreamer says brazil nuts are high in selenium and in order to get the same amount of Q10 as from a 100mg supplement you would get selenium poisoning. Most of the Q 10 in our bodies is made in the liver by a metabolic pathway -the mevalonate pathway. This is the same pathway that produces cholesterol and is interrupted by taking a statin .
1 bottle of beer , nothing, 10 bottles of beer , drunk, remember like pharma drugs or supplements everything is dose dependent.
Hi
Sounds good but brazil nuts are expensive as well.
Natural is always better. Cheri. JOY
Brazil nuts?
Way too expensive for normal mortals these days, but all is not lost.
Tesco sell own label Aasani red skin peanut kernels 500g.. Very tasty, and very affordable, CoQ10 and all.
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