The Links to Mitochondrial Quality and Ubiquinol for Heart Health

Matters of the Heart: Support with Ubiquinol

The heart beats an average of 150,000 times every day, with research showing that our heart rate can increase, if just for a few seconds, when seeing our loved ones’ faces or names.[1]

Keeping this vital organ beating and healthy every second requires a continuous supply of energy as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). For this, the heart is largely dependent on the ‘cellular power plants’ of the body – the mitochondria, making these cellular organelles crucial for cardiac metabolism and workload.[2]

Just as it is important to have quality time with the people we love, research details how mitochondria have strict built-in quality control systems that keep them healthy, including proteostasis, morphology regulation and autophagy.[2]

Found naturally in the mitochondria with the highest concentration in the heart, the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory Ubiquinol reduces oxidative stress from ROS and is critical for ATP production via the electron transport chain.

One clinical trial showed 150 mg of Ubiquinol a day was effective in raising plasma ubiquinol levels and has a positive effect on gene expression for heart tissue health.[3]

Therefore, Ubiquinol may be fundamental in clinical protocols supporting mitochondria quality control and cardiovascular health.

Always read the label and follow the directions for use.

References:
[1] Vila J, et al. The affective processing of loved familiar faces and names: Integrating fMRI and heart rate. PLOS ONE 2019;14(4):e0216057.
[2] Lin KL, et al. Quality Matters? The involvement of mitochondrial quality control in cardiovascular disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021;9:636295.
[3] Onur S, et al. Association between serum level of ubiquinol and NT‐pro BNP, a marker for chronic heart failure, in healthy elderly subjects. Biofactors 2015;41(1):35-43.