Posted on 09/07/2020 5:24:35 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see age-related vascular changes reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.
The study, published this week in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting pharmaceutical-grade nutritional supplements, or nutraceuticals, could play an important role in preventing heart disease-the nation's No. 1 killer. It also resurrects the notion that oral antioxidants, which have been broadly dismissed as ineffective in recent years, could reap measurable health benefits if properly targeted, the authors say.
"This is the first clinical trial to assess the impact of a mitochondrial-specific antioxidant on vascular function in humans," said lead author Matthew Rossman, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of integrative physiology. "It suggests that therapies like this may hold real promise for reducing the risk of age-related cardiovascular disease."
Half took 20 milligrams per day of a supplement called MitoQ, made by chemically altering the naturally-occurring antioxidant Coenzyme Q10 to make it cling to mitochondria inside cells.
The other half took a placebo.
The researchers found that when taking the supplement, dilation of subjects' arteries improved by 42 percent, making their blood vessels, at least by that measure, look like those of someone 15 to 20 years younger. An improvement of that magnitude, if sustained, is associated with about a 13 percent reduction in heart disease, Rossman said. The study also showed that the improvement in dilation was due to a reduction in oxidative stress.
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You can order MitoQ from various stores.
Maybe Byedone is taking that medicine.
btt
Only $170 for 3 bottles of 60 each at Amazon.
It isn’t cheap. We found shiitake, maitake, oyster, porcini, and a few others had varying amounts of a similar substance and went went changing our diets to eating mushrooms whenever possible.
They are also low-carb and have other beneficial substances.
Ping, Sir.
What kind of mushrooms?
The product MitoQ has been found to cause unintended and negative side effects
See here
The Targeted anti-oxidant MitoQ causes mitochondrial swelling and depolarization in kidney tissue, PHYSIOLOGIAL REPORTS, APRIL 2018.
The smoking kind?
Health, BTTT
“It isn’t cheap.”
I don’t know... A dollar a day isn’t much different than a low-end prescription drug with a decent insurance plan. I guess it’s not that expensive if it does what it says. You think it’s beneficial?
If the dose is only one pill, then it IS cheap. One dollar a day or $365 a year if it works. Cheaper than a lot of things we do. Even if you need 3 a day, that's still cheap if it works.
This stuff is available on Amazon at $73.00 a bottle for a one month supply. It’s proprietary to a company in New Zealand.
I list them in post #6.
Excellent catch!
We noticed no issues during the four months or so we tried it. I will need to read that study.
We do this to be able to help both ourselves and others with what we took. I don’t want to encourage taking anything I haven’t taken myself.
My wife and I took 10 mg a day.
The study subjects took 20 mg a day.
Lol
A lot of trying to live longer going on around here. Quality not quantity. although when it comes to alcohol both are important :-)
Assuming you had positive results, how did you gauge them? (As in lower BP reading compared to a baseline; just felt better, etc.)
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