New test shows why it is important to choose Q10 carefully

New test shows why it is important to choose Q10 carefully

As consumers we want to feel safe when making purchases online, especially when it comes to products like Q10 where we pay for an expected effect. A new test of Q10 preparations, however, reveals that even respected websites have problems with fraudulent manufacturers.

Coenzyme Q10 has become one of the most popular and widely used preparations and that stands to reason. Many consumers buy Q10 online and should be able to do so without doubting the quality of their purchases. However, a new test of Q10 brands sold by amazon.com, an international website, reveals, unfortunately, that people are at risk of being shortchanged if they don’t pay attention. Nutraingredients.com has reported about the study

Much too low dose

For example, the manufacturers of four different brands used the same product name on the label: “CoQ10 400 mg Max Strength”. On the back, however, they wrote “400 mg/6% potency”. In other words, the consumer only gets 24 mg of Q10 with each pill, which is less than half of the lowest dose used in clinical studies. In fact, daily doses of 100-300 mg are often used in scientific tests.

Absorption is completely ignored

Like the majority of consumer tests of Q10 brands, the above-mentioned study fails to focus on the single most important parameter, which is absorption.
Of course, it is relevant to look at how much Q10 (in mg) is in a product, but if the active ingredient is not properly absorbed in the blood and distributed to the body’s different tissues, it really doesn’t make much sense to worry about how much is in the product.