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    Only one Q10 brand passed the test: Find out how to avoid wasting your money




    Have you ever wondered if the Q10 preparation you take actually ends up in your blood? A recently published study of Q10’s bioavailability showed a surprising result. Read on and find out which preparation passed with flying colors.

    Why do so many people buy Q10 preparations without any guarantee that the body can absorb the active ingredient? A whole new study comparing the bioavailability of six different Q10 preparations showed, surprisingly, that only one of the tested preparations was absorbed properly. The remaining five preparations had negligible bioavailability, and one was not absorbed at all. If that quality difference is representative of the Q10 market, a lot of people could be wasting their money on worthless products.

    Danish test winner

    In the study, which is published in the science journal, Nutrition, scientists tested a 100 mg dosage of six different Q10 formulations on 14 healthy people to see how well the different formulations were absorbed in the body. Each test was accompanied by a four-week wash-out period. Only one product passed with flying colors and that was a Q10 preparation from the Danish manufacturer Pharma Nord.

    Twice as good absorption

    The winning formula is manufactured by Pharma Nord and contains pharmaceutical-grade coenzyme Q10 in a soy oil matrix. It was absorbed around twice as well as the product that came out second best, and three times better (at least) than the remaining four preparations. The study was headed by Q10 scientists from the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain.

    Suited for scientific research

    It is not the first time Pharma Nord’s Q10 formulation performs the best in bioavailability studies. It is considered to be the best documented Q10 formulation in terms of bioavailability and safety, which is why this product was selected for two of the largest and most ground-breaking studies of coenzyme Q10 ever, the Q-Symbio study (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure, 2014) and the KiSel-10 study (International Journal of Cardiology, 2013).

    Q10 needs special handling

    By nature, coenzyme Q10 is a substance, which the body has difficulty with absorbing. The Q10 molecules tend to aggregate and form large, insoluble crystals that are unable to pass through the intestinal membrane. Pharma Nord has managed to develop a special technique that involves adding Q10 to oils with different melting points and exposing the mixtures to a special heating process. This alters the surface of the Q10 crystals, thereby enabling them to dissolve entirely in the digestive tract so the Q10 molecules are detached and can pass through the intestinal wall and reach the blood.

    You can read more about Bio-Quinone Q10 here:

     

    Source:

    Bioavailability of coenzyme Q10 supplements depends on carrier lipids and solubilization

    Guillermo López-Lluch1*, Jesús del Pozo-Cruz2, Ana Sánchez-Cuesta1, Ana
    Belén Cortés-Rodríguez1 and Plácido Navas1

    Nutrition (online), June 26, 2018: DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2018.05.020