Peggy Fleming: Raising Awareness For Our Heart Health

January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

It was in 1968 that Peggy Fleming first won our hearts, as a gold medalist in the Olympics, with her beauty, gracefulness, and athleticism on the ice.

Now, over 40 years later, she aims to protect our hearts with her inspiration and her continual hard work and dedication to encourage women to take responsibility for their health.

Peggy Fleming … figure skater, author, and cancer survivor …  is also a health care advocate raising awareness of the benefits of CoQ10 in its most advanced form, Ubiquinol.

CoQ10 (Co-enzyme Q10) is a compound naturally produced by our body.   We need it in order to convert energy from fats and sugars into cellular energy.  In addition to providing our body with energy, it is known to:

  • act as a powerful antioxidant
  • be effective in slowing aging
  • aid in heart attack prevention and recovery, and
  • aid in weight loss

Before we can reap the benefits of CoQ10, our body must first convert it to another form so that our body can absorb it. As we age, though, our body makes less CoQ10 and the ability to convert it declines dramatically. Therefore, in order to receive any benefits from CoQ10, it may become necessary to take supplements.

However, there are some drugs, such as statins which are used to lower cholesterol, which block CoQ10 from converting to the proper form necessary for our body to absorb it.  Thereby the CoQ10 levels in the blood may become depleted.  People who take statins and CoQ10 supplements may not be receiving the benefits of CoQ10 which they are expecting.  However, Ubiquinol has a positive interaction with statin drugs.

Ubiquinol is a preconverted form of CoQ10 so that your body does not need to do the converting for you.  And this makes it easier for your body to absorb.

Listen to Peggy Fleming’s thoughts on the subject and please share your thoughts on CoQ10 as well.

Click here to buy Ubiquinol CoQ10 from The Vitamin Shoppe.

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Posted by Julie | Filed Under Blog, Celebrities, Health, Wellness