Why does supplementing with ubiquinol become more important as I age?
As a healthy 20-year-old, you readily produce all of the CoQ10 you can use and efficiently convert it into ubiquinol. In fact, the predominant form of CoQ10 in the plasma and tissues of a healthy individual is the reduced ubiquinol form. However, age and disease impairs the body’s ability to produce and metabolize CoQ10. Some reasons for this include increased metabolic demand, disease, insufficient dietary intake, oxidative stress, or any combination of these things. Some reports say this decline becomes apparent around 40 years old, although it can begin as early as 20 in some cases. As the body’s ability to produce and reduce CoQ10 begins declining, supplementation with CoQ10 and/or ubiquinol becomes increasingly important to maintaining good health.
