Thu, Dec-18-03, 10:36
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Originally Posted by Kristine
The Eadeses wrote quite a bit about it in "Protein Power Lifeplan." It's an antioxidant as well as a precursor hormone. They suggest that healthy people take 90-100 mg per day, but more if you have heart disease, more still if you're on statin drugs. (One of the many extra-bonus side effects you get from those drugs: it depletes your body of CoQ10, a very important substance for the heart. So much for heart health!  ) |
I was going to post this too, but you beat me to it!  I had also read this in their book, and since my husband has been on statin drugs for years, I was SHOCKED, because your heart needs this, and here these statin drugs are taking it out of your system, therefore you have to suppliment...along with all those other bad things those statins do!  |