Health Supplement

Coenzyme Q-10 is vitamin-like chemical that is found in practically all the cells in our body, especially the heart. It shows antioxidant properties and the body uses it the generate ATP, a storage form of energy. Coenzyme Q-10 levels drops after the age of 20 and after 80 years old, it can be lower than the levels found in you at birth.

Low levels of Co Q-10 are found in people with heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, cancer, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and HIV/AIDS. As well, low levels of coenzyme Q-10 might interfere with the energy production pathway in our body.

Effectiveness:
* Co Q-10 supplement is proven to bring the levels back to normal for those people who are deficient. Deficiency in Co Q-10 may lead to weakness, fatigue and seizures.
* Co Q10 can reduce the number and severity of migraine headaches in both children and adults.
* Taking Co Q10 enhances the immunes system in those suffering from HIV / AIDS.
* Taking this supplement seems to slow down the memory loss of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Co Q-10 has very little side effects. Most are mild and disappears with stopping this supplement or lowering the doses. Possible side effects of taking this supplement include heartburn, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, skin rash, insomnia, headache, fatigue, irritability and flu-like symptoms.
Co Q-10 may lower blood pressure. Monitor your blood pressure when starting or stopping this supplement.

Source:
http://www.natural-remedies-review.com/coenzyme-q10.html

Boron is an essential plant nutrient. Whereas lack of boron results in boron deficiency disorder, high soil concentrations of boron may also be toxic to plants. As an ultratrace element, boron is necessary for the optimal health of rats and presumably other mammals, though its physiological role in animals is not yet fully understood.
Boron is a trace mineral that helps bones develop and grow normally. Boron becomes especially important when there is not enough vitamin D in the diet. Boron may also prevent arthritis in the elderly.

Deficiency in boron has impact to:
1. Abnormal embryo development
2. Decreased sperm count
3. Ovarian deterioration
4. Damage in reproductive function
5. Decrease in electrical activity in the brain
6. Sub optimal mineral metabolism
7. Poor manual dexterity
8. Impaired hand-eye coordination

Benefits of  boron supplementation :
1. Increase steroid hormone levels (testosterone) and therefore may be of interest to athletes
2. Increase bone growth and strength
3. Augment estrogen function and therefore may help prevent atherosclerosis
4. Improve brain function and cognitive functioning
5. Reduce HDL cholesterol
6. Affect thyroid hormone levels
7. Alleviate harmful effects of vitamin D, magnesium, and potassium deficiency in postmenopausal bone loss
8. Play a role in the prevention of osteoporosis
9. Be of benefit in the treatment of arthritis
10. Prevents calcium loss in postmenopausal women

Boron is potentially toxic, although humans tend to rapidly excrete it and therefore boron does not usually accumulate in high levels. In adults, it is believed that adverse reactions associated with low doses of boron per day are less likely to occur, and there are few reports of toxicity.Boron toxicity may cause skin rash, nausea, vomiting (may be blue-green color), diarrhea (may be blue-green color), abdominal pain, and headache. Low blood pressure and metabolic changes in the blood (acidosis) have been reported.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-boron.html