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Hey Krits - I just posted the information on regulating blood pressure under "complementary / alternative treatments". The CoQ10 in the regimen is a relatively recent "discovery" by medical science in the US (I referred to a previous chapter in my book for more information in the post). Coenzyme Q10 was discovered by US researchers in the 1950's but since the body makes it naturally from other vitamins (vitamin C, B vitamins and others) they couldn't patent it so they sold their research to Japanese researchers. Recent medical research indicates that CoQ10 is responsible for providing as much as 95% of the body's energy requirements. It has been used in Japan by prescription since the early 1970's (over the counter in the US now) to prevent strokes, treat congestive heart failure and it is being studied for many other things including Parkinson's and Alzheimers. One Japanese study using dogs showed it's effectiveness at preventing strokes. One group of dogs was given moderate doses of CoQ10 while the other group was not given any CoQ10. In the dogs that didn't receive CoQ10, the researchers were able to induce a stroke any time they tried - in the group of dogs that were given CoQ10 the researchers were completely unable to induce a stroke in a single instance no matter what they tried. Some cardiologists are starting to recognize the benefits of CoQ10 and recommending it for their patients.

I've posted some info on vitamin C already (I refer to another chapter in the book for vitamin C info on the blood pressure post) so I won't add anything on it here.