All of the antioxidants can fend off or destroy any of those pesky free radicals. These will harm cell membranes, disrupt or negatively affect DNA, and can bring about cellular death in certain situations. Additionally, more and more studies have shown that free radicals speed up or contribute to the aging process, and lead to other health problems such as cancer or heart disease.

These are reasons that CoQ10 has attracted so much attention and why studies have been done to test its abilities to neutralize free radicals and prevent the damage they cause. One of the “grey” areas around CoQ10 is whether it works best when taken as a supplement alone, with other medications, or supplied through food sources.

This is the other gray area with CoQ10, researchers and scientists are not yet clear on the ways it will interact “generally” with different medications or health problems. For example, a person with Type 1 Diabetes may be unable to use supplements due to the fact that some functionality of CoQ10 can decrease blood sugar. In the next section we are going to look very closely at the most common issues that CoQ10 is used to treat and indicate the times when caution will be necessary for safety or the best results.