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| muscle, which can lead to heart damage (this is a serious side effect of rids drug). When CoQ10 is administered in conjunction with this drug, heart damage does not occur. |
| CoQ10 is a vital constituent of the mitochondrial electron transport function. Most healthy young individuals produce adequate quantities of CoQ10 to meet their bodies' needs. However, when mitochondrial bioenergetics are inhibited (for example, in those receiving chemotherapy) or when the need for CoQ10 levels is high (the stress of having cancer produces such a need), CoQ10 becomes an essential nutrient. |
| I recommend 30 to 400 mg per day of CoQ10, taken after a meal with some type of fat such as the EPA-rich Eskimo Oil, made by Tyler Encapsulations (see Resources) for better absorbability. More positive research will be available soon that demonstrates the beneficial effects of CoQ10 in cancer treatments. |
| Lipoic Acid |
| Lipoic acid (alpha-lipoic acid), also referred to as thiotic acid, is one of my favorite and most frequently prescribed supplements. It has several beneficial effects on the whole body, in particular, the liver. Its list of functions is impressive. As a coenzyme, lipoic acid is essential for ATP production and cell efficiency. As an antioxidant, it works with glutathione to protect the cell and increase glutathione even more, perhaps, than NAC (N-acetyl cysteine). It is an antitoxin and has radiation-protective properties. |
| Lipoic acid can protect the liver from the deadly poisoning of the amanita mushroom. It provides better results than milk thistle, another specific remedy for this use. In a Czechoslovakian study, thirty-nine of forty people afflicted by this deadly poison were saved by taking lipoic acid. 64 |
| In a 1995 European conference, several speakers described the reversal of diabetic neuropathies using lipoic acid. Lipoic acid can actually regenerate not only the liver but also nerve tissue. It is used primarily for idiopathic liver enzyme elevation, hepatitis, and drug-induced liver injury.65 |
| Lipoic acid is an excellent treatment for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy as well as many other problems caused by chemotherapy. I have found lipoic acid is the most useful supplement in treating all liver disorders, both |
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