Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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31.05.2009 |
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Q10 combined with light exercise burns more fat
After taking a capsule containing 30 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 [structure shown below] your body spontaneously burns more fat. At least, if you combine it with light exercise. This is the conclusion of a human study carried out at the Kyoto University in Japan, and published in the summer of 2008 in the Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology.
Q10
Study
The Japanese gave their subjects a capsule containing 30 mg of Q10 and measured their energy burning at rest. Then they got the subjects to cycle at 30 percent of their VO2max. That's like recreational pedalling.
Results
The black bars represent the Q10 group; the white bars the control group. Rest 1 = before administration; Rest 2 = half an hour after intake; Rest 3 = one hour after intake. Fat burning only increases significantly during the exercise, one hour after intake.
The Japanese also measured the activity of the autonomic central nervous system. This increased in the supplement takers. The researchers therefore suspect that Q10 raises fat burning through a mechanism involving the nervous system.
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