Product Description

Product Description

Jarrow Formulas QH-absorb features Ubiquinol, the active antioxidant form of Co-Q10, as its primary ingredient. Each softgel of Jarrow Formulas QH-absorb provides 100 mg of ubiquinol per serving. Co-Q10 is found in energy-rich tissues like the heart and helps promote mitochondrial health, cellular energy production, and healthy cardiovascular function.* Ubiquinol, the active antioxidant form of Co-Q10, has been shown to be better absorbed.* Jarrow Formulas QH-absorb, featuring Ubiquinol, may increase Co-Q10 levels by 222% (100 mg per day) and by 777% (300 mg per day) over baseline.* QH-absorb utilizes Ubiquinol, the active form of Co-Q10, which is better absorbed by the body.* Adults take 1 softgel of Jarrow Formulas QH-absorb 1-3 times a day with a meal, or as directed by your qualified healthcare professional. At Jarrow Formulas, we aren’t your typical vitamin company. We believe everyone has the right to feel good in their own body. Healthy, optimistic, empowered. Jarrow Formulas’ original goal has always remained the same: To design superior dietary supplements that help empower individuals to take charge of their own health.*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Ubiquinones are a series of homologous molecules that possess a quinone active center and an unsaturated fatty tail. Ubiquinones are so named because they are widely distributed (i.e. ubiquitous) in nature and throughout the human body. Structurally they are very similar to the menaquinones, like vitamin K2. The quinone group is like a courier for protons and electrons, which is the critical property that allows ubiquinones to act as antioxidants and as important intermediates in energy generation. The fatty tail is composed of isoprenoid subunits, which are five carbon building blocks that help all living things biosynthesize critical components like immune modulators, essential oils and hormones. The number of isoprenoid units in the fatty tail is often denoted in the name of specific ubiquinones. For instance, ubiquinone-10 is made from ten isoprenoid units. Ubiquinone-10 (aka CoQ10, coenzyme Q10, Q) is more commonly referred to as just “ubiquinone.” This is because it is the most prevalent ubiquinone in almost all mammals, including humans.

Jarrow Formulas QH-Absorb, 100mg, 60 Softgels

At a Glance:

• The active antioxidant form of CoQ10
• Supports heart function and antioxidant status*
• Designed for those who seek the superior absorption of ubiquinol (QH) for cardiovascular and antioxidant health*
• Particularly useful to older consumers who may not activate CoQ10 sufficiently or whose levels may be very low*

Supports heart function and antioxidant status*.

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Concern about CoQ10 levels is especially important due to concern that cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) work by inhibiting an enzyme that is also responsible for CoQ10-ubiquinol biosynthesis. As a result, anyone taking statins may have reduced levels of CoQ10-ubiquinol.

What is Ubiquinol?

Is Taking QH Better Than Taking Q?

After about age 45, total Q levels and QH levels tend to decline in various critical tissues. Some physicians have even started to use blood and tissue ratios of QH to Q as a biomarker for age- and health-related oxidative stress. So it may not come as a surprise that taking QH can provide benefits that surpass those obtained from taking standard Q. But where’s the evidence?

QH-absorb Clinical Research

Eleven young, healthy adults ingested 100 mg of QH-absorb with food three times daily (100 mg, t.i.d.) for fourteen days. Blood levels of total CoQ10, oxidized CoQ10 (Q) and reduced CoQ10 (QH) were measured at baseline and after fourteen days. This regimen of QH-absorb consumption resulted in a 777 percent mean increase of total CoQ10 levels compared to baseline and a 100 percent increase in plasma QH levels, the “active antioxidant” form of CoQ10.

Two conclusions can be drawn from these study results. First, it appears that even young, healthy individuals can achieve benefits from taking ubiquinol (reduced CoQ10) from QH-absorb that surpass taking Q alone. Previously, it was presumed that only older individuals would benefit from taking QH-absorb as it is known that starting about the age of 40, QH levels begin to decrease in the body. Second, the 777 percent increase of total CoQ10 levels measured after taking QH-absorb is more than double the levels achieved by even the best Q supplements. This suggests QH-absorb is at least twice as efficient in raising blood CoQ10 levels.*

Ubiquinol (QH) is Safe

Scientists have understood the value of QH for decades. It has just taken that long to figure out a way to stabilize QH so it can be formulated into a nutritional supplement product. Toxicity studies have shown little concern with taking QH directly, even at high doses. Plasma QH levels appear to plateau after two to four weeks of daily ingestion and then return near to baseline two weeks after daily ingestion is discontinued. It also appears that supplementation with QH does not reduce CoQ10 biosynthesis in the body.

About Jarrow Formulas

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What’s in the Box

Jarrow Formulas QH-Absorb, 100mg, 60 Softgels.

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