This supplement comes from Life Extension, an American company that is all about staying young and keeping fit by lifestyle and by taking the company’s anti-aging products. It is important to take the company’s claims with a pinch of salt, because Life Extension has been in trouble with the FDA in the past for making false claims about the health properties of some of their supplements.
Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with PQQ has an impressive scientific sounding name, and if being blinded by science is your thing, you will love the product advertising which is like a master class in confusing the customer.
This supplement claims to help the energy source of your cells AKA the mitochondria, regrow, and flourish but there is very little scientific evidence that it will really work as described. Nor is there any explanation about how this will improve your day to day life.
However if you are worried about getting older and have $50 to spare each month, it may help you believe that you are beating the ageing process. All we can say is good luck with that one, because there is not a supplement in the world that can really help us turn back the clock.
Potential side effects may include; nausea and vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite, headache, tingling sensation, sleepiness, upset stomach, dizziness, hair loss, weight gain, body odor, reduced blood pressure, skin rash, and changes to blood sugar levels.
This supplement is expensive; especially as the idea is that you take it on a permanent basis.
If you buy from the Life Extension website it costs $51.00 for a bottle of 120 capsules (30 days supply). You can make savings on bulk orders and shipping costs are applied at the point of sale.
If you sign up to the company’s VIP Auto Ship program, the price is reduced to $45.00 including free shipping. This means that you agree to have fresh supplies of this product delivered each month and your credit card or bank billed automatically. Worryingly there is a whole page devoted to the benefits of VIP Auto Ship but no information at all about how you cancel it. Here at the Watchdog we have often found that autoship contracts can be a lot harder to cancel than to join.
You can find Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with PQQ on sale via some independent US retailers including stores, as well as online.
We have also seen it online from eBay USA and via Amazon UK where it was on sale for a whopping £71.00 per bottle.
We are not impressed by Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with PQQ. This expensive supplement contains a blend of unproven substances, many of which are based on the results of animal testing, but otherwise have very little evidence for working as described. It is important to remember that Life Extensions have been in trouble with the FDA for making false claims about supplements, and there is no reason to believe that anything has changed with this one.
If Life Extensions really could come up with a product to reverse ageing and make your very cells younger, it would have been heralded as the breakthrough of the century. Ageing issues such as Alzheimer’s and general ill health are very much in the news as society comes to grips with the problems of an ageing population.
Of course you may think that supplements are the way to beat ageing and maybe they might just offset some of the damage that builds up in the body over a lifetime. But in our opinion, it is not going to work, so we don’t recommend Life Extension Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with PQQ to our readers.
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We all love a supplement with a fancy name that sounds impressive and if this is your thing, Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with BioPQQ will certainly float your boat!
This supplement is billed as an energy enhancer for your cells, so it would appear that this will benefit everything from mental health to the elasticity of the skin. According to the product description, the supplement was “formulated to enhance mitochondrial function, protect delicate cellular structures, power-charge metabolic processes, and aid in the creation of new mitochondria.
Mitochondria are the powerhouse part of the cells. Called organelles they process nutrients and turn them into the energy for the cells in a biological process called cellular respiration. Not all cells have mitochondria. Some have thousands of mitochondria, others fewer or even none. Muscle cells for example need more fuel so have more mitochondria, whereas neurons (cells that manage the nervous system) can work on very few. Your body can create more mitochondria where necessary.
As we get older, mitochondrial function deteriorates and some scientists believe this is one of the driving forces of the ageing process.
Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer contains a range of ingredients that Life Extension claim will boost your “cellular dynamos”. These include a substance called PQQ, a micro nutritient that the makers claim will trigger new mitochondria to grow, amino acid Carnosine, a plant derived substance called Luteolin and more. Check out the ingredients tab to find out more.
Life Extension is a US company focused on health and anti-ageing, and overall Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer with BioPQQ looks pretty convincing. Life Extension has been going for the last 35 years so is a well known brand that is trusted by many people. However, this company does have a back history of making false claims about some of their products and have been charged for publishing false claims about anti-ageing.
Back in the 1990s the company directors were arrested, and as recently as 2017 the FDA launched a complaint against the company over their claims that their supplements could cure breast cancer and brain tumours and were a preferable option to conventional medicine.
There is a life extension movement in the USA which is all about increasing life span and slowing down the aging process, and many people believe that by taking supplements and other treatments, they will live longer and stay young. The Life Extension company is a key supplement provider within this movement.
We have covered Life Extension supplements in previous reviews including AmpK – Activator, a supplement supposed to reverse the ageing process in muscles.
We also covered a couple of weight loss supplement, Waist Line Control and Fucoxanthin Slim.
According to the product information the benefits of this supplement are as follows;
All this sounds suitably impressive and scientific but it does not explain how this translates into benefits that you might notice. Does it mean that this supplement will help you live longer? Improve mental ability? Help you lose weight or be more resilient to disease?
The product description omits to give us a basic explanation of what this supplement is actually meant to do.
If it did work to improve health on a cellular level it would be the medical breakthrough of the century!
No. We can’t see this supplement living up to the anti-ageing and cellular health improvements, although it may have a mild nootropic effect which is not mentioned in any of the advertising. But there is no real evidence that this supplement will help mitochondria function more efficiently and help generate new mitochondria as claimed.
Serving size is equal to four capsules. Information here relates to serving size rather than the individual dose per capsule
Some of the ingredients contained in this supplement are known for causing side effects.
Higher than dietary levels of Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxal 5’-phosphate) can cause;
Other side effects may include;
Caution:
Not suitable for individuals under 18. Avoid if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Speak to your doctor before use especially if you have an underlying medical condition and/or are taking prescription medication.
We found several customer reviews posted on the official Life Extension website, and also on Amazon.
Positive comments include,
Been taking this product for a short time but it feels like a great match and already having more energy!
Great for long lasting energy
Use it early in the day several hours before going to the gym.
I have a tight budget but I never miss this excellent supplement. Over the years, there have been a few days that I have forgotten to take this supplement and found that it is critical to my health as I age or otherwise I feel myself really dragging and feeling “off”.
However there were also a couple of unhappy customers,
Havent noticed any difference at all
It Did Not Do What It Said On The Tin
Overall I felt the product didn’t agree with me but may well be fine for others
It is unclear if you are able to return opened products, but on the official Life Extension website they state,
“We want to make sure you are happy with your purchases. To facilitate this goal, we have adopted a simple, liberal return policy: if you are unsatisfied in any way, return your purchase within 12 months of the purchase date and we will replace the product or credit your account. For further information, contact our customer service department.”
You can buy Mitochondrial Energy Optimizer direct from the official Life Extension website, where you can also find a list of local US stockists.
This supplement is also on sale via some independent supplement retailers including eBay and Amazon UK.
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