Don Ellsworth M.D.

Overall strategy is to: •          Reduce Damage/inflammation and Increase Protection. •          Determine adequacy of intervention via monitoring progress with heart scans and CIMT. •          Step up therapy until the desired results are achieved:   we want to reduce the rate of increase in the coronary artery calcium score to less than 15% increase/year (also known as heart scan).     Steps to reduce heart disease: •       Eat real food, think about your great, great, grandmother would have eaten.   One of the most important steps to take is to reduce linoleic acid/omega 6 polyunsaturated oil intake by avoiding seed oils (i.e. safflower, sunflower, corn).   Also avoid sugar, flour, and other simple carbohydrates, processed foods, and most restaurants (high seed oil use). •     ...

Methylene Blue for Healthy Mitochondria and More Don Ellsworth, M.D.     Methylene blue is a heterocyclic aromatic molecule that has been used for over a century to treat a variety of medical conditions from treating urinary tract infections, malaria, to serving as an antidote to toxins.   Methylene Blue has demonstrated benefits for a wide range of health concerns:   1.      Brain health: reducing risk and ameliorating neurodegenerative diseases, improving memory, focus, and learning. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5826781/ and Molecular Mechanisms of the Neuroprotective Effect of Methylene Blue - PubMed (nih.gov) 2.      Improves longevity in animal studies, recommend you read https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699482/ 3.      Improves skin health, slows skin aging. As a potent antioxidant, methylene blue can effectively ...