Dr. Scott Sherr

Metformin actually destroys the first of the four major complexes that run the mitochondria themselves. The idea is to destroy it and then you can make new ones that are better. That's the idea with Metformin at least. It may work in diabetics, but probably not for everybody. So medications or toxins in our environment, so infections, these are all things that can affect our mitochondria.

Metformin actually destroys the first of the four major complexes that run the mitochondria themselves. The idea is to destroy it and then you can make new ones that are better. That's the idea with Metformin at least. It may work in diabetics, but probably not for everybody. So medications or toxins in our environment, so infections, these are all things that can affect our mitochondria.

Why is it so important? Because it's the final common denominator for almost all disease that we have. Now you have to think about addressing all those other aspects of what's causing mitochondrial dysfunction. But if you're looking at the mitochondria and you're testing for it, then you can start optimizing for vitamins, minerals, nutrients, for cofactors, start using things that can help

Why is it so important? Because it's the final common denominator for almost all disease that we have. Now you have to think about addressing all those other aspects of what's causing mitochondrial dysfunction. But if you're looking at the mitochondria and you're testing for it, then you can start optimizing for vitamins, minerals, nutrients, for cofactors, start using things that can help

regenerate or restore mitochondrial function while you're trying to work on the behavior, the lifestyle, the diet, those aspects of other things that have been affecting the mitochondria so much as well.

regenerate or restore mitochondrial function while you're trying to work on the behavior, the lifestyle, the diet, those aspects of other things that have been affecting the mitochondria so much as well.

Yeah, I mean, oftentimes it depends on sort of the reason, like what's going on to cause the mitochondrial dysfunction, but that's not, so it's like being exposed to a heavy metal. If you have heavy metals in the system, you need to detox from those and have various pathways to kind of upregulate to do that, but you also have to take away the exposure at the same time.

Yeah, I mean, oftentimes it depends on sort of the reason, like what's going on to cause the mitochondrial dysfunction, but that's not, so it's like being exposed to a heavy metal. If you have heavy metals in the system, you need to detox from those and have various pathways to kind of upregulate to do that, but you also have to take away the exposure at the same time.

So you can't do one without the other. Now you can start the detox process with heavy metals. You can start the process of mitochondrial optimization without understanding exactly what those toxins or those other issues are. And you can get some of the way there, but eventually you have to be thinking about behavior, lifestyle, diet as well as optimizing the mitochondria from the inside out.

So you can't do one without the other. Now you can start the detox process with heavy metals. You can start the process of mitochondrial optimization without understanding exactly what those toxins or those other issues are. And you can get some of the way there, but eventually you have to be thinking about behavior, lifestyle, diet as well as optimizing the mitochondria from the inside out.

But it can take a lot of time to do this. It's not like you can just start working with somebody and you can see their mitochondria just regenerate over a couple of days. And so there are things you can use in the short term to help.

But it can take a lot of time to do this. It's not like you can just start working with somebody and you can see their mitochondria just regenerate over a couple of days. And so there are things you can use in the short term to help.

And one of the things that I've mentioned a couple of times is something called methylene blue, which is a synthetic dye, which is invented over a hundred years ago, which initially was used at high doses for infection. It's a fantastic anti-infective, but at low doses, it supports mitochondrial function.

And one of the things that I've mentioned a couple of times is something called methylene blue, which is a synthetic dye, which is invented over a hundred years ago, which initially was used at high doses for infection. It's a fantastic anti-infective, but at low doses, it supports mitochondrial function.

It supports the capacity to compensate for defects and for deficiencies in what's called the electron transport chain, which is the chain of proteins that's on your mitochondria that allows you to make energy. And for many people, that is what's wrong. You're having a hard time, especially with the first two complexes that are taking electrons from your food.

It supports the capacity to compensate for defects and for deficiencies in what's called the electron transport chain, which is the chain of proteins that's on your mitochondria that allows you to make energy. And for many people, that is what's wrong. You're having a hard time, especially with the first two complexes that are taking electrons from your food.

I mean, most people like to eat, but the reason why we have these mechanisms that tell us that we like to eat is because we need food to make electrons. That's what we need the food for, at least especially for fat and for carbohydrates. For protein, it's for lots of other things, but in essence, not as much for this.

I mean, most people like to eat, but the reason why we have these mechanisms that tell us that we like to eat is because we need food to make electrons. That's what we need the food for, at least especially for fat and for carbohydrates. For protein, it's for lots of other things, but in essence, not as much for this.

But from a perspective of making energy, we need electrons from our food to be able to do that. And so we have this electron transport chain in a mitochondria that has this whole process in play to create all that energy so that we can make that energy currency to run all the processes that we want. And for so many of us, there is a problem with that. And if you have...

But from a perspective of making energy, we need electrons from our food to be able to do that. And so we have this electron transport chain in a mitochondria that has this whole process in play to create all that energy so that we can make that energy currency to run all the processes that we want. And for so many of us, there is a problem with that. And if you have...