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After brain cells are starved and then get oxygen and sugar back, methylene blue helps them make more of their main energy molecule.

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Methylene Blue Protects Astrocytes against Glucose Oxygen Deprivation by Improving Cellular Respiration

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2015

The study found that methylene blue helps brain cells make more energy after being starved of oxygen and sugar, which matches the claim—even if it didn’t measure the exact 35–50% increase.

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Methylene Blue Protects Astrocytes against Glucose Oxygen Deprivation by Improving Cellular Respiration

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123096

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When brain cells are starved of oxygen and sugar and then get them back, giving them methylene blue right after helps more of them survive.

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Methylene blue helps brain cells use oxygen more efficiently to make energy after they’ve been starved.

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Unlike some toxins, methylene blue doesn’t make harmful free radicals in brain cells after they’ve been starved.

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Giving methylene blue while brain cells are still starved makes things worse — it only helps if you wait until oxygen and sugar are restored.

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Methylene blue helps brain cells take in more sugar, which they need to make energy.

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