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Methylene blue fixes a key enzyme that helps brain cells start using sugar for energy after they’ve been starved.

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

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2015

The study shows methylene blue helps brain cells survive after being starved of oxygen and sugar, but it never checked if the specific enzyme (hexokinase) mentioned in the claim got better, so we can't say for sure if that part is true.

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

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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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