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Methylene Blue: Biohacker's Delight, or Playing With Fire?

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Show Notes

Get the written and referenced version here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/the-guide-to-methylene-blue This is a 51-page guide in which you will learn the following: The Origin of Methylene Blue The Entry of Methylene Blue Into Medicine From Malaria to Many Uses in Medicine How Methylene Blue Works A Redox-Reactive Dye The Blue Bottle Experiment Methylene Blue Radicals, Photoexcited States, and Demethylated Metabolites Methylene Blue Can Oxidize and Reduce Many Targets Methylene Blue Can Rewire the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Rewiring the Respiratory Chain Does Not Make It Better Methylene Blue Increases Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogen Peroxide Kills Microbes, Has Hormetic Benefits, But Is Still Ultimately Toxic Methylene Blue Causes Redox Cycling of Hemoglobin Methylene Blue Is a Strong Monoamine Oxidase A Inhibitor Methylene Blue Inhibits Nitric Oxide Synthase Mechanistic Conclusions Is Methylene Blue Fundamentally Hormetic? Methylene Blue Fails in Alzheimer's, and Causes a Worrisome Side Effect Whether Methylene Blue Helps Or Hurts Depends on Whether You Need It Natural Alternatives for Hormesis and Rewiring the Respiratory Chain Who Should Use Methylene Blue? Once more you can get it here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/the-guide-to-methylene-blue Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

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