Methylene blue may help with weight loss by improving how mitochondria produce energy, which boosts metabolism and fat burning. It also has mood-lifting effects that could reduce stress eating.
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Could it help people with, let's say, weight loss? If their cells are functioning better? Is that something that anybody notices?
The nice thing about the methylene blue is they're getting that energy keeping those mitochondria healthy so they feel better, and it helps them remind them that they're on a diet. We also know that if the methylene blue is helping the mitochondria build, that mitochondria is producing the energy, so it's burning more effectively. So the engine, with this good gasoline, we're putting it, is working at a higher efficiency. So people are burning their fat more, they have the energy. And then, as you know, since methylene blue is sort of an antidepressant, at the same time, they're not as depressed, they're more energetic, they're happier, they're doing more. So it's just a combination of two different things. So we are seeing people just on metabolism, by itself, losing weight because they feel better and their attitudes are better, and they don't have to have as much food. They're not eating. You know, a lot of people eat because they're stressed.