Methylene blue: why are people drinking blue dye?

<p>In a video that went viral, Robert F. Kennedy Jr was seen on a plane dropping a cobalt blue liquid into his drink.</p><p>People quickly started to assume it was methylene blue, a substance that in some corners is being heralded for apparent anti-ageing properties.</p><p>Norman and Tegan look at the research that has been done so far … and some of the risks of dosing yourself with unproven medications.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1045-3#:~:text=Methylene%20blue%20(MB)%20was%20the,in%20the%20treatment%20of%20malaria.">Efficacy and safety of methylene blue in the treatment of malaria: a systematic review</a></li><li><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/241464">Methylene blue as antidote for cyanide poisoning - JAMA</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3005530/">Cellular and Molecular Actions of Methylene Blue in the Nervous System</a></li><li><a href="https:/...