Methylene Blue: From Dye to Medicine

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria create a veritable charcuterie board of influence-y topics: methylene blue, colostrum, and a high-protein diet.

They briefly discuss some of the history and research on each while, as always, doing their best to be transparent about their biases.

* Why do we have wellness trends in the first place?

* Methylene blue is a synthetic dye, methylthioninium chloride, developed in the 1876 and used in the textile industry. It is known as the first synthetic drug in medical history.

* Does methylene blue actually boost your mitochondria?

* Serious contraindication of methylene blue

* The contagious popularity of colostrum

* Refer to Consumer Labs to find a good colostrum source; don’t get trapped in the popular brands that cost a fortune

* Eureka! Details on the colostrum clinical trial Victoria butchered during the podcast

* Is a high-protein diet all it’s cracked up to be?

* What the research says about collagen

* The difference between health-span and lifespan

* Cottage cheese is the new cauliflower

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