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Victoria Song

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349 total appearances

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The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

OK, so about sometime in the summer, I think June 2025, RFK Jr.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

basically made this huge statement about how wearable technology is going to be a fundamental pillar of the Maha movement.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And I remember this.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

It was about taking control of their health.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And in particular, within the space of wearable technology, he pointed out CGMs as something that could help reverse diabetes.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And, you know, in the diabetic community, the concept of reversing diabetes is a hotly debated one.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

There's a reason why they say that, but, you know…

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

We have a clip and I think we should hear it because I did see people complaining that, you know, why are we bringing the government into this?

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And there's there's a reason there's a reason why we're referencing that.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

In that particular clip we played, he did say you can take responsibility and see what food is doing to their glucose levels.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

In order toβ€”glucose is not something that right now we can measure noninvasively.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

So, you know, when he says glucose levels, that is specifically mentioning CGMs.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And he called it out in other statements, basically, about how, I have friends who were CGMs, and they reversed their diabetes with that.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And then if you look at his Surgeon General nominee pick, Casey Meansβ€”

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

She is a co-founder of Levels, which is a CGM startup.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And if you've read her book, which I did for research, both for this story and for an optimizer that I wrote recently, she heavily promotes CGM use.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

She says in her book explicitly that,

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

You can use a CGM to discover whether your metabolism is functioning.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

Her whole book and her whole premise is that if you can optimize your metabolism, which she describes as having good energy, you can prevent and, you know,

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

Basically, you can prevent cancer.