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Victoria Song

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603 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And I legitimately had my therapist go like, hey –

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

I've noticed you've been talking about food in a way that you haven't in a really long time, and I just want to investigate why this is happening.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And I explained this whole experiment, and she's like, I love your dedication to work, but can we consider that it's not out of the realm of possibility that you can enjoy a single slice of cake and see a spike, and that's okay?

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And, you know, yeah.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

This was the ultimate question I was trying to find out in the research.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And unfortunately, there is not a good answer.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

So we have a lot of data about diabetics.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

We have no consensus among experts about the data from non-diabetics.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

So I actually interviewed Nicole Spartano from who had run this study where she took non-diabetic CGM data and gave it to 18 expert endocrinologists who extensively work with CGMs.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

in talking to these researchers, they were telling me it could take years, just like several years before we have enough data, enough peer reviewed studies, enough consensus to have an actual actionable advice for people like me.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And I legitimately was losing sleep every night thinking that I had something wrong with me.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And so I went to another doctor

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

I was showing her all my data and eventually what happened was this doctor held my hand and she's like, I'm so proud of you.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

You clearly take a lot of interest in your health.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And I'm here to tell you that your genetics are just crap and you need medication because no amount of taking control of your life

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

As RFK is saying that Americans should do in making appropriate lifestyle changes, you've done it for over a decade and it's not done anything.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

So I need you to hear me when I say, here are three medical prescriptions I'm going to write for you.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

Have at.

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And throughout all of this, I was thinking about, like, what does it mean to actually be healthy?

The Vergecast
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

And it's kind of emotional for me because...