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Dr. Lyssa Menard's avatar

Welcome back! So glad you're feeling better. Re: "I often reference health influencer podcasts, dig a little, and find that the data do not support their conclusions"...yeah, this is a huge problem. I've given up on podcasts where I have to vet the guest and their "facts" myself. If the podcaster can't be bothered to only host guests who are the real deal, I exit. Harsh, but I have to save my time and brain cells for useful info!

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

I'll try to filter out for the more useful info, including efficacy and SAFETY data!

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Dr. Lyssa Menard's avatar

Seriously, SAFETY. That’s so smart.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Woah, that's some detective work! I would never have figured that out myself... It's lovely to hear you're feeling better. And hope your 1-year of B12 replenishment goes smoothly!

P.S. just scheduled a 30min catch up with you for 2 weeks' time. Looking forward to chat :)

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Akiko Mega's avatar

Loved this- I'm so glad you're feeling better. I'm curious about your detective work process. What did that entail?

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

I hope to start a new newsletter where I dive deeper into health stuff :)

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...that koan..woah...never thought about killing a buddha but really enjoy the analogy as i'm interpreting it [which is] if you find yourself in the spirit of self multitudes while seeking yourself perhaps just consider your self instead and soak in just that one [and consider full on war with the others then write a long form essay about it]...stoked you found a way out of sleeping into stone...i take b12 every AM and it makes me happy...or at least i think it does...

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goodnewsgeorge's avatar

take care of yourself christin!

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

🥰 will try

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

Welcome back to you, Christin. ❤️

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

Miss you! We should hang out sometime and bug Salman before he gets even more famous with his book hahahaha.

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Gary Yuen's avatar

so glad you got better.

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

Thanks Gary 🥹 puttering along!

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Alexandra Allen's avatar

Christin, so glad you're feeling better and love that you're creating awareness. I've heard similar stories about the magic of B12. Sending my best wishes to you and your family!

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

Thank you so much! 🥹 I’m getting back into the arena as they say, hahaha. Hope you are doing well too!

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Chao Lam's avatar

Did not know about the sublingual absorption "hack" - a really good tip! Glad you are feeling much better

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

Thanks for being there for me when I was a zombie!

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Michelle Hsu's avatar

Finally sitting down and leaving the comment I said I would 😂 Idk what it is with KL but ya was also not feeling well after my trip there too but Magnesium Chelate ended up getting my energy level back!!

I am curious which health influencers you would suggest taking with a grain of salt? Think would be so nice ( in the ideal world) to have a list of people that's ✅ by those who know they're actually legit (think it would apply to many industries lol!)

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