For what it's worth, she's 68, retired, and convinced that whatever helped her knee is going to sort out my appetite stuff too. This week: three voice notes before 7am and a photo of a supplement label she couldn't pronounce.
I love her, and I also can't get her to separate "this is being studied" from "this works." In the trials I've pulled up, the human data tends to be small, short, or in people who aren't me, and a chunk of what she's hearing is animal work filtered through someone with something to sell. So we made a deal — she sends me anything she wants, I read the abstract out loud, and she has to listen to the limitations section.
She agreed, then immediately sent a TikTok.
Anyone else have a parent who's more enthusiastic about this whole world than they are? How do you keep it honest without sounding like a wet blanket?