Just when we thought Trump’s picks for his administration couldn’t get any crazier, in walks his Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means. Her academic achievements include dropping out of a medical residency in otolaryngology, and her medical license is currently inactive according to Oregon medical board records. Dr. Casey Means has been known to promote the idea that chronic disease is caused by diet and lifestyle choices, a theory that seems to align with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s talking points.
Her life’s work supposedly includes co-founding Levels, a business that claims to sell glucose monitors, co-writing the book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, and promoting an eight-day online course on metabolic health, but one might wonder if these ventures truly deliver on their promises.
In her various speaking engagements, Dr. Casey Means emphasizes the importance of metabolic health, a topic that excites many alternative health practitioners. She has even claimed that “the universe” speaks to her and that people can “manifest” their desires by writing them down. Perhaps she believes the body is just a “radio receiver” for divine messages, as she wrote in a newsletter from October 2024.
Dr. Casey Means’s tendency to make statements about medicine and health that lack scientific backing is concerning. Her preferred treatment method, functional medicine, is not a recognized medical specialty and often involves unnecessary tests and unproven supplement regimens.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump may not have a clue what he’s doing. With his age and lifestyle (hello, daily Big Macs), it seems like he’s lost touch with reality and is showing his advanced years. It appears that his habit of watching TV and selecting cabinet members based on their on-screen appearances has left America with some of the most bizarre choices for our government. It’s starting to feel like we’re stuck in a really bad reality TV show.
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