The Sage Steele Show

How Big Pharma and Big Food Keep America Sick | Sage Steele Show | EP 69

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Aug 20, 2025
Calley Means, a senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a critic of the food and pharmaceutical industries, shares his eye-opening journey from politics to health advocacy. He discusses the alarming transformation of American diets toward ultra-processed foods and how this shift correlates with rising healthcare costs. Calley emphasizes the need for systemic change and grassroots movements to prioritize nutrition over medications and critiques current food policies, particularly affecting children. His insights challenge conventional health narratives and inspire hope for a healthier future.
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A High-Octane White House

  • The White House team is operating at extremely high intensity with late nights and cross-sector leaders collaborating.
  • Calley Means frames the current administration as a historically consequential, high-octane effort to enact broad change.
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Sickness Is An Economic Incentive

  • The healthcare system is financially structured to profit from chronic illness rather than prevention.
  • Means says incentives drive medical culture to prioritize lifelong treatments over root-cause health interventions.
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Postwar Shift To Processed Food And Pills

  • Ultra-processed food and pharmaceutical incentives co-evolved after WWII, shifting focus away from prevention.
  • Means argues 95% of health spending now targets chronic condition management, not root causes.
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