Dr. Casey Means: The New Surgeon General Talks About Good Energy And Talking Responsibilty For Your Health

May 27, 2025

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It’s time for a rebroadcast of a wonderful interview with my old friend, Dr. Casey Means, where she talked about the launch of her book, Good Energy.

It has been a year since we talked on the eve of her book launch, which was just about to go number one and become a New York Times bestseller, and in other news, Dr. Casey has just been appointed to become the Surgeon General of the United States of America. Amazing news, a bit controversial these days since everything in politics is controversial, but long time listeners know that I steer completely clear of politics on this show, however I did want to give a plug for Dr. Casey and encourage you to listen to this interview if you didn't hear it the first time around, as she now rises to the highest position in America for doctors.

In this episode, you will learn all about Dr. Casey Means’ book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, which she wrote with her brother, Calley Means, and hear her talk about the broken medical industrial complex—a subject that is of deep significance for her since (as she talked about in her first appearance on the show) she used to be a dutiful doctor, a highly trained throat surgeon who was just trying to do her best, until she realized how dysfunctional the whole system was. She had a realization: no one was really getting better. They were, however, coming in for more surgery, and this sparked her decision to pursue a career in the alternative health world instead, an issue that only became more important and personal to her after she experienced the deep pain and frustration of watching her mother die of a preventable disease. This is a great episode to listen to if you want to learn about all the nuances of our profit-driven medical system, the science and details of how mitochondrial function essentially represents the essence of our health, why mitochondrial dysfunction represents the whole cause of all disease, the scary statistic about Americans and metabolic syndrome risk factors that shocked me, and more!

Casey Means, MD, Surgeon General of the United States of America, is a Stanford-trained physician, the Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. Check out her website and visit CaseyMeans.com/goodenergy to read her best-selling book, Good Energy.

TIMESTAMPS:

Sixty-eight percent of Americans are classified as metabolically unhealthy. [03:08]

It's a totally unstainable path that we are on as a country. [09:04]

After becoming a head and neck surgeon, Dr. Means realized that she was not improving people's health. She wanted to focus on prevention. [12:00]

Cancer is a metabolic dysfunction. We are focusing on the wrong problem. [14:41]

The health care industry is fast growing and it makes more money when you are sick than when you are well. [20:02]

Everything in moderation is a very bad way to look at diet. [29:48]

There is such a thing as bad food. [35:19]

You need to understand your own body and read the signals your body sends to you. [36:23]

We have normalized not feeling well, that we don't notice it. [41:55]

When we eat processed foods, they are not benign. It's more than just calories. [46:53]

The ingredients in the processed foods trigger your desire to overeat. The bigger the glucose spike, the bigger the crash [53:54]

High fructose corn syrup is in so many foods and is very problematic. [58:39]

There are five foods that you want to include to support your mitochondrial function. [01:01:36]

In a few months, if you follow those suggestions, your markers on your blood tests will show a huge difference if you were pre-diabetic. [01:09:24]

Why isn't the medical system focused more on prevention? [01:15:03]

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