Casey Means

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Casey Means
Born (1987-09-24) September 24, 1987 (age 37) [1]
Education Stanford University
Stanford Medical School (MD)
Family Calley Means (brother)

Casey Means (born September 24, 1987) is an American functional medicine/holistic medicine physician, entrepreneur and author. Her work emphasizes the role of nutrition in supporting metabolic function to prevent chronic disease. [2]

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Early life and education

Casey and her older brother Calley were raised in Washington, D.C.. Her father, Grady Means, previously served as an assistant to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. [2] Means graduated with a bachelors degree from Stanford University before earning a Doctor of Medicine degree from Stanford Medical School. [3]

Career

Means withdrew from her medical residency at age 30. She has attributed this decision to the lack of training she received about nutrition and the underlying causes of chronic disease. [2] Means dedicated her practice to functional medicine, a marketing term associated with medical practices that are not science-based. [2] [3] [4]

In 2019, she co-founded the digital health company Levels Health, which produces a continuous glucose monitor. [5] [6] Casey and Calley Means co-authored the 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health. [7]

Means discontinued treating patients, and placed her medical license on inactive status in January 2024. [8] [9]

In October 2024, the Washington Post reported that Means had been shortlisted by the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign to potentially lead the Food and Drug Administration. [10] Both Means siblings had previously been tied to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign and have promoted Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again platform. [11] [12]

The release of Good Energy led to a spot on The Tucker Carlson Show, as well as podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rubin Report, and The Doctor’s Farmacy with Mark Hyman. Casey and her brother Calley also participated in a live-stream from Washington, D.C. hosted by Senator Ron Johnson and entitled “American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion .” [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Means, Casey. "Today is my 37th birthday. Yesterday I went to the US senate and spoke my truth - as a physician, as a woman, and a living being striving to act on the signals I am perceiving and the intuition I feel". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cueto, Isabella. "With boost from RFK Jr. and Tucker Carlson, two chronic disease entrepreneurs vault into Trump's orbit". STAT. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Dr. Casey Means". Casey Means M.D. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Hall, Harriet (16 August 2017). "Functional Medicine: Pseudoscientific Silliness". Skeptic.
  5. ↑ Ravindran, Sandeep (14 March 2022). "Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Lee, Sophia (22 March 2024). "How Levels Health is Revolutionizing The Way People Approach Their Metabolic Health". Rupa Health. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Stone, Will. "In 'Good Energy,' a doctor lays out how to measure and boost your metabolic health". NPR. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Contact". Casey Means MD. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "License Verification Details- Casey Means". Oregon Medical Board. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Diamond, Dan; Roubein, Rachel; Weber, Lauren. "Trump, RFK Jr. vow to 'Make America Healthy Again,' raising hopes and doubts". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Held, Lisa. "Can Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Make America Healthy Again'?". Civil Eats. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  12. ↑ Whyte, Liz Essley; Peterson, Kristina; Andrews, Natalie. "Trump Adopts RFK Jr.'s War on Junk Food to Win Over His Fans". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  13. ↑ Jarry, Jonathan. "Kennedy's Coalition of Quacks Wants to Feed America a Diet of Lies". McGill Office of Science and Society. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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