Dr. Casey Means (left) stands with journalist Megan Kelly at a affirmation listening to for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the secretary of Well being and Human Companies publish on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29.
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President Trump has switched up his decide for U.S. Surgeon Normal tapping best-selling writer and wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means rather than his preliminary decide, former Fox Information contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat.
Nesheiwat withdrew her nomination following scrutiny over how she had represented her medical credentials.
In an announcement on Reality Social, Trump mentioned that Means “will work intently with our great Secretary of Well being and Human Companies, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to make sure a profitable implementation of our Agenda so as to reverse the Power Illness Epidemic, and guarantee Nice Well being, sooner or later, for ALL Individuals.”
Dr. Means has catapulted into the MAHA sphere over the previous yr, alongside her brother Calley Means, a distinguished advisor to Sec. Kennedy following the publication of their e book Good Power.
Each siblings typically rail towards the affect of the pharmaceutical and meals industries of their many appearances on podcasts and different platforms.
Of their e book, Casey Means describes how she grew to become disillusioned with medication’s failure to adequately deal with probably the most urgent causes of continual sickness within the nation, together with food plan and lack of motion.
After attending Stanford Medical Faculty, Means pursued a surgical residency at Oregon Well being & Science College however dropped out earlier than finishing this system. She went on to begin a purposeful medication follow and based the corporate Ranges, which provides shoppers steady glucose screens and an app to trace their blood sugar.
Her web site additionally markets varied dietary supplements and private merchandise.
She’s raised issues about some vaccines and the immunization schedule — and what she has known as “corruption” on the FDA.
Final yr, Means was one of many audio system at a extremely publicized roundtable on American well being and diet, hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, which featured Secretary Kennedy, commissioner of Meals and Medication Dr. Marty Makary and different well-known allies of the Trump administration’s MAHA agenda.
Edited by Jane Greenhalgh
