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 Basic tapping best-selling creator and wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means instead of 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 Fact Social, Trump mentioned that Means “will work intently with our fantastic Secretary of Well being and Human Companies, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to make sure a profitable implementation of our Agenda with a purpose to reverse the Continual Illness Epidemic, and guarantee Nice Well being, sooner or later, for ALL People.”
Dr. Means has catapulted into the MAHA sphere over the previous 12 months, alongside her brother Calley Means, a outstanding advisor to Sec. Kennedy following the publication of their e book Good Vitality.
Each siblings usually 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 turned disillusioned with medication’s failure to adequately deal with probably the most urgent causes of persistent sickness within the nation, together with food plan and lack of motion.
After attending Stanford Medical College, Means pursued a surgical residency at Oregon Well being & Science College however dropped out earlier than finishing this system. She went on to start out a purposeful medication observe and based the corporate Ranges, which gives shoppers steady glucose screens and an app to trace their blood sugar.
Her web site additionally markets numerous dietary supplements and private merchandise.
She’s raised considerations about some vaccines and the immunization schedule — and what she has known as “corruption” on the FDA.
Final 12 months, Means was one of many audio system at a extremely publicized roundtable on American well being and vitamin, hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, which featured Secretary Kennedy, commissioner of Meals and Medicine Dr. Marty Makary and different well-known allies of the Trump administration’s MAHA agenda.
Edited by Jane Greenhalgh
