Part 191 - Calley Means on How the Sickcare System Cons the World for Trillions
Calley Means is the cofounder of True Medicine, which enables patients to use HSAs/FSAs to buy healthy food, exercise and supplements. He is writing a book, co-authored with his sister Dr. Casey Means, about how preventable cellular dysfunction (caused primarily by food) is at the root of nearly every chronic condition that plagues American life – and how to fix it.
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(12:02) Is the growth of the healthcare industry correlated with better outcomes?
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(18:54) Humans and domesticated animals are the only creatures struggling with systematic obesity, depression, and metabolic dysfunction.
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(24:45) The average American today goes through 17 different medical specialists throughout their life.
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(30:59) Most forms of cancer aren’t “unlucky”. They’re very preventable.
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(44:01) Food, alongside other metabolic habits, are causing not just a health epidemic in the U.S., but economic and political turmoil as well.
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(54:17) The American Diabetes Association said that as long as you take your drugs (if you’re Type 2 diabetic) you can eat whatever you want.
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(56:43) Ultra-processed food is made up of highly-processed grains, sugar, and seed oils.
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(1:02:16) The USDA recommends up to 10% of our diet to be added sugar, nudging us into funding our destruction.
- (1:13:16) Is there any way, right now, without waiting for policy change, to use our current health benefits to buy root cause habits?