Casey Means was named today as the next Surgeon general of the United States by President Donald Trump. Her brother, Roger Means, and her sister, Dr. Casey Means, join me to talk about her path to becoming the next surgeon general.
00:01:13.640He is the co-author with his sister, Dr. Casey Means,
00:01:17.560who was announced today by President Donald Trump as the next Surgeon General of the United States of a terrific book.
00:01:25.020It is called Good Energy, The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.
00:01:30.820I want to be honest with you, this book literally changed my life.
00:01:34.020Almost two years ago, Trump campaign manager, now White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles gave me this book, and I read it with enthusiasm.
00:01:43.820It changed the way I eat and the way I live.
00:01:49.800And then I got to know Callie Means, who I think was absolutely one of the key figures in building this grand coalition to bring voters who were previously Democrats and independents,
00:02:03.660people for whom health freedom was a priority, into the Trump coalition to win a smashing comeback victory.
00:02:12.160So, Callie Means, welcome into the Stone Zone.
00:02:34.560First of all, let's talk about her academic credentials and her qualifications for this job, because one does not have to be a surgical resident and performing surgeries to be the surgeon general.
00:02:50.820I mean, you know, just backing up, right?
00:02:52.620Casey, you know, is my sister, but she has been just – her life's mission for the past year and a half has been to communicate these Maha ideas through a conservative lens of how we can transform institutions and help President Trump get elected.
00:03:07.720You know, she was integral in getting Bobby connected to him and going on Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, actually the most listened to podcast last year, Tucker Carlson, where she talked about the really civilizational imperative of getting Trump elected to take on these special interests.
00:03:20.580Casey's story, the book, Good Energy, which, you know, has sold over a million copies, talks about her journey.
00:03:27.660And Casey has been successful her entire career.
00:03:30.600She was president of her Stanford undergrad class.
00:03:35.120She was top of her Stanford med school class, and she was top of her surgical residency program.
00:03:39.600But Casey has incredible moral courage, and she shocked our family when she came to us, and she said after more than a decade of medical training, she's leaving the system because people aren't getting healthier.
00:03:52.040She did that over pure just insight over it's not working.
00:03:56.620And what she did is she started a company, and she started advocating.
00:04:00.100And the impact that she has had on American patients, and, Roger, I appreciate your testimony on that, she has impacted millions of people through empowering them to take matters into their own hands, to not listen to their doctor right away when they write that prescription pad out.
00:04:40.740And I think what's happening, Roger, here is there's been tremendous outpouring of support, of course, from Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump Jr. and Charlie Kirk.
00:04:50.660I mean, Casey's really mobilized an incredible MAGA, MAHA army, and there was incredible support.
00:04:56.360But I heard today, Roger, and I'll tell you this right now, I just got a call, an insider tip.
00:05:00.500But the pharmaceutical industry and special interests, with President Trump talking about pharma pricing and with Bobby Kennedy taking action, decisive action, they've declared Casey enemy number one.
00:05:12.940And you're seeing a lot of interesting things pop up.
00:05:15.860You know, she's both been called an unqualified hippie, and she's also been called a deep state plant.
00:05:22.660So they're throwing the kitchen sink at her, which is not surprising but pretty interesting.
00:05:26.880This shrimp and coconut sauce is divine.
00:15:47.440And I think that Dr. Casey Means is going to be a great addition.
00:15:52.660I want to talk about your book for one second, because it really did change my life.
00:15:56.780Your book, Good Energy, The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.
00:16:01.620Folks, if you haven't read this book, I strongly recommend it to you.
00:16:05.520As I say, it was given to me before I had ever heard of Callie or Casey Means.
00:16:09.600It was given to me by Susie Wiles, who told me she swore by it.
00:16:13.100It really has changed the way that I eat and the way I live.
00:16:16.240Tell us what the most important thing in the book is.
00:16:18.480Something Casey is going to talk about, and I think even more than any policy Bobby Kennedy and Casey and the team at the HHS is going to talk to Americans about, is that it's simple, Roger.
00:16:31.040Right now, there are billions of dollars spent on nutrition research, huge bureaucracies on nutrition.
00:16:37.340We just need to eat more whole food made by American farmers.
00:16:41.140Right now, a child eats 70 percent of their diet, ultra-processed food.
00:16:44.260If they can just put 80 percent whole food on their plate, whether they're a vegan or a carnivore, just stick to whole food.
00:16:51.820If schools, you know, the school lunches the federal government pays for gets more to whole food made by American farmers, that's a huge win.
00:16:59.060We're more sedentary, Roger, than every other country.
00:17:01.640You're going to see President Trump and Bobby Kennedy reinvigorate the Presidential Fitness Commission.
00:17:11.040I mean, these are basic things that our institutions are letting people down, and, you know, we're going to have common sense.
00:17:19.000The greatest threat to pharma right now and the greatest way to compel that institution to create products that actually promote life is to get kids healthy, is to have them eating whole food made by American farmers.
00:17:31.640So Casey's not going to be putting out all these press releases, you know, with complications.
00:17:36.960She's going to be steering Americans to the fact that health is simple, and it's our patriotic duty to have healthy kids, to serve them good food.
00:17:45.740And that's going to transform the country.
00:17:47.620Right now, 77 percent of military-aged youth aren't eligible to join the military because of mental health issues or chronic disease issues.
00:17:54.640She's going to drive that number down.
00:17:56.440And a lot of this is communication and just rallying the country to this cause, which is happening.
00:18:02.900You see this right now with Bobby Kennedy.
00:18:04.760So that's what history is going to look back on the Trump administration on.
00:18:08.640In 50 years, we're going to look at chronic disease rates.
00:18:11.220They're going to be at an all-time high this year.
00:18:13.340I mean this, Roger, because I think they're already, you know, you're seeing them start to come down.
00:18:17.580This will be the highest year we've ever had in history of chronic disease.
00:18:21.180It's going to start going down, and that's going to be because of President Trump.