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Dr. Casey Means: Solving for the Root Cause of the Metabolic Health Crisis

Abel James Show

Abel James

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Modern healthcare isn't working because it focuses on treating symptoms, rather than addressing the root cause, and to explore these subjects and more, we're here with Dr. Casey Means, a Stanford trained physician, co-founder of Levels and bestselling author of “Good Energy.”

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the show.

0:05.0

Have you ever ignored your doctor's advice?

0:08.0

Most doctors enter the medical field with noble intentions, but are unaware of the systemic corruption and profit-driven

0:14.8

nature of the industry. The hard economic truth is that nearly every institution that

0:20.3

impacts your health makes more money by managing chronic disease than by curing patients.

0:26.4

The pharmaceutical industry has influenced medical research and treatment

0:30.4

leading to a focus on recurring revenue through chronic medication and intervention over prevention.

0:37.0

As a result, many doctors feel trapped inside a broken system.

0:42.0

Modern health care isn't working because it focuses on treating

0:45.2

symptoms rather than addressing the root cause of metabolic dysfunction, which can be caused

0:50.8

by three physiological processes,

0:53.2

mitochondrial dysfunction, chronic inflammation,

0:56.1

and oxidative stress. To explore these subjects and more,

1:00.0

we're here today with Casey Means MD.

1:03.0

Dr Means is a Stanford trained physician and co-founder of Levels,

1:07.5

a health technology company with the mission of reversing the world's

1:11.0

metabolic health crisis. Her best-selling new book on metabolic

1:14.7

health is called Good Energy. Before we get to the interview a quick heads up I'm

1:19.7

launching a brand new sub-stack channel. I'll be writing about health, performance and technology, sharing our favorite recipes, podcasts, videos, and much more. You can find me by looking up able James in the search bar on Substack and you can join for free or even support my work directly as a member.

1:38.0

So come join the Able James Substack channel and leave a quick comment so that we can connect.

1:42.0

I always love hearing from you.

1:45.0

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