Calley Means: The Obesity Crisis, Ozempic, ADHD and Food Industry Lies
Calley Means: The Obesity Crisis, Ozempic, ADHD and Food Industry Lies  
Podcast: The Dr. Hyman Show
Published On: Wed Jan 31 2024
Description: View the Show Notes For This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Get Ad-free Episodes & Dr. Hyman+ Audio Exclusives Calley Means is the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise. He is also the co-author with his sister, Dr. Casey Means, of Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, which is coming out later this year and is now available for pre-order. Earlier in his career, Calley was a consultant for food and pharma companies and is now exposing practices they use to weaponize our institutions of trust. In the past year, he's met with 50 members of Congress and presidential candidates advocating policies to combat the corruption of the pharma and food industries. He is a Graduate of Stanford and Harvard Business School.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Fatty15, Thrive Market, and Happy Egg. Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com. Fatty15 contains pure, award-winning C15:0 in a bioavailable form. Get an exclusive 10% off a 90-day starter kit subscription. Just visit Fatty15.com and use code DRHYMAN10 to get started. Head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman today to receive 30% off your first order and a free gift up to $60. Shopping for better eggs shouldn’t be confusing. Look for the yellow carton at your local grocery store or visit happyegg.com/farmacy to find Happy Egg near you. In this episode we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How the pharmaceutical industry is the largest funder of government, think tank organizations, academic research, and media outlets (7:44 / 5:59) Why America is getting sicker, fatter, more depressed, and more infertile (11:19 / 9:34) Corruption in industry and government that’s harming our health (20:02 / 18:18) Ozempic as a treatment for obesity in kids (29:00 / 25:10) How obesity is harming our national security (35:03 / 31:13) Taking control of your own health (39:20 / 35:29) Banning food and pharmaceutical ads on television (44:25 / 40:34) Is Ozempic bad for mental health? (56:10 / 52:19) How government subsidizes and recommends ultra-processed food (58:25 / 54:34) The thing that can counteract the influence of money (1:15:08 / 1:11:17) Get a copy of Good Energy. Learn about Calley’s work at Trumed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices