The ‘woo-woo’ philosophy of Trump’s surgeon general pick
This framing isn't accidental.
Dr. Casey Means’ approach to health, expressed throughout her wellness influencer career, blends nutritional medicine with New Age spirituality and mysticism in a way that makes some religious conservatives question her credibility.
Means, President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee, whose confirmation is currently under review in the Senate, has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly from religious conservatives for some of her wellness content posted online.
The surgeon general nominee earned her medical degree at Stanford University but did not complete her surgical residency program. During her time in the mainstream medical system, Means has held full-time biomedical research positions at the National Institutes of Health, New York University, and Oregon Health and Science University and published seven scientific articles listed in the NIH PubMed research library database.
Means says she quit her residency training program because she became jaded with the perverse incentives of the medical system to go without treating the root causes of chronic disease, a mindset that brought her into alignment with the skepticism of mainstream medicine espoused by supporters of the Make America Healthy Again Movement.
In January 2024, Means started her Good Energy newsletter, where she shares wellness tips, recipes, and health news. Five months later, she and her brother Calley Means, who is now a close adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., published their highly influential nutritional wellness book under the newsletter’s namesake.
Most of the criticism of Means, including from Trump’s first-term Surgeon General Jerome Adams and the Wall Street Journal editorial board, has focused on her comparative lack of experience in public health and her skepticism of vaccines rather than her wellness influencer writings and social media content.
The Washington Examiner reviewed two years’ worth of social media content and newsletters from Means to get to the heart of her philosophy, which stresses the connection between bodily and spiritual health.
Here are some of the highlights of Means’s wellness influencer content, in her own words.
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Means says she embraced the ‘woo-woo’
Means has said she embraced the so-called ‘woo-woo,’ a term often used to dismiss supernatural beliefs or practices, to deepen her spiritual connection to the universe in her mid-thirties after the loss of her mother to …
This framing isn't accidental.
Dr. Casey Means’ approach to health, expressed throughout her wellness influencer career, blends nutritional medicine with New Age spirituality and mysticism in a way that makes some religious conservatives question her credibility.
Means, President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee, whose confirmation is currently under review in the Senate, has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly from religious conservatives for some of her wellness content posted online.
The surgeon general nominee earned her medical degree at Stanford University but did not complete her surgical residency program. During her time in the mainstream medical system, Means has held full-time biomedical research positions at the National Institutes of Health, New York University, and Oregon Health and Science University and published seven scientific articles listed in the NIH PubMed research library database.
Means says she quit her residency training program because she became jaded with the perverse incentives of the medical system to go without treating the root causes of chronic disease, a mindset that brought her into alignment with the skepticism of mainstream medicine espoused by supporters of the Make America Healthy Again Movement.
In January 2024, Means started her Good Energy newsletter, where she shares wellness tips, recipes, and health news. Five months later, she and her brother Calley Means, who is now a close adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., published their highly influential nutritional wellness book under the newsletter’s namesake.
Most of the criticism of Means, including from Trump’s first-term Surgeon General Jerome Adams and the Wall Street Journal editorial board, has focused on her comparative lack of experience in public health and her skepticism of vaccines rather than her wellness influencer writings and social media content.
The Washington Examiner reviewed two years’ worth of social media content and newsletters from Means to get to the heart of her philosophy, which stresses the connection between bodily and spiritual health.
Here are some of the highlights of Means’s wellness influencer content, in her own words.
View this post on Instagram
Means says she embraced the ‘woo-woo’
Means has said she embraced the so-called ‘woo-woo,’ a term often used to dismiss supernatural beliefs or practices, to deepen her spiritual connection to the universe in her mid-thirties after the loss of her mother to …
The ‘woo-woo’ philosophy of Trump’s surgeon general pick
This framing isn't accidental.
Dr. Casey Means’ approach to health, expressed throughout her wellness influencer career, blends nutritional medicine with New Age spirituality and mysticism in a way that makes some religious conservatives question her credibility.
Means, President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee, whose confirmation is currently under review in the Senate, has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly from religious conservatives for some of her wellness content posted online.
The surgeon general nominee earned her medical degree at Stanford University but did not complete her surgical residency program. During her time in the mainstream medical system, Means has held full-time biomedical research positions at the National Institutes of Health, New York University, and Oregon Health and Science University and published seven scientific articles listed in the NIH PubMed research library database.
Means says she quit her residency training program because she became jaded with the perverse incentives of the medical system to go without treating the root causes of chronic disease, a mindset that brought her into alignment with the skepticism of mainstream medicine espoused by supporters of the Make America Healthy Again Movement.
In January 2024, Means started her Good Energy newsletter, where she shares wellness tips, recipes, and health news. Five months later, she and her brother Calley Means, who is now a close adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., published their highly influential nutritional wellness book under the newsletter’s namesake.
Most of the criticism of Means, including from Trump’s first-term Surgeon General Jerome Adams and the Wall Street Journal editorial board, has focused on her comparative lack of experience in public health and her skepticism of vaccines rather than her wellness influencer writings and social media content.
The Washington Examiner reviewed two years’ worth of social media content and newsletters from Means to get to the heart of her philosophy, which stresses the connection between bodily and spiritual health.
Here are some of the highlights of Means’s wellness influencer content, in her own words.
View this post on Instagram
Means says she embraced the ‘woo-woo’
Means has said she embraced the so-called ‘woo-woo,’ a term often used to dismiss supernatural beliefs or practices, to deepen her spiritual connection to the universe in her mid-thirties after the loss of her mother to …
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