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377. The Common Causes of Cancer, Depression + Infertility, the Ozempic Era + How Trauma Impacts Your Health w/ Dr. Casey Means

the bossbabe podcast

Natalie Ellis

Entrepreneurship, Education, Marketing, Self-improvement, Business

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Alzheimers, Cancer, Depression + Infertility - what do all these have in common? In today’s episode Natalie sits down with Dr. Casey Means, the founder + Chief Medical Officer of Levels, to dive into the root-cause of most diseases. They talk insulin resistance, blood sugar issues, why weight is NOT important, the Ozepmic zeitgeist, how trauma affects our health long-term, plus everything you need to know about mitochondrial function + how to improve it. If you’re health-obsessed + wanting to take your wellness to the next level, you won’t want to miss this episode! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Coffee Talk + Introduction 02:27 - The Root Cause of Most Diseases 05:19 - What is "Metabolic Dysfunction" 09:46 - Insulin Resistance + Blood Sugar Issues 11:33 - Importance of Mitochondrial Function 16:04 - How to Recognize Mitochondrial Dysfunction 22:29 - Why Weight Is NOT Important 25:50 - The Ozempic Era 32:16 - How to Improve Mitochondrial Function 40:36 - How Trauma Affects Health Long-Term 51:38 - Closing Thoughts RESOURCES + LINKS Join The Société: The Place to Build A Freedom-Based Business Get Our Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More.  Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You Natalie’s 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997)  FOLLOW bossbabe: @bossbabe.inc Natalie Ellis: @iamnatalie Casey Means: @drcaseyskitchen

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0:00.0

You said, what if depression, infertility, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's, dementia, cancer, and many other health conditions actually have the same root cause?

0:10.2

Can we talk about what that root cause is?

0:12.8

This is the key question that we all need to be talking about.

0:17.4

The truth that the health care system is honestly blind to,

0:20.8

I'm so curious, I'm sure you get asked this a lot, what your thoughts are on this wave of Osmic.

0:27.0

The obesity epidemic that's facing our country, it's representative of our bodies really breaking on the cellular level.

0:37.0

Welcome back to the Boss Made Podcast.

0:43.4

All right, we have Dr Casey Means on the podcast.

0:46.7

I think this is actually a third time coming onto the podcast.

0:49.8

I'm super excited.

0:50.8

She's written a new book, so we're going to get into all the things metabolic health.

0:54.7

So just a little bit about Casey. She is a Stanford trained physician and co-founder of levels.

1:01.1

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

1:05.2

world's metabolic health crisis. I'm an investor in levels. I am a huge advocate of it.

1:10.5

It's absolutely incredible and life-changing and she has written a week called

1:15.2

good energy that is all about metabolic dysfunction and mitochondrial function it's so so

1:21.2

good so she was trained in head and neck surgery before leaving

1:25.8

traditional medicine to devote her life to tackling the root cause of why

1:29.5

Americans are sick. She is incredible. I learned so much every time I get to know her. What I will say in this

1:36.2

interview especially in the beginning we go into a lot of detail and it might feel like, oh my goodness, I'm not

1:40.8

getting this. This is so detailed and a little bit over my head.

1:43.7

Stick with us because we really, really break it down and we get there and we talk all about what the root cause of

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