They Engineered Your Food to Make You Addicted (INSIDER SCOOP) | Calley Means

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Dr. Josh Axe

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Could firing one group of people save American healthcare? Why are Americans sicker, more medicated, and spending more on healthcare than any other nation—yet seeing the worst outcomes? Could it be that our entire health system is built on a lie? In this eye-opening episode of The Dr. Axe Show, discover the shocking truth about how ultra-processed food, pharmaceutical lobbying, and corrupted science have created a crisis of chronic disease in America—and meet the whistleblower trying to stop it. Calley Means, co-founder of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement and former insider in the food and pharma industries, joins the show to reveal how a few powerful organizations are manipulating what we eat, how we treat illness, and how health policy is made. He’s not just exposing the problems—he’s helping redesign the future of medicine. Calley Means has worked deep inside the corporate systems driving modern healthcare and food policy. Now, he's leading a nationwide movement to reform it. His insider experience gives him a unique ability to expose the truth—and propose real solutions. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why the Food Pyramid wasn’t a mistake—it was a deliberate act of corporate lobbying How the same companies that sold cigarettes in the ‘80s now control your food Why the FDA doesn't even know how many chemicals are in the U.S. food supply How childhood diseases like autism, obesity, and diabetes are being worsened by current policy What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing right now to revolutionize healthcare from the inside out Why changing leadership, not just policy, is the fastest path to a healthier America How AI, functional medicine, and metabolic tracking could redefine personal health in the next decade If you want to understand what’s really making Americans sick, and what can be done about it, this episode is a must-listen. You’ll walk away with clarity, hope, and a roadmap for reclaiming your health and your future. #metabolichealth #MAHA #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain #draxe ------ 00:00 Biggest Surprises Working in the Food Industry 09:08 Importance of Leadership 13:45 RFK Jr.’s Real Mission 21:46 Impact of COVID 25:28 Decline of Health Care System 32:40 RFK Jr.’s Strategies 38:25 Metabolic Dysfunction and Blood Sugar 45:33 Steps to Heal Metabolic Illness 57:45 Mass Confusion on Food and Health 1:02:30 What Will The Food Industry Look Like in 10 Years 1:04:46 Personalization of Health & Medicine ------ Want more of The Dr. Josh Axe Show? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook TikTok Website Follow Calley Means Instagram X LinkedIn Website ------ Staying healthy in today's world is an upstream battle. Subscribe to Wellness Weekly, your 5-minute dose of sound health advice to help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every Wednesday, you'll get: Holistic health news & life-hacks from a biblical world view Powerful free resources including classes, Q&As, and guides from Dr. Axe The latest episodes of The Dr. Josh Axe Show Submit your questions via voice memo to be featured on the show → speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe ------ Ads: Even if your bloodwork looks ""normal,"" your symptoms could point to Cell Danger Response (CDR). Discover how to break free from CDR and unlock your full potential at https://beyondbloodwork.com/. Go to WaveBlock.com and use code AXE at checkout for EMF protection you can trust! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are the sickest country in the developed world and spend three times more on healthcare costs than Europe and are bankrupting the country.
0:05.7	Food companies have the top scientists in the world doing literal experiments to hijack our evolutionary biology to make us want to eat more.
0:16.1	The food pyramid was really deliberate. The food pyramid was lobbied for by the food industry, which it's important
0:20.8	to remember was the cigarette industry, processed food to be the base of the pyramid. So there's a very
0:25.3	deliberate system that's been put in place through clear corporate capture of our regulatory
0:32.3	systems. Our health care industry, it's not health care. It's disease care. It's like these people
0:37.1	study sickness, not health. The only thing disease care. It's like these people study sickness,
0:38.3	not health. The only thing they're taught for the most part is how to diagnose a medical condition
0:44.3	and how to prescribe a synthetic drug. The lack of self-awareness that the medical system still has
0:50.3	is breathtaking and it's not going to work. I mean, fire the bureaucrats, reform the NIH,
0:56.8	reform the FDA, reform our medical codes. Obviously, that's what we need to do.
1:01.1	Hey, everyone, Dr. Axe here. We have an incredible episode for you today. We're going to talk
1:05.7	about something that could literally change health care forever. And if you've ever felt like
1:10.6	you're doing everything right,
1:12.8	eating healthy, doing what you're told, even what the government tells you or your doctors
1:16.1	are telling you, in you're still struggling with everything from metabolic issues, brain fog,
1:21.4	hormone imbalance, then I've got a conversation today where we're going to be talking to
1:25.2	Cali means. Calie is one of the leaders
1:28.2	of the Maha, the Make America Healthy Again movement. He's an insider-turned whistleblower who used
1:34.9	to work for the same food companies and pharmaceutical companies that were keeping Americans in
1:41.1	the dark. And now he's coming out and bringing things to light that are
1:45.5	going to help you experience an incredible health breakthrough.
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