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Commune with Jeff Krasno

Who Was Dr. Casey Means Before Politics?

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.5673 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

On October 30, Dr. Casey Means will appear before the Senate for confirmation as the next U.S. Surgeon General. Three years ago, we worked closely with Casey to record a full-length course and several podcast episodes for Commune. Today’s interview from 2022 offers insight into Casey’s fundamental beliefs about health — before politics got involved.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. On October 30th, 2022, Dr. Casey Meant and I co-hosted an event at Commutupanga called Metabolical.

0:23.6

May I say Halloween-themed, small community gathering to discuss the truly frightening state of metabolic health in our country.

0:31.6

But this Thursday, October 30th, 2025, Casey will appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

0:39.6

for confirmation as the next U.S. Surgeon General. Now, I've spoken a lot about my personal

0:46.2

health transformation, and Casey was instrumental in kick-starting that journey. Her teachings

0:52.2

on the importance of blood sugar control

0:54.2

combined with the use of a continuous glucose monitor

0:57.1

helped me climb out of my pre-diabetic brain fog ditch

1:01.3

that I had rolled myself into.

1:03.2

So that event was just three years ago,

1:05.8

but it feels like a totally different era

1:08.1

and long before Kate.

1:24.7

Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno.

1:30.7

On October 30th, 2022, Dr. Casey Meant and I co-hosted an event at commune-tapanga called Metabolical. May I say Halloween-themed, small community gathering to discuss

1:37.1

the truly frightening state of metabolic health in our country. This Thursday, October 30th,

1:43.0

2025, Casey will appear before the Senate

1:46.1

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for confirmation as the next U.S.

1:51.9

Surgeon General. Now, I've spoken a lot about my personal health transformation, and Casey was

1:57.7

instrumental in kickstarting that journey. Her teachings on the importance of blood sugar

2:02.7

control combined with the use of a continuous glucose monitor helped me climb out of my pre-diabetic

2:08.6

brain fog ditch that I had rolled myself into. So that event was just three years ago,

2:14.8

but it feels like a totally different era, and long before Casey was in the

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