""The Trump Administration has wildly abused the Special Government Employee designation to shoehorn powerful people into official jobs in a way that allowed them to evade financial transparency and anti-corruption restraints," Public Citizen Democracy Advocate Jon Golinger said. "The clock ran out on Mr. Means, and we're glad he finally resigned.""
"Casey has a background in actual medicine, with a degree from Stanford Medical School, but she dropped out of her residency, holds no active medical license or board certification, and has gone all in on "functional" medicine, which is an ill-defined form of alternative medicine. She co-founded a company called Levels, which promotes intensive health tracking, including continuous blood glucose monitoring for people who don't have prediabetes or diabetes."
"Casey and Calley Means made a name for themselves among the MAHA crowd with their 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health. The book encourages health-conscious readers to avoid processed foods, seed oils, fragrances, a variety of home care products, fluoride, unfiltered water, bananas (when eaten alone), receipt paper, and birth control pills. It includes a chapter titled "Trust Yourself, Not Your Doctor.""
Public Citizen praised the resignation of Means and criticized the Special Government Employee designation for enabling evasion of financial transparency and anti-corruption restraints. Casey earned a degree from Stanford Medical School, dropped out of her residency, lacks an active medical license and board certification, and practices functional medicine. She co-founded Levels, which promotes intensive health tracking including continuous glucose monitoring for people without prediabetes or diabetes. Sam Corcos, another Levels co-founder, now serves as chief information officer at the Department of the Treasury. Casey and Calley Means authored Good Energy, which recommends avoiding many common products and urges "Trust Yourself, Not Your Doctor." Health experts and the network Defend Public Health urged rejection of her nomination to surgeon general.
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