Dr. Casey Means is a Surgeon turned "Metabolic Health Evangelist," who left a career as an ENT to pursue the root of all inflammatory disease.

Casey joins the show to tell us about unexpected causes of metabolic dysfunction and simple ways we can combat it on a day-to-day basis.

00:00 - Introducing Dr. Casey Means
01:30 - ENT Surgeon to Metabolic Health
2:50 - What causes inflammatory conditions?
4:46 - Connection between inflammation and metabolic health
5:30 - Cellular dysfunction and immune response
6:25 - Environmental stressors on our metabolic system
11:20 - Supporting the resilience and safety of our cells
12:00 - Metabolic health and empowering our cells
13:50 - Creating the framework for the causes of metabolic dysfunction
14:30 - Removing the bad, promoting the good
17:00 - Cold plunging and mitochondrial health
22:00 - Temperature as information to the cells
23:30 - The dangers of thermoneutrality
24:30 - Hormetic Stressors and the starling curve
26:30 - Processed foods
29:00 - Fear states and health
35:30 - Overcoming fear with mindfulness and community
38:00 - Feeling into fear to transform it
40:40 - Glucose and metabolic health
42:30 - Combatting glucose spikes to aid the metabolism
44:00 - Ways to aid the metabolic systems
47:30 - Exercise versus movement
53:00 - The importance of consistent movement throughout the day
55:00 - Walking and step-counting


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