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This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker, Joovv, and Beekeeper\u2019s Naturals.\n\nToday on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Calley Means to discuss his viral Tweet stating that he \u201csaw inside the room\u201d of Coca-Cola\u2019s tactics to ensure sugar-sweetened beverage taxes failed and that soda was permitted in government-funded nutrition programs. Calley and Dhru talk about why diet and nutrition guidelines are a bipartisan issue that deserves equal attention from the left and the right.\xa0\n\nCalley Means is the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables Americans to buy exercise equipment and healthy food with FSA/HSA dollars. He is also the coauthor (with his sister, Dr. Casey Means) of an upcoming book on food as medicine. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant for food and pharma companies and is now exposing the practices they use to weaponize our institutions of trust. He is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard Business School.\xa0\n\nIn this episode, Dhru and Calley dive into:\n-Calley Mean\u2019s viral tweet about the soda industry\u2019s hidden agenda (2:35)\n-The biggest lie we\u2019re taught is that health and nutrition need to be complicated (14:40)\n-How processed food and nutrition play into mental illness (19:23)\n-Calley\u2019s message for policy change is non-tribal and bipartisan (30:03)\n-Controversies around Ozempic, the \u201cmiracle weight-loss drug\u201d (35:30)\n-How we\u2019ve lost our way when it comes to diet and health care (45:00)\n-Doctors aren\u2019t incentivized to help people get healthy (50:11)\n-Calley\u2019s mom\u2019s abrupt cancer diagnosis and how it changed his views on diet, nutrition, and cancer treatment in medicine (58:30)\n-The tipping point that inspired Calley to pursue a career that educates and empowers people to make good health choices (1:10:38)\n-How Calley plans to incentivize health and his company, True Medicine (1:17:24)\n\nAlso mentioned in this episode:\n-https://www.truemedicine.care\n-Sign up for Calley\u2019s daily newsletter here.\xa0\xa0\n\nFor more on Calley Means, follow him on Instagram @calleymeans and Twitter @calleymeans.\xa0\n\nInsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they\u2019re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.\n\nEnhance your health with red and infrared LED light therapy with Joovv. Right now, Joovv is offering an exclusive offer on your first order. Head over to https://www.Joovv.com/dhru and apply my code DHRU.\n\nRight now, Beekeeper\u2019s Naturals is giving my community an exclusive offer. Just go to https://www.beekeepersnaturals.com/dhru and enter code \u201cDHRU25\u201d to get 25% off your first order.\n\nHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices