Dr. Kelly Victory
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You know, for me, I take lots of things like the broccoli sprouts that the company, the wellness company provides. There are so many things that people can be doing proactively to take care of their own immune system. And I think really that's the future. That's the next decade.
You know, for me, I take lots of things like the broccoli sprouts that the company, the wellness company provides. There are so many things that people can be doing proactively to take care of their own immune system. And I think really that's the future. That's the next decade.
I think for us, Drew, is going to be about making America healthy again doesn't just mean revamping the health care system and the medical insurance system and those sorts of things. It means people getting involved in controlling and taking responsibility for their own health and wellness.
I think for us, Drew, is going to be about making America healthy again doesn't just mean revamping the health care system and the medical insurance system and those sorts of things. It means people getting involved in controlling and taking responsibility for their own health and wellness.
If you aren't exercising daily, if you aren't sleeping seven to eight hours of quality sleep a night, if you aren't managing your stress, you aren't eating good, wholesome food. In other words, you know, getting rid of the fast food, the processed food and all that.
If you aren't exercising daily, if you aren't sleeping seven to eight hours of quality sleep a night, if you aren't managing your stress, you aren't eating good, wholesome food. In other words, you know, getting rid of the fast food, the processed food and all that.
If you aren't doing that, then you really have to look in the mirror about why you are not in a great state of health rather than turning constantly to your doctor and
If you aren't doing that, then you really have to look in the mirror about why you are not in a great state of health rather than turning constantly to your doctor and
the next uh medication and god only knows the next vaccine yeah i'm actually a little i don't angry with myself i think of the way to describe it that i've not emphasized diet exercise more i've always mandated it for myself but i've not right publicly done anything with it i'm not so it is time um the other thing
the next uh medication and god only knows the next vaccine yeah i'm actually a little i don't angry with myself i think of the way to describe it that i've not emphasized diet exercise more i've always mandated it for myself but i've not right publicly done anything with it i'm not so it is time um the other thing
You very kindly were the source of introducing us to RFK Jr., which was sort of a life-changing kind of experience getting to know him. I know you know him very well. Do you have any plans to do anything? Are you going to Washington? Can you tell us?
You very kindly were the source of introducing us to RFK Jr., which was sort of a life-changing kind of experience getting to know him. I know you know him very well. Do you have any plans to do anything? Are you going to Washington? Can you tell us?
Well, I can tell you, I've been offered a number of very compelling positions working directly with Robert Kennedy Jr. At this juncture, I have not yet. not accepted or pursued any particular one of them for a number of reasons. I was very, very interested and I remain extraordinarily interested in serving as a Surgeon General. It's a position that I believe has been wasted for decades.
Well, I can tell you, I've been offered a number of very compelling positions working directly with Robert Kennedy Jr. At this juncture, I have not yet. not accepted or pursued any particular one of them for a number of reasons. I was very, very interested and I remain extraordinarily interested in serving as a Surgeon General. It's a position that I believe has been wasted for decades.
It is one of the most important positions and most people cannot remember a Surgeon General since C. Everett Koop back in the 1980s. We just went through five years of the worst public health crisis that we have ever experienced, and the Surgeon General was nowhere to be seen for five years. This is a problem. So I was very, very interested in pursuing that.
It is one of the most important positions and most people cannot remember a Surgeon General since C. Everett Koop back in the 1980s. We just went through five years of the worst public health crisis that we have ever experienced, and the Surgeon General was nowhere to be seen for five years. This is a problem. So I was very, very interested in pursuing that.
As you know, President Trump has made a different choice and has nominated Jeanette Nashwat, somebody who you and I both know. It remains to be seen whether or not she will make it through the confirmation process, but I have every reason to believe that she will, and hopefully she will take a different approach to previous Surgeons General who have remained totally absent.
As you know, President Trump has made a different choice and has nominated Jeanette Nashwat, somebody who you and I both know. It remains to be seen whether or not she will make it through the confirmation process, but I have every reason to believe that she will, and hopefully she will take a different approach to previous Surgeons General who have remained totally absent.
That is a role that demands somebody who is an excellent communicator, somebody who tells it like it is, somebody who can become the trusted, measured voice of America's doctor. And that's a role I really had hoped that I would have a chance to play.
That is a role that demands somebody who is an excellent communicator, somebody who tells it like it is, somebody who can become the trusted, measured voice of America's doctor. And that's a role I really had hoped that I would have a chance to play.