Diabetes on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Sep 2024 to Oct 2024 · updated Sep 3, 2026
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Bret Weinstein (1)
- Casey Means (1)
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“I think there is a massive disruption in all of the environments that we pass through in life that is causing a mismatch between what we are... We are basicall…”
Weinstein argues type 1 diabetes results from an environmental 'mismatch' (his 'hyper novelty' concept) rather than being primarily a genetic/autoimmune condition.
“74 percent of Americans are overweight or obese 50% now of American adults have type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. These were diseases where there was 1% of Amer…”
Casey Means states that 74 percent of Americans are overweight or obese and 50 percent of American adults have type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, up from 1 percent with type 2 diabetes in 1950.