Dr. Linell King is our guest on the show today. He grew up in a small town in Alabama and ultimately pursued his medical education at Johns Hopkins University. He spent 15 years treating patients that were in and out of the hospital only to come back a year later with no improvement in their health. His recognition of how our health care system was failing the public lead him to pivot into functional and integrative medicine. That lead him to work with patients in a different realm and setting.
A renowned internist featured on ABC, NBC, and FOX, Dr. King received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins University and Sinai Hospital. He now practices wellness and functional medicine in Southwest Florida at his “Naples Vitality” office, where he incorporates nutrition, hormone balance, fitness and permanent weight control.
His motivation to make this pivot was his dad and the experience he went through with his father. During the time his father was going through with pancreatic cancer, Dr. King discovered the Optimum Wellness Institute in San Diego which he and his father attended for one week before his father's condition worsened so they had to return to Alabama. Dr. King shares that in that one week he learned more about health, digestion and the human body and how it works than he did in all his medical school training. This an other insights share on the show will make the listener aware we should all consult doctors like Dr. King and others in the functional and integrative healing profession.
Hear how his exposure to Tony Robbins and some pressure he got from Johns Hopkins lead him into being an entrepreneur. For over fifteen years working as an internal medicine physician, Dr. King treated thousands of patients suffering from diseases such as heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer and other life-threatening diseases. After discovering the truth about our current broken healthcare system which also affected his own family, Dr. King left his practice and embarked on a mission to bring health and vitality to his patients and clients. Seeing the flaws with Western medicine and its reliance on prescription drugs, Dr. King traveled the world and became trained in functional medicine, nutrition, as well as hormone balance.
Through Dr King’s lifestyle blueprint, you are able to harness a simple, self-care practice that is backed with science and research. These practices cover the 5 essential keys to resolving the underlying stressors that lead to the breakdown of health including your nervous system, your endocrine system, detoxification, nutrition and fitness. With awards such as “Most Wellness Focused Physician” and an Expy Writers award for his #1 Best Selling Book Mastering Vitality, Dr. King has become an international speaker on using the combination of both traditional and alternative practices to reach optimal health.
To reach out to Dr. King please go to his website: naplesvitality.com
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