Dr. Linell King Inspires Lunch with Friends to Master Their Vitality

March Lunch with Friends (LWF) welcomed over 106 seniors to a delicious lunch of chicken soup, chicken salad and homemade dessert courtesy of “Friends” of LWF. 

Nancy Kot, President of Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, introduced the Speaker for the Day – 

Dr. Linell King of Naples, specializing in Functional Medicine.

Dr. Linell King is an Amazon best-selling author (Mastering Your Vitality), physician, international speaker, health recovery and weight loss specialist. Dr. King believes the solution to preventing illness is empowering each of us to take responsibility for our own health.

Dr. King received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins University in 2000. With awards such as “Naples Most Wellness Focused Physician,” and EXPY Writers Award for his Number One Best Selling book, “Mastering Vitality,” Dr. King has become an international speaker on achieving your highest state of health – Your Ultimate Vitality.

In addition to his live health education talks and webinars, Dr. King works privately with individuals with chronic diseases, fatigue, pain, digestive issues and weight loss, just to name a few. According to the World Health Organization, “90% of all diseases prevalent today are not treatable with orthodox medical procedures.”

The lively group of seniors in attendance could not wait to hear more from Dr. King. Immediately, Dr. King wanted to gauge the energy level in the room. He asked everyone to stand up and rate themselves on a scale of one to 10 (one – could barely get out of bed) and five guests remained standing, rating their energy level at eight or above! 

Dr. King’s message to the guests: “The first thing you do is make a decision to master your vitality – to make today the best day ever!”

He wants to help people to master their vitality so they can have top performance in all aspects of their life. And everyone in the room would like to feel energized and vital.

Dr. King’s specialty is Functional Medicine. There is that word functional again. So, what is Functional Medicine?

Dr. King believes that one of the key things that keep people stuck with chronic conditions is that they are trying to fix their wellness issues using tools of conventional medicine. At Naples Vitality, they follow an altogether different approach.

They call it Functional or Integrative Medicine. How is this different from conventional medicine? According to Dr. King, Functional Medicine is the study of how the body functions optimally. Dr. King and his colleagues are trained to get to the root cause of the problem, rather than just treating the symptom. In conventional medicine, you are presented with a symptom - they do all these tests, come up with a diagnosis and you are written a prescription.

With Functional Medicine, you are presented with a symptom and they do a root cause analysis. They fix the root cause with lifestyle modification, targeted supplementation and then medication, only if needed. “We treat the whole person by putting the pieces together. This is distinctly different from the conventional medicine approach.”

Many thanks to luncheon sponsors Marco Lutheran Church, Dr. Linell King, M.D., YMCA of Collier County, Our Daily Bread Food Pantry and to all the volunteers.

You are not alone! Please make sure to sign up for the April Lunch with Friends, catch up with old friends, meet new ones, laugh, be inspired and enjoy a delicious meal. Lunch with Friends is free of charge to all area residents, “60 or better.”

Please Save the Date:  April 20, 2022 – Please RSVP to Nancy Kot at 706-566-8532 or email lunchwithfriendsmarco@gmail.com.