Dr. Lobur is a functional medicine doctor in the Pittsburgh area, who is also a licensed MD. After his father passed away from cancer, and one of his children had significant health issues, Dr. Lobur was guided to reevaluate how he viewed medicine. As he explains in this episode the body is a mechanism for healing itself when fueled properly from a physical nutritional standpoint, a mental standpoint, and an emotional standpoint.

When Dr. Lobur sees a patient, he looks at them as a person, not as a number. He enforces the benefits of root cause medicine… in effort to get to the root of what is causing inflammation (or disease) in the body instead of masking the symptom with a drug or “bandaid” solution.

In this episode, Dr. Lobur addresses the usual suspects within our body systems that often lead to disease and illness. He also discloses the healing power of the food we eat and the way that we treat ourselves internally.

We also spend a significant portion of this show discussing Corona virus and his views as to what the real solution is… and it’s not exactly the same narrative that you’ve been fed in the media, which I find very refreshing.

The reason I’m so passion about functional medicine is because I experienced how effective it is. During my health struggles, (a mystery thyroid auto-immune disorder, hormone imbalance, outrageous cortisol levels, and inflammation, etc etc) I found functional medicine as a pivotal piece in becoming a much healthier version of myself. I remember walking in to my first appointment with the functional medicine doctor I saw (Dr. Lekkos) and feeling a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, like I was finally being heard fully in a health setting for the first time in my journey. Western medicine didn’t help me outside of giving me meds that made things worse, so I had to find something and someone who cared enough to walk with me until we found some solutions that worked. He was the stepping stone to my health drastically improving and actually getting to the root cause of what the heck was going on in my seemingly “healthy looking” body.

While I haven’t personally worked with Dr. Lobur, I know people who do and say he’s amazing. The information he has to share is very palatable and informative with the current situation going on. I hope this opens your mind as to why it’s so important to get in touch with your body, and to be proactive with your immune system BEFORE things go wrong.

The biggest lesson here is how important it is to advocate for our own health and the benefit of finding the right people to guide you on your healing path. Nobody else will look out for you and your best interest, but YOU.

ENJOY!