A YouTube podcast episode featuring Dr. Patricia Restrepo (guest) discussing how functional medicine changed her health. The speaker narrates initial skepticism—being accused of 'quackery' and embarrassment—followed by a pivotal classroom experience with teachers from diverse international backgrounds that marked a turning point.
You're going to get into quackery. You're ruining your life. You're going to work with witch doctors. Nothing scientific, nothing serious. And that's how the first few months went. Dude, I'm embarrassed to say, to share this at that time, because I said, no, I messed up big time. I got into something I shouldn't have. I mean, imagine one day, for example, in the system. I'm going to make analogies here. The conventional system. Protect yourself from the sun. It's extremely dangerous. You have to use sunscreen. You have to go through the motions in this. The sun is the main axis of life. It was very noisy. I still didn't understand this very deeply. But this is quackery, right? My judgments, the classroom, this was a turning point. There was a moment that was a before and after for me. I went into a class and all the teachers had very strong accents because they were all from other parts of the world, like Orientals.
