Tammy McDougall, CFNP.

For most of my life, I have suffered from an autoimmune disease called psoriasis. As a 12-year-old with a hideous skin rash, it didn't play well with my confidence. My mom guided me through it with food and supplements — and that's where my love of nutrition began.

In my 20s I drank, smoked and chased every low-fat trend the 90s threw at me. I was a single mom working three jobs, and my body paid the price.

At 40, I developed oral thrush (candida). I eliminated the inflammatory triggers, added in herbs and vitamins, and the candida vanished. Around the same time, a back injury during a CrossFit class sent me back to school for a business degree.

At 50, during a workout, I had chest pains. The angiogram found one of my main arteries 90% blocked. A stent was placed. I was shocked — and I started researching. What did I do wrong? How does someone "healthy" end up here?

That's when I committed, fully, to becoming a Certified Functional Nutritionist. I don't want anyone else to be blindsided the way I was. Nutrition, supplements and lifestyle can prevent, maintain and even reverse what we've been told is permanent.

There is no one-size-fits-all in nutrition. You are unique. I am here to listen to your story, and to find the clues to uncover the root cause of your illness.