Because I needed

to take a dump, exactly.

So how actually I found functional medicine was not necessarily to heal myself, but that is what came about as a result.

It was kind of like, how do I get back into dealing with the body? I mean, it's something that I've always been fascinated by.

and have always loved.

So I'm like, okay, I'm no longer working for my ex-husband, what is my next step? And I happened to go to a lecture from a local nutritionist, and she had Dr.

Mark Hyman's book, The Ultra Metabolism, you know, on her table, and she was talking about Dr. Hyman, and I picked up the book, bought it, and I went, oh my goodness, this is Totally makes sense to me.

Are they aware of the talk or are your clients more, they're somewhat aware?

No one inspired you to do this type of work.

Well, the inspiration probably was seeded in my early 20s.

So that was a long time ago.

So I've always been fascinated by the human body, how it works.

And I actually started off going to school, kind of going to physical therapy.

And then I switched gears halfway through and got my degree in dietetics and food administration.

And then I didn't do anything with it.

Now, back to the show.

It used to be and then they've stopped that.

And that's kind of happened here in the United States as well.

And it really surprises me because for those of you who aren't aware, so this will help you, I would think.

have more reasons and we do need to know sometimes we have to play the game right we we learn that we have to play the game to get what we want and that's fine but vitamin d is so important so it's it's important for bone density for keeping our minerals in our body so if there's a history a genetic history of osteoporosis that might be a reason to get your vitamin d tested okay it is It's super important for modulation of the immune system.

So if you have an autoimmune disease, it's really important, although doctors don't make the connection.

And that's where I want to just shake them.

It's like, this person has an autoimmune disease.

And I know from seeing my clients, they don't really know who to turn to, to get good information about what they should be doing when they get diagnosed with a thyroid issue as well.