Cristal is a registered pharmacist in the State of Florida and the founder of Palm Beach Functional Health. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2000, and has been a practicing pharmacist ever since. She also earned her certificate in Functional Medicine from the American Academy of Functional Health. While helping patients with their prescriptions, Cristal realized that many people with chronic conditions continue to get worse despite taking medications. This spawned her passion for Functional Medicine which helps find the root cause of disease, instead of just treating the symptoms. So now she is an online functional medicine pharmacist, helping people get better, naturally.
A wife, mother of four, and avid endurance athlete, Cristal loves spending time outdoors. She likes to swim, run, and especially bike. She also loves to spend her free time at the beach, and enjoys following new developments in natural medicine research.
More than just words, Cristal lives out what she teaches. She has used lifestyle and nutritional techniques to conquer an Ironman Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a 26.2 mile run), ridden her bike 167 miles across Florida (in one day) and crushed the 12-hour Sebring Bike Race, completing 212 miles in 11 hours and 51 minutes. She did all this in her forties, after spending most of her life pretty much sedentary. She found her motivation and prides herself in helping others find what inspires them to live their best lives.