About Dr. Melissa Ann
Founder of Advanced Nutrition 4 Life
Melissa Ann is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner and functional medicine expert who serves a very specific clientele: high-functioning individuals facing early cognitive decline who are ready to take ownership of their brain health—before it’s too late.
She didn't come to this work through textbooks alone. Her life has been shaped by profound personal loss, scientific curiosity, and relentless spiritual searching. From the trauma of losing one of her twins, to watching her own health unravel as a young woman, to later discovering in 2017 that she carries two copies of the APOE ε4 gene (a genetic profile linked to Alzheimer’s), Melissa has lived with the questions her clients are now asking: Is there something I can do? Am I too late?
The answer, she insists, is no. But only if you're willing to act.
Advanced Nutrition 4 Life
Where faith meets food. Where your biology meets your breakthrough.
Melissa’s passion for brain optimization is rooted in both science and soul. She holds a Master’s in Health and Nutrition Education and earned her Doctorate with Superior Distinction in Holistic Sports Nutrition. Her approach uses advanced diagnostic tools to identify hidden contributors to neurodegeneration—such as neuroinflammation, insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction, blood-brain barrier permeability, and impaired detoxification.
Her clients are professionals, leaders, and visionaries who are no longer willing to settle for “watchful waiting” or vague pharmaceutical promises. They value their mental edge and know their wealth is meaningless without their health.
But Melissa’s journey also includes walking through the fire. In 2018, her son left home. In 2019, her husband passed away. That same year, her daughter stepped into her own direction. Suddenly, Melissa found herself alone—an empty nester, a widow, and emotionally burned out from years of trying to help everyone with too little return.
So she traveled. She grieved. She searched across continents.
And eventually, she returned. Not just to Florida—but to herself.
“No matter where I went, I was always with me. I didn’t need to reinvent who I was. I needed to remember.”
Today, Dr. Melissa Ann serves those who are ready: the ones who know that brain health is everything, and that healing starts at the root—biochemically, emotionally, and spiritually.
