about britt reuter
Being diagnosed with two autoimmune conditions didn’t stop me.
After years of struggle, I learned I could ask for more. I’ve rebuilt my health and I’m #livingmybestlife. Now I help others do the same.
“I feel most aligned with my purpose when I’m empowering others to overcome the symptoms they feel stuck with and dare to ask for more from their health.”
my story
In 1998, I was diagnosed with my first autoimmune disease.
I was just 11 years old.
For a long time, doctors were stumped by my rapid weight loss (despite my voracious appetite), racing heart rate, bulging eyes, and tremors.
When I was finally diagnosed with Graves’ disease (something uncommon in a child so young) and prescribed a 3x’s daily regimen of pharmaceuticals, I remember feeling scared and isolated.
Going to a specialty medical center with my Mom and three younger siblings for monthly tests gave me tremendous anxiety. My eyes would well and I’d look away every time when the nurse came in to draw blood for my tests.
I didn’t have any peers that could relate to what I was going through and I rarely shared details of my experience with them.
What other 6th grader would possibly understand that I was on the same blood pressure medication as my 80yo grandparents?
When you’re in the throes of dealing with a chronic inflammatory condition and painfully isolating symptoms it can be easy to narrow your expectations of what health can look like for you.
“All I want is for this to go away and for me to feel normal again.”
It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with a second autoimmune disease in my early 20s that I started to learn that I could ask for more from my health.
I’d already been in that place where I just wanted to make it through one more day; where all I wanted was to feel like your average kid who didn’t have a clue what a thyroid was.
This time was going to be different though.
I decided that “good enough” wasn’t good enough for me.
I didn’t want to just survive; I wanted to thrive.
I decided I wasn’t going to just “go through” this obstacle. This time, I was going to “grow through” it.
Sure, those might sound like the sort of cheesy motivational quotes you read on Pinterest. That’s fair. But to me, this re-frame made all the difference in the world!
Instead of asking questions like, “When can this just be over?”, I started to wonder…
“What factors brought me to this point in my health?”
“What changes can I make that will support and nourish my body?”
“What can this challenge teach me?”
If you’re like me and you’re done settling for “just getting by” and are bold enough to ask for MORE from your health, then I want you to take the next step.
Professional Bio
Britt Reuter MS, CNS, LDN
Britt is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Master of Science in Human Nutrition program at the University of Bridgeport.
Britt uses an in-depth, root cause approach to help clients combat hair-harming inflammation. They help clients combine nutrition and lifestyle habits for hair and whole-body health.
Aimee Ely MS, CNS, LDN
Aimee is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist. She earned a Masters of Science in Holistic Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health and has been working on Britt’s team for three years.
Britt + Aimee use a collaborative approach, working as a team to help support their clients in achieving their wellness goals.
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Webinars
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Fullscript: Functional Approach to Healthy Hair and Scalp
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American Nutrition Association: Why is My Hair Falling Out?