SPEAKING UP -- AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AWARENESS
Meet Brit, Founder - Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis
DISCLAIMER: Autoimmunediseaseawareness.com is not built by doctors, but rather a lifelong patient frustrated by the lack of truth and natural health information ignored by our healthcare system.
We are speaking up about autoimmune disease awareness for all, is an ode to the years I lost to illness. After meticulous reading and research, we are here to reclaim a new era of self care while returning back to nature for answers.
My name is Brit, I am a 37 years old, and in looking back, I have suffered from autoimmune-related illness for as long as I can remember.
But in January of 2021, my body began to stiffen at every joint point, I was unable to walk or even bend my fingers enough to turn a doorknob.
After a lifetime of ignored signs and symptoms from our healthcare system, some bloodwork returned with a firm diagnosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, an autoimmune spinal disease.
When I asked my doctor what more I could be done and if diet mattered, she simply said, no. But my curious inner voice urged me to find my own answers. I began to study books on autoimmune disease, inflammation, epigenetics, and lately, the truth behind the dangerous levels of toxicity in our world today.
This self-advocacy act, led me on a path that has changed the trajectory of my life.
I learned that toxic foods, poisonous products, environmental toxins, and stress were at the root cause of all my symptoms. And if I could avoid certain foods, toxic daily products, and learn to live stress-free, I could potentially recover.
And so, I cut all ties with all inflammatory foods, heck my ability to walk was on the line. I embraced an organic non-toxic lifestyle after years of chronic disease, ambiguous pain and suffering.
I have not had one single bite of grain, dairy, or potato chip since January 2021 and this might sound extreme, but I have never looked back. Each day I am slowly peeling back the layers to who I truly am, without dodging symptoms daily and that feeling is priceless.
In sharing my story and holistic health practices for autoimmune disease on social media I've been flooded with DMs of people privately speaking up about their mysterious health concerns, far to many to ignore!
So here we are in 2024, I am still on my healing journey. . . calming a lifetime of inflammation and leaky gut. But I can proudly say my most recent inflammation markers were undetectable and I am feeling radiant with energy.
I made the personal choice to stop injecting my prescribed pharmaceutical medication. Today I am symptom-free through my dedication to natural health: proper hydration, healing foods, holistic herbs, specific supplements, holistic health practices, detoxification of the body, energetic healing, and deep restorative sleep.
I am deep in exploration everyday to find my most healthy vibrational self and I want to bring you with me.
It is impossible to know it all, but I do know for certain when we come together as a collective we are unbreakable. So here's to speaking up about autoimmune disease awareness, the truth behind the root causes and how to restore the body from those who are living proof.
