Culinary Wellness with Reid
The nervous system cannot regulate on an empty tank.
And it cannot heal on a depleted one.
This is why the food matters.
Most people don’t realize they have two nervous systems.
The one in their brain and spine. And the one in their gut.
The enteric nervous system contains over 100 million nerve cells lining your gastrointestinal tract. It communicates directly with your brain via the vagus nerve — the same pathway Britney works with in every somatic healing session.
Your gut produces 90% of your body's serotonin. It regulates inflammation. It signals safety or threat to your nervous system before your brain has time to process what's happening.
A dysregulated gut is a dysregulated nervous system.
This is why what you eat is not separate from how you feel emotionally, mentally, and energetically. Chronic anxiety, brain fog, mood instability, fatigue — these are not just psychological problems. They are often nutritional ones.
Reid Armstrong is a private chef and ancestral nutrition practitioner who spent years in San Diego's most demanding kitchens before finding the answer to one question that wouldn't leave him alone:
Why do people eat well and still feel terrible?
The answer led him to ancestral nutrition. The foods that built the healthiest populations in human history — whole animals, organ meats, bone broth, raw dairy, fermented foods, seasonal produce. Food that doesn't just taste good. Food that actually does something.
Britney works with the nervous system from the body up. Reid works with it from the plate up.
Together — it's a complete system.
What Reid Offers
Private Chef Experiences
Custom in-home dining built around ancestral nutrition principles. Reid sources quality ingredients, prepares everything in your kitchen, and creates an experience that is both extraordinary and deeply nourishing. Available for private dinners, wellness retreats, Airbnb stays, and corporate events throughout San Diego.
Retreat & Event Catering
Specialized menus for yoga retreats, somatic healing intensives, detox programs, and holistic gatherings. Full-service meal prep, plating, and cleanup. Reid collaborates directly with wellness practitioners to build menus that support the healing work.
Nutritional Consultation
One-on-one sessions focused on how your current diet is affecting your nervous system, energy, mood, and regulation. Reid assesses your current eating patterns and builds a practical ancestral nutrition framework tailored to your actual life.
Fire & Root Pop-Up Dinners
Seasonal outdoor dining experiences celebrating ancestral cooking, local produce, and community. Open-fire cooking. Ocean-to-table menus. The kind of meal that reminds you what food is actually for.
Integrated Wellness Experience
Reid and Britney's signature combined offering — somatic healing and ancestral nutrition in a single immersive experience. The nervous system supported from every direction at once.
Ready to nourish your nervous system?
Reach out to Reid directly to discuss your event, dinner experience, or nutritional consultation.
Every experience is custom built around your specific needs, goals, and the people you're feeding.