ReInvent Healthcare
Reinvent Healthcare provides support, insight, and cutting edge information for health and wellness practitioners passionately committed to transforming our broken, disease-focused, healthcare system. Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, the founder of the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology, shares more than 30 years of clinical experience using science-based, nutritional and natural approaches for successfully correcting the imbalances that lead to chronic disease. Her vast knowledge, infectious energy, and love for all things geeky will provide listeners with the kind of insights and information found nowhere else. Her commitment to and success in supporting the body's own ability to heal makes her a proven leader in the field of functional healthcare. An internationally recognized nutrition and women’s health authority, Dr. Ritamarie’s goal is to provide practitioners with the knowledge and tools needed to guide their clients to optimal, lasting health. Reinvent Healthcare provides that rare opportunity to thoroughly explore complicated issues. Dr. Ritamarie and expert guests will devote an entire month to a complex health topic, focusing on specific aspects each week. In the final episode, she will respond to questions submitted by her listeners, making Reinvent Healthcare a uniquely interactive and personal experience. Dr. Ritamarie leads the way in the exploration and use of proven, science-backed, restorative therapeutics that go well beyond treating symptoms and get to the root cause of disease. Using diet, exercise, adaptogens, fasting, intermittent fasting, effective and directed supplementation, blood sugar and ketone testing, vitamin and mineral analysis, and herbal therapy, Dr. Ritamarie proves repeatedly that our bodies have an innate wisdom to heal when supported properly. A self-proclaimed geek with a gift for teaching, Dr. Ritamarie will use nutritional endocrinology, nutrigenomics, epigenetics, functional assessments, and comprehensive lab testing, to take a deep dive into the science behind stubborn, yet common conditions such as inflammation, diabetes, food allergies, parasites, hair loss, hyper and hypo thyroidism, insulin dysregulation, autoimmune disease, Alzheimer's, adrenal fatigue, metabolic imbalance, gluten sensitivity, and microbiome/GI tract issues. She will also explore recognized but lesser known holistic approaches that are moving to the forefront of the wellness industry. Be sure to join Dr. Ritamarie and Reinvent Healthcare each week, your go-to podcast for finding solutions to a broken system, one success story at a time. More about your host Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is a best-selling author and speaker known for her extensive knowledge, infectious energy, and inspirational message that encourages individuals to become their own best health advocate. She is an internationally recognized nutrition and health authority who specializes in using the wisdom of nature to restore hormone balance with a special emphasis on thyroid, adrenal and insulin imbalances. She founded the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology to empower health and nutrition practitioners to get to the root cause of health concerns by using functional assessments and natural therapeutics to balance the endocrine system, the body's master controller. Dr. Ritamarie is a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic with Certification in Acupuncture and is a Diplomat of the American Clinical Nutrition Board. She is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist with a Master’s in Human Nutrition, has completed a 2-year, 500-hour Herbal Medicine Program at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies and has a master's degree in Computer Science, which contributes to her skills as an ace problem solver. To explore her life-changing programs and receive a free guide to Hormone Balance, or for more information about Dr. Ritamarie, please visit her website at https://drritamarie.com.
Episodes
Inflammation is the biological fire underlying most chronic disease. In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo returns with NEPT graduates Steph Jackson and Jennifer Whitmire to uncover how food fuels or fights inflammation.
From autoimmune flares and brain fog to hidden cardiovascular risks, the trio explores how everyday foods, even so-called “healthy” ones, can lead to inflammation, and what to do about it. This episode will shift ...
What if the biggest block to your client’s healing isn’t the protocol but their fear of change?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with mindset and motivation expert Toni St. Clair to uncover what really stops clients from moving forward, and how you can become the kind of practitioner who inspires lasting transformation.
You’ll discover Toni’s 3-part framework for turning fear into focus, overwhelm into...
What if your patient’s “normal labs” were hiding a serious disease? What if protocols were making them worse, and you didn’t know?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with functional nutrition experts and NEPT grads Steph Jackson and Jennifer Whitmire to challenge the shallow training and one-size-fits-all approaches flooding the health coaching industry.
You’ll hear raw stories of autoimmune recovery, near-missed diagn...
What if the first signs of insulin resistance have nothing to do with glucose?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie uncovers the hidden metabolic dialogue between the liver and pancreas. It’s a connection that begins to break down long before glucose or A1C raise red flags. Beneath the surface of “normal labs” lies a growing storm: insulin buildup, glucagon misfires, and early beta-cell stress that quietly unravel m...
Hot flashes, mood swings, and brain fog. Too often, these symptoms are brushed off as inevitable signs of aging. What if these are your client’s early warning system of deeper hormonal chaos already underway?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with hormone specialist and bestselling author Dr. Mariza Snyder to discuss the critical phase of perimenopause. Long before menopause sets in, subtle shifts in ho...
What if the first signs of metabolic breakdown aren’t in the pancreas or the blood sugar but hidden deep in the liver?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie takes you inside the metabolic feedback loop few practitioners are trained to detect. Long before glucose rises or A1C shifts, subtle signals in the liver may already be pointing to a much bigger problem. They’re easy to miss, unless you know where to look. Disco...
What if your client’s labs show everything is “normal,” but their symptoms are screaming otherwise? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with holistic nutritionist and restorative wellness practitioner Divya Gupta to uncover the hidden truths behind thyroid dysfunction.
Drawing from her own journey with Hashimoto’s and gallbladder surgery—while juggling a high-stress corporate career—Divya reveals the over...
What if a key regulator of blood sugar, fat storage, and insulin sensitivity was hiding in plain sight, active only in the dark?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie explores one of the most overlooked hormonal players in metabolic function. It’s not a supplement, not a medication, and not a superfood, but it profoundly influences metabolic health. It plays a role in glucose uptake, mitochondrial health, and inflamm...
What if your patient’s persistent symptoms aren’t fully explained by labs, imaging, or even your best root-cause protocols? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with rheumatologist-turned-integrative-healer Dr. Isabelle Amigues to explore the deeper messages the body is trying to send—through pain, illness, and resistance to healing.
Drawing from her unique lens as both a Western-trained physician an...
If your clients are gaining weight in their 40s or 50s despite clean eating and regular movement, it’s not simply “aging” or “hormones.”
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie explores a metabolic adaptation that occurs during midlife and alters how the body responds to glucose, insulin, and stress. There’s a multi-system shift that rewires fat storage, energy production, and appetite regulation.
What if one of the mos...
Are hot flashes just an inconvenience—or a warning sign of deeper dysfunction? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with triple board-certified hormone expert Dr. Lorraine Maita to challenge outdated myths around hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and menopause care.
From debilitating mood swings and memory lapses to hidden bone loss and cardiovascular risks, Dr. Maita reveals why conventional medi...
What if your clients’ metabolic struggles weren’t just related to insulin, cortisol, or diet but a deeper, overlooked hormone that bridges the gap?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie pulls back the curtain on one of the most underestimated players in metabolic function: oxytocin. You’ll discover why this “feel-good” hormone is far more than a bonding chemical and why ignoring it could mean missing a key piece in y...
Most people believe kidney decline is a one-way street to dialysis. But what if that’s simply not true? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie is joined by Dr. Robin Rose, a pioneering physician who turned her own diagnosis of kidney cancer and stage four kidney disease into a journey of recovery—and a new medical paradigm called Renology.
Discover what functional medicine gets wrong about kidneys and how practi...
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie dives into the raging “diet wars”—from carnivore to keto, vegan to paleo—and exposes the dangerous trap practitioners and health seekers fall into when they choose sides. What if every diet is both right and wrong? And what if the truth lies not in the diet… but in the person?
This episode doesn’t take sides. It’s about dismantling the entire argument and replacing it with a smar...
Most practitioners never consider the eyes when evaluating metabolic health. But what if vision changes are an early sign of deeper dysfunction?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with Dr. Rani Banik—a board-certified neuro-ophthalmologist and integrative medicine expert—to explore how eye health is influenced by diet, oxidative stress, and blood sugar imbalance.
If you’re overlooking the eyes in...
Are Your Clients Getting Too Much… or Not Enough? Why the real answer lies in something most “experts” ignore.
When it comes to protein, opinions are everywhere, and confusion is rampant. Should your clients eat more? Less? Go animal-based? Plant-powered? What about leucine, sarcopenia, and kidney stress?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie breaks through the confusion with a functional medicine lens, revealing why standard protein advice...
You’ve heard the hype—pile on the protein to build muscle, lose weight, and stay youthful. But is this high-protein push quietly accelerating aging, inflammation, and even cancer? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with quintuple board-certified physician and integrative pathologist, Dr. Monisha Bhanote, to expose the biological truth behind protein consumption.
From the microscopic changes happ...
Your clients are doing everything “right”—cutting carbs, eating clean, avoiding sugar—and their glucose looks perfectly fine. But they’re still dealing with brain fog, stubborn weight, fatigue, or high blood pressure. What gives?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie uncovers a hidden force that could be quietly derailing even your healthiest clients—an invisible saboteur that standard labs overlook. What if insulin is rising… even when bl...
What if ADHD, anxiety, and mood swings weren’t just about brain chemistry—but a cry for help from the gut, genes, and immune system?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with integrative mental health professional Mary Parker for a deeply personal and eye-opening conversation. After watching her son regress into seizures and developmental delays following a vaccine injury, Mary stepped away from t...
They’re plant-based, they’re cholesterol-free, and they’re lurking in everything from “healthy” salad dressings to organic snack bars. But what if the real danger is something far more insidious hiding in plain sight than seed oils or even omega-6 overload?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo unpacks the heated debate around seed oils—and why the real conversation goes deeper than the typical social ...
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