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
You’ve seen cases where everything appears to line up, yet nothing changes.
The labs are acceptable.
The genetics make sense.
The plan is solid, and progress stalls.
At that point, most practitioners begin adjusting. When a case stalls like this, the issue is rarely the intervention itself.
It is the timing.
Genetics suggests what may be needed.
Labs show where the system is under strain.
Symptoms reflect how the body is compensating.
When ...
What’s Inside This Episode?
- Why oxytocin is more than a “love hormone”
- • The hidden link between oxytocin and digestion, gut motility, and metabolism
- • How oxytocin influences blood sugar and pancreatic function
- • Why environmental toxins disrupt oxytocin more than other hormones
- • The connection between oxytocin, mood, bonding, and emotional resilience
- • How hormone imbalances contribute to disconnection and chronic illness
- ...
You’ve seen this before. A genetic report comes back loaded with red SNPs.
MTHFR. APOE. COMT, and suddenly everything feels more complicated. More supplements. More restrictions. More second-guessing.
That creates overwhelm.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie breaks down how to actually use genetics in practice without turning it into a list of problems to fix. SNPs aren’t diagnoses, and they don’t tell you what to do on their own.
What m...
HPV gets treated like a life sentence, and the conversation usually stops at fear, procedures, or a vaccine that does not fully protect. In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie talks with women’s health expert Dr. Doni Wilson about what actually drives HPV persistence, why most women are told “there’s nothing you can do,” and how a terrain-based approach helps the body clear high-risk HPV and stay negative long term.
You’ll learn what to loo...
If you’ve practiced long enough, you’ve seen this. Labs come back “normal,” and yet… the person in front of you clearly isn’t. Fatigue. Brain fog. Anxiety. Metabolic dysfunction. All of these are dismissed, because the numbers fall inside a reference range.
Reference ranges are statistical. They are not optimal.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie walks through how to interpret labs in context by looking at patterns, physiology, and funct...
Activated forms. Methylated forms. Chelated minerals. The supplement world often implies that newer or “activated” means better, but does it?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie continues the supplementation conversation, this time through the lens of genetics, enzyme efficiency, and precision forms. She breaks down when activated nutrients truly matter, when they don’t, and why choosing the wrong form can stall progress just as much as ...
You run the labs and a nutrient comes back low. What’s your first move?
For many practitioners, the reflex is simple: replace it. But we’re living in the most over-supplemented era in history. People are taking magnesium for sleep, B12 for energy, iron for fatigue, adaptogens for stress, creatine for cognition without asking the most important question.
Why is it low in the first place?
That question is the difference between protocol...
What if the biggest lever for metabolic health is not another protocol, supplement, or perfect diet? What if it’s the environment people live in, and the relationships that shape daily choices?
In this conversation, Dr. Ritamarie speaks with Dan Buettner Jr. of Blue Zones about what the world’s longest-lived populations can teach us, and how entire U.S. cities are applying those lessons through practical changes in people, places, a...
Creatine is one of the most researched supplements in the world, yet it’s still surrounded by confusion, especially when it comes to kidney health and lab interpretation.
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie looks at creatine through a clinical lens. She explains why creatinine levels often rise when someone takes creatine, why that change is frequently misinterpreted as kidney damage, and what labs actually tell us...
Why do some people experience sound, light, stress, and even social interactions so differently?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with functional practitioner Dr. Sam Shay to explore what he calls the “neuro-spicy brain.” They unpack how genetics, sensory processing, and nervous system signaling shape the way neurodivergent individuals experience the world.
You’ll hear why many neurodivergent people are...
If you’ve practiced long enough, you’ve seen this pattern. Two clients present with nearly identical labs. You design the same protocol expecting similar progress, and the outcomes couldn’t be more different. One improves quickly. The other barely moves.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie dives into metabolic readiness, why some protocols work beautifully for some clients and don’t move the needle for others. She explains how metabolic ...
You’ve run the labs, designed the perfect plan, and your client is following it… but progress stalls. Why is that happening?
In today’s episode, we dive into why even the most well-designed functional protocols can fall short. It's not that your plan was wrong. It’s about sequencing. The body doesn't respond to everything at once, and when we miss the critical regulatory hierarchy, even the best plans can stall.
We’ll unpack the gap ...
Despite the rising popularity of high-protein, low-carb diets and macro tracking, metabolic disease is still on the rise. So why isn’t the perfect macro balance solving the problem?
In today’s episode, Dr. Ritamarie explores why focusing solely on macronutrients isn’t enough to restore metabolic health. While macros are important, they’re only one piece of the puzzle. The real key lies in understanding how the body responds to thos...
A sudden loss can shake even the most grounded among us.
In this deeply personal solocast, Dr. Ritamarie reflects on the unexpected death of a colleague in the natural health community and the vulnerability it surfaced. When someone who appears healthy dies suddenly, it forces a difficult but necessary question: what silent risks might be accumulating beneath the surface?
This episode explores the quiet progression of cardiovascular ...
Trauma isn't just something that lives in our minds. It has a profound impact on our biology. In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with Dr. Aimie Apigian, a double board-certified physician and expert in trauma biology, to explore the hidden impact of trauma on metabolism, immunity, and the nervous system. Dr. Apigian explains how unresolved trauma can trigger physical symptoms, including chronic illness.
You’ll discover the bio...
Most nutrition advice still treats food as fuel, calories to burn, macros to balance, energy to manage. The body doesn’t experience food that way.
In this foundational episode, Dr. Ritamarie explains why food is first and foremost information, a powerful metabolic signal that shapes hormones, stress responses, inflammation, and repair, before calories are ever used.
You’ll learn why rigid nutrition plans often fail, why the same food...
Most people assume metabolic breakdown is due to missing hormones, nutrients, or protocols. The truth? It’s often a misunderstanding of how the body works.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie explains why chronic metabolic issues aren’t solved by fixing isolated markers, and why systems-level thinking is essential for healing. She introduces nutritional endocrinology and how the body adapts, communicates, and prioritizes survival through...
In today’s special 4-year anniversary episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo reflects on the evolution of the ReInvent Healthcare podcast and the critical need for systems thinking in healthcare.
From the beginning, this podcast has aimed to challenge the status quo, helping practitioners and health-seekers break free from the limitations of reductionist medicine. Dr. Ritamarie explores why foundational knowledge alone is not enough and ho...
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What if the key to resolving your client’s chronic inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, or hormone imbalance was a neural switch hidden in the body? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with “The Vagus Nerve Doc,” Dr. Navaz Habib, to expose how vagus nerve a...
Chronic fatigue and unexplained illness can be incredibly frustrating for patients and practitioners alike. In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie dives deep with Dr. Alison Grimston, a UK-based functional medicine physician, to uncover the hidden contributors to chronic fatigue, including mold toxicity, Lyme disease, Long COVID, and reactivated infections.
You’ll learn how to approach these complex cases with compassion, advanced testing, ...
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