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
Why reassuring glucose and A1c results may conceal the metabolic work happening behind the scenes.
Two people can have the same fasting glucose and A1c and have very different metabolic health.
One may be maintaining those numbers efficiently. The other may be producing substantially more insulin just to keep blood sugar in range.
The numbers look the same, but the physiology isn’t.
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare...
A diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis tells you what’s happening with the bone, but not why.
Calcium, vitamin D, exercise, and medication may all have a role, but …
Why is this person losing bone?
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie explores how lab testing can reveal what’s happening beneath the surface, from bone turnover and mineral regulation to hormones, metabolic health, digestion, inflam...
Your client has a complicated history with multiple symptoms, diagnoses, and a long list of things they have already tried.
How do you know what to address first?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is joined by Dr. Tom Moorcroft, DO, America’s Lyme Recovery Expert and a leading voice in chronic Lyme disease, mold illness, and complex chronic conditions.
Together, they explore why complex cases require more than another prot...
A T-score can tell you that bone density is low, but it cannot tell you the whole story.
It cannot tell you why someone lost bone, whether the results are influenced by factors like arthritis or degeneration, whether bone quality is compromised, or whether the person has the muscle, nutrition, hormones, and metabolic support needed to reduce fracture risk.
In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie explores why practitione...
Sleep issues are one of the most common complaints practitioners see and often one of the most frustrating to resolve.
Your client may be exhausted but unable to sleep. They may fall asleep easily but wake up at 3 AM and cannot get back to sleep. They may be following recommendations, taking supplements, and doing “all the right things,” yet their body still seems unable to recover.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalz...
Many people are taking calcium, vitamin D, and other bone-supportive supplements, yet their bone density continues to decline.
What are we missing?
Bone is not just a calcium storage site. It is living tissue that depends on a complex network of nutrients, signals, and systems working together. Protein, amino acids, muscle, gut health, hormones, blood sugar balance, and nutrient absorption all influence whether the body has what it n...
A DEXA scan can tell you that bone density has changed, but it does not tell you why bone is being lost or what is happening inside the bone remodeling process.
Bone is living, metabolically active tissue that is constantly breaking down and rebuilding. If we want to change the trajectory of bone loss, we need to understand the signals and patterns driving that process, not simply wait for the next scan.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamari...
Muscle, Movement, and Bone Strength: Why Resistance Training Is Essential Beyond Walking and Jumping
Muscle, Movement, and Bone Strength: Why Resistance Training Is Essential Beyond Walking and Jumping
Many clients with osteopenia or osteoporosis are told to walk more, stay active, and protect their bones, but what if they are missing one of the most important factors influencing bone strength?
Bone health is not just about the skeleton. It is connected to the muscles that support it, the forces placed on it, and the body&r...
Your clients are walking every day. They may be exercising consistently, taking calcium and vitamin D, and their bone density may still be declining.
The missing piece may be understanding what kind of movement actually communicates with bone.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo explores why movement is more than exercise. It is a biological signal that influences bone remodeling, muscle strength, metabolism, and overall resilien...
Osteoporosis is often reduced to a simple formula: calcium, vitamin D, and weight-bearing exercise.
What if declining bone density is actually a signal of a much larger communication breakdown happening throughout the body?
Bone is not just a structural framework. It is a living endocrine and metabolic tissue that communicates with hormones, muscles, the gut, the brain, the immune system, and metabolism. When we only focus on the bon...
Your clients know what they should eat, yet cravings, nighttime snacking, and persistent hunger continue. The missing piece may not be the food itself, but the message their meals are sending to the body.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie explains why two people can eat the same foods and have completely different appetite responses. Discover why the way a meal is structured, timed, and experienced can determine whether the body feels ...
What if the chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalances, anxiety, or other persistent symptoms you’re seeing aren’t just about labs, diet, or lifestyle but unresolved grief?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with Dr. Sweta Vikram, an internationally recognized Ayurvedic practitioner, grief coach, and trauma-informed yoga teacher, to explore how unresolved grief can impact physiology, behavior, and well-being.
Dr. Vikram w...
Your clients eat full meals, yet cravings persist. Nighttime snacking, blood sugar swings, and constant hunger aren’t willpower. They’re signals. Appetite is controlled by a complex network of hormones, the nervous system, gut, microbiome, muscle, and nutrient status.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo explains why focusing on a single hormone like GLP-1 isn’t enough. She shows how to identify the patterns dri...
Clients eat full meals but still struggle with cravings, nighttime snacking, and persistent hunger. These are signs that the body’s satiety signals aren’t working. GLP-1 is only one piece of a larger network connecting the gut, brain, pancreas, liver, and muscles.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie explores why fullness signals sometimes fail and what practitioners should consider when standard interventions aren’t eno...
GLP-1 medications are everywhere, but the real solution may already be inside your clients. This hormone is released naturally with every meal to regulate appetite, blood sugar, and metabolic resilience.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo shows how to activate your clients’ own GLP-1 through food, habits, and lifestyle beyond drugs, gimmicks, or one-size-fits-all protocols.
What’s Inside This Episode:
- Why...
There are cases that don’t resolve the way you expect them to.
The labs look reasonable. The protocol makes sense.
And yet… something isn’t shifting.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with Kim Rogers to explore a layer that’s often debated and often misunderstood—parasites, gut burden, and the role they may play in complex, unresolved cases.
This isn’t about assuming parasites are the answer...
Peptides are everywhere: fat loss, tissue healing, gut repair, sleep, hormones, inflammation, brain health, anti-aging, and recovery. The real question isn’t whether peptides influence physiology. They do. The question is: can the body respond?
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo unpacks the hype versus the science behind peptides. You’ll learn why peptides are signaling molecules, why foundational health matters mor...
GLP-1 medications are everywhere in metabolic health conversations, but weight loss doesn’t equal metabolic restoration. Appetite suppression without strategy can compromise muscle, nutrient status, digestion, and long-term resilience.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie walks through a functional practitioner’s approach to GLP-1s, including how to protect lean mass, maintain nutrient density, optimize metabolic flexibility, ...
The conversation around seed oils is confusing. Some claim they are toxic, while others insist omega-6 fats are harmless. The truth lies elsewhere. The important factors are what the oil contains, how it is processed, and the metabolic health of the person consuming it.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo cuts through the confusion, unpacking: fatty acid balance, omega-6 to omega-3 ratios, oxidation, cell membrane signaling, inf...
You’ve increased estrogen.
You’ve supported the gut.
You’ve cleaned up the protocol.
And… she’s still dealing with dryness. recurrent UTIs., and discomfort that keeps coming back.
At some point, it stops being a hormone conversation.
When labs look “fine” and symptoms persist, adding more support doesn’t fix the problem. It just exposes it.
In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie sits down with Dr....
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