Peptides are everywhere right now, in social media, practitioner circles,  and supplement protocols. But are they really the solution for autoimmune and gut healing… or just another overhyped tool?

In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is joined by functional health experts Steph Jackson and Jennifer Whitmire to explore how peptides may support gut repair, reduce immune reactivity, and help stabilize autoimmune clients.

They don’t hold back. This is a grounded, real-world conversation about how peptides actually work, when to use them, how to layer them into gut programs, and when not to waste your money.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• What peptides really are and which ones actually support gut and immune healing
• When peptides might help restore tight junction integrity and reduce leaky gut
• The real risks: growth promotion, poor absorption, and overreliance
• Why “jumping on the peptide bandwagon” can backfire if root causes aren’t addressed
• How to time peptides with food, supplements, and protein intake
• Oral vs. subcutaneous vs. intranasal delivery—what the research actually says
• Items like dosage, pulsing, retesting, and client readiness
• Why peptides should support and not replace your root-cause solutions
• The power of true gut and autoimmune repair

Resources and Links:

• Download our FREE Metabolic Health Guide here.  
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group here for free resources and community support
• Reserve your spot for our Reinvent Healthcare Online Event Nov 7-9! It’s the event of the year for practitioners serious about root-cause healing. 
• Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice by getting life-changing results. 
• Check out other podcast episodes here

Guest Resources and Links

Steph Jackson

• Join the Friendly Flora Collective – Microbiome Membership
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Jennifer Whitmire

• Join the Culinary Healing Circle
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Steph Jackson

If you are ready to go deep with your digestive health and you need more than slippery elm, you will enjoy working with Nutritional Endocrinology coach, Steph Jackson. Steph loves customizing balancing programs for the micro biome, working with fermented foods, and looking at how the body systems work together. After finding and clearing the root cause of her severe physical pain and exhaustion, Steph has gone on to help others to do the same. She is also the proud founder of Crave Conscious, a non-dairy yogurt company based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jennifer Whitmire 

On a mission to save body parts, Jennifer Whitmire is a culinary coach, health educator, and master herbalist specializing in autoimmune and thyroid health. Since 2017, she’s taught women how to heal with food by restoring energy, balancing hormones, and repairing the gut through science-backed, whole food plant-based cooking and kitchen-based strategies.