Social media is flooded with health advice—much of it loud, extreme, and downright misleading. But what happens when those “one-size-fits-all” solutions actually miss the mark?

In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sounds the alarm on the rise of over-simplified, fear-based messaging in the health world. She explores why true healing can’t be reduced to trending foods, magic detoxes, or black-and-white thinking—and how practitioners can rise above the noise by getting back to the science and honoring the individuality of every client.

If you’re a functional or holistic practitioner feeling overwhelmed by conflicting messages, or simply want to sharpen your clinical integrity, this episode is a powerful reset.

What You’ll Discover Inside:

When Health Advice Becomes Harmful – The quiet shift happening online that’s leaving even well-intentioned practitioners misinformed.

The Food Fear Epidemic – What’s really behind the sudden paranoia around spinach, kale, and cruciferous veggies?

The Truth Behind the Studies – How published research might be leading your clients—and you—down the wrong path.

The Protein Most People Trust… But Shouldn’t – A common “health food” that may be silently spiking insulin and blocking progress.

Why 80% Success Might Be Your Downfall – The small percentage of clients who don’t get better… and why they matter more than you think.

What Influencers Can’t Teach You – The deep functional insight that separates clinical success from viral sound bites.

How to Spot the Hidden Imbalance – The overlooked red flags that reveal when a client’s root cause is being completely missed.

Resources & Links

• Get our Free Guide: The Functional Food Guide
• Join the Practitioner Community: Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook Group
• Advanced Practitioner Training: Visit INEMethod.com for certifications and clinical tools.

Explore More Episodes on ReInvent Healthcare and Functional Food here

You’ve optimized gut health, balanced hormones, and tackled blood sugar—but what if the biggest health clue is sitting right behind your glasses?

In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo goes deep with Claudia Muehlenweg, The Holistic Vision Coach, to explore why eye health is one of the most neglected root causes in both conventional and holistic healthcare.

What if blurry vision isn’t just a nuisance... but a message from the nervous system, a sign of metabolic chaos, or even an emotional defense mechanism?

Whether you’re a practitioner or someone trying to ditch your dependence on glasses, what you learn in this conversation may just change how you see everything.

What You’ll Discover Inside:

• The Hidden Link Between Stress and Sight – A surprising nervous system pattern that might be clouding your vision.
• Why “Fixing” Your Eyes Might Be Making Them Worse – The subtle trap in modern eyewear no one warns you about.
• What Your Vision Reveals About Your Mind – Unpack the emotional and energetic patterns encoded in your eyesight.
• This Overlooked Health Marker Shows Up in the Eyes First – Watch for it long before it shows up in your labs.
• A Simple Daily Practice That Changes the Way You See – Literally. Do this every day.
• The One Intake Question Practitioners Rarely Ask—But Should – Ask every client, especially if you're committed to root-cause healing.
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Resources & Links

Check out our Free Practitioner’s Guide to Adrenal Support

Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook Group for free tools and training

Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice.

Explore More Episodes on ReInvent Healthcare and Functional Food here

Claudia Muehlenweg’s Resources & Links

 10 Vision Habits for Menopause and Beyond – Claudia’s free guide to support eye health naturally.

See Better in Just 4 Days – Join Claudia’s free natural vision training challenge.

Visit Claudia at NaturallyClearVision.com

Find Claudia Muehlenweg on social media at:

Instagram: @HolisticVisionCoach

YouTube: @HolisticVisionCoach

Facebook Group: See Clearly Without Glasses

Claudia Muehlenweg’s Bio

Claudia Muehlenweg, known as The Holistic Vision Coach, is the founder of the Naturally Clear Vision Institute. She is leading the natural vision improvement movement through her Naturally Clear Vision Coach Certification program and her consumer courses and memberships.

Claudia is a best-selling co-author of the anthology A New World Of Seeing—Practice & Perspectives of Natural Vision Improvement, and a sought after international speaker and workshop leader. She focuses on finding the root cause of her clients’ blurry vision instead of using symptomatic treatments like glasses, contacts or surgery that can actually make their eyesight worse in the long term. 

Claudia’s own vision journey started at the age of three. She hated her glasses from the day she got them and has made it her life’s mission to help others see clearly naturally… just like she did over 20 years ago!

What if your thyroid symptoms aren’t in your head… and your labs aren’t telling the whole story?

In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo pulls back the curtain on why most conventional approaches to hypothyroidism miss the mark—and what to do instead. If you or your patients struggle with fatigue, weight gain, depression, dry skin, or stubborn health issues despite being told your thyroid is “fine,” this episode is a must-listen.

Dr. Ritamarie breaks down the outdated medical myths that keep people sick, the overlooked root causes of thyroid dysfunction, and what functional practitioners must understand to truly help patients heal.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The Truth About TSH – Why relying solely on TSH keeps millions misdiagnosed and mistreated.
• T3 Conversion Matters – Why looking only at T4 misses a critical step in thyroid function.
• Thyroid Resistance Is Real – Why “normal labs” don’t always mean healthy function.
• Autoimmunity and Hashimoto’s – The gut-immune-thyroid link doctors aren’t addressing.
• The Metabolic-Thyroid Connection – How insulin resistance sabotages thyroid healing.
• Your Thyroid Is Not Static – Why it can heal with the right support—and how to help it do just that.
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Resources & Links

• FREE Guide: Thyroid Health Checklist – Discover the functional tests, root causes, and healing strategies practitioners need to support thyroid recovery.
• Free Guide: Magic Questions and Health Detective System – Ask better questions. Get better results.
• Join the Practitioner Community: Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook Group
• Advanced Practitioner Training: Visit INEMethod.com for certifications and clinical tools.

Check out other podcast episodes on Thyroid Testing here. 

You may think you're eating clean, but what if your “healthy” food is secretly making you sick?

In this eye-opening episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with Mira Dessy, The Ingredient Guru, to expose the shocking hidden additives that sneak into your food—even the ones marketed as “natural” and “organic.”

From gut-wrecking emulsifiers to misleading labels, Mira reveals the top toxic ingredients that can fuel inflammation, metabolic chaos, and chronic disease. If you're a health-conscious individual or a practitioner guiding others, you must hear this conversation before your next grocery run!

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The #1 Food Industry Lie That’s Keeping You Sick – Why “natural” and “organic” labels don’t always mean safe.
• The Silent Gut Destroyers in Your Favorite Foods – The emulsifiers and additives triggering bloating, gas, and inflammation.
• Artificial Sweeteners & Hidden Sugars – Why “healthy” sugars like agave may be worse than high fructose corn syrup.
• The Banned Ingredient STILL in Your Food – What food manufacturers don’t want you to know about Red #3 and trans fats.
• How Food Labels Trick You – The sneaky tactics companies use to hide harmful ingredients.
• The Truth About Gums & Fillers – Are guar gum, xanthan gum, and carrageenan actually safe?
• GMO Apples & Packaging – Why even your produce aisle isn’t as safe as you think.

Resources & Links

• Check out our Free guide on Functional Food
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group for free resources and community support.
• Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice.
• Explore More Episodes on ReInvent Healthcare and Functional Food  here

Mira Dessy’s Resources & Links

• The Pantry Principle: How to Read the Label and Understand What's Really In Your Food  – Get Mira’s book on decoding food labels and avoiding toxic ingredients. Grab Your Copy Here
• Visit Mira at  TheIngredientGuru.com
• Food News You Can Use (Substack): MiraDessy.Substack.com
• Find Mira Dessy on social media at: 
• Facebook: facebook.com/miradessy
• Instagram: @TheIngredientGuru
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/miradessy
• Pinterest: The Ingredient Guru

Mira Dessy’s Bio

Mira Dessy is The Ingredient Guru. A holistic nutrition professional, author, and popular public speaker, she knows that it's not just what you eat, but what's in what you eat.  Over time this philosophy has been expanded to include helping people understand the basics of building a preparedness pantry as one of the ingredients for a healthy life.

Mira is a member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, and the American Nutrition Association. Additionally, she is on the Board of Directors for the American Holistic Health Association.

What Your Doctor Gets Wrong About Metabolic Health – And How It’s Keeping You Sick

What if everything you’ve been told about metabolic health is outdated?

Most conventional doctors don’t recognize the warning signs of metabolic dysfunction until it’s too late. By the time someone is diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, their body has already suffered years—if not decades—of silent damage. And that’s a problem.

In this eye-opening episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo pulls back the curtain on the most dangerous myths about metabolic health, why the standard tests fail to detect early imbalances, and what YOU can do—whether you’re a practitioner or someone trying to take charge of your own health.

If you’re ready to step beyond the outdated symptom-suppression model and embrace a proactive, root-cause approach to metabolic health, this episode is a must-listen.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The Dangerous Myth of Metabolic Syndrome – Why waiting until you meet the diagnostic criteria is a health disaster.
• How Standard Lab Tests Fail You – The crucial metabolic markers that most doctors never check.
• Early Warning Signs of Metabolic Dysfunction – The subtle red flags you need to catch BEFORE they turn into disease.
• The Power of Metabolic Testing – Why a true metabolic health panel should be standard for everyone, and what should be included.
• Why Fasting is a Game-Changer – How strategic fasting can reverse metabolic imbalances and prevent chronic disease.
• The Practitioner’s Role in Reinventing Healthcare – How functional testing and early intervention can transform patient outcomes.

Resources & Links

• FREE Guide: The Many Faces of Fasting – Learn how to incorporate fasting into your routine for optimal metabolic health.
• Get Our Free Guide: Magic Questions and Health Detective System – Take your functional health practice to the next level with better patient assessments.
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook Group – Get free resources and community support.
• 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

You’ve done everything right. You’ve changed your diet, taken the right supplements, maybe even tried thyroid medications… but you still feel exhausted, foggy, and stuck.

What if the real problem isn’t just your thyroid—but your brain?

In this eye-opening episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with biochemist and mind-body expert Jennifer Swank to uncover the hidden role of the limbic system in thyroid dysfunction.

If your body is in a constant state of stress, your limbic system—the brain’s survival center—keeps you trapped in a cycle of fatigue, weight gain, and hormonal chaos. Until you reset your brain’s protective responses, no amount of diet changes, meds, or supplements will truly work.

Jennifer shares her personal journey from unstoppable energizer bunny to barely making it off the couch—and how she cracked the code on balancing thyroid function through brain-body healing.

This is the missing piece no one is talking about.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• Why Your Thyroid Isn’t Healing – The hidden reason TSH tests fail—and how the limbic system blocks recovery.
• Is Your Brain Keeping You Sick? – How past trauma and chronic stress fuel autoimmune disease.
• Rewire Your Brain, Heal Your Thyroid – Simple techniques to shift from survival mode to deep healing.
• The Truth About Feeling “Safe” – Why real healing only happens when your body trusts you.
• Laughter & Joy as Medicine – How laughter yoga and movement can rewire your brain for health.
• The Food-Brain Connection – The surprising role of whole foods in thyroid and nervous system balance.

Resources & Links

• Check out our Free guide on Optimizing Thyroid Function
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group for free resources and community support.
• Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice.
• Explore More Episodes on ReInvent Healthcare and Thyroid & Hormones at here

Jennifer Swank’s Resources & Links

• Join Jennifer’s FREE Laughter Yoga Sessions – Monday through Friday at 7:30 AM PT.
• Check Out Her Zen & Zest Membership – A transformational community for vibrant living.
• Visit Jennifer's Website: TheJenTwins.com
• Connect on Social Media:
• Jennifer Swank on Facebook
• Jennifer Swank on Instagram

Jennifer Swank

Meet Jennifer Swank, a dynamic force of nature and a beacon of vitality, dedicated to transforming the lives of exhausted women through her unique and invigorating approach to wellness. As a Biochemist and Happy Mind, Healthy Body Coach, Jennifer has mastered the art of energizing her clients, turning life’s weariness into boundless zest.

Jennifer specializes in reigniting the spark in women who once felt like energizer bunnies but now find it challenging to get off the couch. She tackles the trifecta of fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog, guiding her clients to a place where they feel great in their bodies and wake up with unstoppable energy. Imagine feeling more vibrant in your 60s than you ever did in your 20s—Jennifer's clients do!

Why Most Doctors Get It Wrong About Heart Disease? How It’s Putting You at Risk? Think your cholesterol numbers tell the whole story? Think again.

Most doctors are missing critical warning signs of heart disease—signs that could save lives if they knew what to test for. The truth? The standard cholesterol test doesn’t tell you what you really need to know. And what your doctor isn’t testing might just be putting you at risk for a fatal heart attack.

In this episode, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo exposes the dangerous misconceptions about cardiovascular health in conventional medicine. From outdated cholesterol theories to overlooked risk factors like insulin resistance and inflammatory markers, she reveals the real tests that could mean the difference between life and death.

If your doctor isn’t running these tests—you need to hear this.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The biggest myth about heart disease that could be costing lives
• Why elevated insulin—not just cholesterol—is a major risk factor for heart attacks
• The standard lipid panel mistake most doctors make (and the tests that actually matter)
• What a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can reveal about your cardiovascular risk
• The one overlooked genetic marker that increases sudden heart attack risk (and why most doctors never check for it)
• Why the first symptom of heart disease in 50% of people is sudden death—and how to prevent it

Resources & Links

• Get the 17-Page Heart Health Test Guide: Discover exactly which tests your doctor should be running at drritamarie.com/hearttests. 
• Click here to order labs direct through Evexia
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group here for free resources and community support
• Grab your copy of the  ReInvent 2025 Conference Replay and Slides here for a deep dive into the microbiome, lab testing and genetics
• 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 on metabolic health here

What if energy healing isn’t “woo-woo” at all—but actually rooted in physics?

What if the chronic symptoms that won’t budge—thyroid issues, weight struggles, hormone imbalances—aren’t just about diet or exercise, but stored energy blockages that modern medicine ignores?

In this mind-expanding episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with Terri Jay, a medical intuitive and energy healer, to reveal the physics behind energy medicine—and why it could be the missing link in both traditional and functional healthcare.

Could unresolved trauma and suppressed emotions be physically reshaping your health? Terri breaks down why energy, frequency, and vibration are the real forces behind healing—and how ignoring them could be keeping you or your clients sick.

If you've ever felt there was something more beyond lab tests and prescriptions, something deeper that science has yet to fully acknowledge, this episode is for you.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The Science They Don’t Teach in Medical School – How energy fields, frequency, and physics impact health on a cellular level.
• The Shocking Connection Between Trauma & Chronic Illness – Why emotional wounds get trapped in the body—and how they silently create disease.
• Thyroid Issues & The Truth You’re Not Speaking – The surprising emotional and energetic patterns behind thyroid dysfunction.
• Chakra Clearing & Energy Field Rebalancing – A simple, no-nonsense method to release stored trauma and restore balance—no “woo-woo” required.
• Why Your Intuition Is More Powerful Than Any Lab Test – And how to train yourself (or your clients) to use it for healing, clarity, and self-restoration.
• How to See & Read Energy Like an Expert – Terri explains why anyone—yes, even skeptics—can develop this skill and transform their approach to health and healing.

Resources & Links

• Download our Free Guide to Supporting a Healthy and Balanced Immune System
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group here for free resources and community support
• Visit INEMethod.com for advanced health practitioner training and tools to elevate your clinical skills and grow your practice by getting life-changing results. 
• Want to learn more about Functional Immunology?  Check out this episode.

Terri Jay’s Resources & Links

• Get Your FREE Energy Healing Guide – Email Terri Jay at [email protected] to receive step-by-step instructions for clearing energy blocks and restoring balance.
• Find Terry’s Website: www.TerriJay.com
• Connect on Social Media: 
• Facebook: facebook.com/cowgirlshaman
• Instagram: @intuitiveterrijay
• LinkedIn: Terri Jay
• Watch Terry on YouTube: Terri Jay Cowgirl Shaman

Terri Jay’s Bio

Terri Jay is an author, speaker, clinician and entertainer. She is an intuitive, medium, animal communicator, horse whisperer, medical and veterinary intuitive, map dowser, remote viewer and more. She has been helping people and their animals to heal their lives for 35 years with the messages she receives. Terri takes the "woo-woo" out of the intuitive field by basing her work in physics - energy, frequency and vibration.

Are you avoiding carbs like the plague, convinced they’re the enemy of metabolic health? What if cutting out too many carbs is actually making things worse? In this episode of ReInvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo exposes one of the biggest misconceptions in the keto community—the belief that all carbs are harmful.

She breaks down why non-starchy vegetables are not the enemy, but rather an essential part of supporting metabolic health and lowering A1C. Many people following a strict keto diet drastically reduce their carb intake, often to the point of avoiding nutrient-dense vegetables. While this may show short-term benefits, what does it mean for long-term blood sugar control, insulin sensitivity, and overall health?

If you’ve been told to limit yourself to just a few grams of carbs a day to stay in ketosis, this episode will challenge what you think you know about carbohydrates and blood sugar.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• Are You Sabotaging Your A1C Without Realizing It? – Why the way you’re avoiding carbs might be doing more harm than good
• The Keto Mistake No One Talks About – What happens when you cut out too many carbs, and why some people’s blood sugar worsens over time
• Good Carbs vs. Bad Carbs – Are You Getting It Wrong? – If all carbs aren’t created equal, which ones actually help lower A1C?
• What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About A1C – Is a “normal” 5.6 actually putting you at risk? When does insulin resistance really start?
• The Gut-Blood Sugar Connection You Can’t Ignore – How does your microbiome play a role in insulin resistance and metabolic health?
• How to Customize Carb Intake – Why one-size-fits-all nutrition doesn't work and how to tailor your diet for optimal A1C levels

Resources and Links

• Get Your FREE Guide: FREE CHECKLIST: Foods that Can Reverse Belly Fat, Fatigue, and Lack of Focus
• Join the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook Group here for resources and community.
• ReInvent 2025 Replay and Slides: Watch a deep dive into gut health, genetics, and lab testing here.
• Check out our Insulin Resistance Mastery Program for Practitioners and/or The Sweet Spot Solution for a metabolic reset.
• Explore Advanced Training and Resources: Visit INEMethod.com to take your practice or personal healing to the next level.

Check Out Related Podcast Episodes: Dive into more metabolic health strategies here.

What if you’ve been told your autoimmune condition is irreversible? Conventional medicine often labels autoimmune diseases as a life sentence, but is that the whole truth? In this episode of Reinvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo sits down with autoimmune expert Jennifer Whitmire to uncover the shocking truth about Graves’ disease, autoimmune conditions, and why conventional medicine often falls short in treating them. 

If you or your clients are struggling with persistent symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, or hormone imbalances, this episode reveals the hidden triggers behind autoimmune flares and how diet, detox, and gut health can hold the key to reversing chronic conditions. Discover how you can take charge of your health—or help your clients reclaim theirs—by addressing the root causes of autoimmunity.

What’s Inside This Episode?

• The shocking reality of how conventional medicine handles autoimmune conditions—and why it falls short.
• The role of diet, gut health, and environmental factors in reversing autoimmune conditions.
• Why common foods you think are "healthy" might actually be fueling inflammation.
• The truth about "gluten-free" swaps—and why they could be sabotaging your healing journey.
• How personalized nutrition and root-cause approaches can help clients regain control of their health.

Resources and LinksDownload the FREE Free Guide to Supporting a Healthy and Balanced Immune SystemJoin the Next-Level Health Practitioner Facebook group here for community and resources.

• Get the replay and slides from our most recent summit for practitioners, ReInvent 2025 here, a deep dive into the impact of the microbiome, lab testing, and genetics.
• Check out the eBook Dried And Gone To Heaven for healthy recipes for your favorite comfort foods.

Explore Advanced Training and Resources at INEMethod.comCheck Out Other Podcast Episodes on Functional Immunology hereConnect with Jennifer Whitmire

• Learn more about Jennifer at www.wholisticjen.com and www.thejentwins.com
• Download Jennifer’s FREE eBook of Healing Meals
• Find her on social media on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok
• Join Jennifer’s Zen & Zest Zone Membership.

About Jennifer Whitmire

Jennifer Whitmire is on a mission to save body parts and transform lives. After overcoming a life-altering diagnosis of Graves' disease, Jennifer co-founded The Jen Twins with fellow NEPT graduate Jennifer Swank, where they empower individuals to reverse chronic symptoms, reclaim energy, and find lasting relief through holistic, whole-food strategies.

A graduate of the Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner Training and a key coach in the  Unstoppable Health Community, Jennifer is renowned for her expertise in functional nutrition and her ability to make healthy living approachable, delicious, and effective.