#57 The Importance of Blood Sugar Regulation for Hormonal Health with Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo

"When you are stressed out, your body is converting the muscles in your thighs, into belly fat. This is because stored sugars are mobilised when cortisol is released"

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is passionately committed to transforming exhausted high achievers all over the globe into high energy people who love their lives and live to their full potential.
She founded the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology so that she could be instrumental in transforming our current broken disease-management system into a true health care system where each and every practitioner is skilled at finding the root cause of health challenges.

Dr. Ritamarie specializes in using the wisdom of nature married with modern scientific research restore balance to hormones with a special emphasis on thyroid, adrenal, and insulin imbalances. Her practitioner training programs empower health and nutrition professionals, including health coaches, physicians, nutritionists, nurses and others to use functional assessments and natural therapeutics to unravel the mystery of their clients’ complex health challenges, so they become known as go-to practitioners for true healing and lasting results.

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 degree in Human Nutrition, and has completed a 500-hour Herbal Medicine Certification Program.

Dr. Ritamarie has trained certified hundreds of practitioners in the art of using palate-pleasing, whole fresh food as medicine. As a certified HeartMath® provider, Dr. Ritamarie is passionate about using stress transformation techniques to guide clients to reduce the negative impact of stress on their health.

Website
https://drritamarie.com/

Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnstoppableHealth/

Practitioner training courses
https://drritamarie.com/vibrant/nutritional-endocrinology-practitioner-training/

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We discuss:

Blood sugar & insulin resistance

Signs/symptoms your blood sugar may be out of whack

How high insulin can negatively affect our thyroid, adrenals & sex hormones

Why she recommends blood sugar tracking to all her clients- including optimal ranges

Diet & lifestyle modifications to help improve blood sugar control & insulin sensitivity - spoiler alert, it’s not all about carbs!

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Mentioned -

Glucose conversion chart
https://www.joslin.org/patient-care/diabetes-education/diabetes-learning-center/conversion-table-blood-glucose-monitoring

Hormone Hacking Breakfast Menus.
http://www.HormoneHackingBreakfastMenus.com

Continuous blood glucose monitor
https://www.freestylelibre.co.uk/libre/

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