Dr. Ritamarie's Vibrant Health Solutions Radio Show

In this show you’ll learn: What are the most important things that you could do right now if you are experiencing autoimmune symptoms? Why are diet and lifestyle changes not stressed by your medical doctor when being treated for chronic pain, brain fog, and fatigue? Will this protocol help if my doctors can’t yet diagnose what specifically is wrong with me? Background and Guest Information: Join Dr. Ritamarie and Dr. Terry Wahls as they discuss the details of the protocol that allowed her to reverse many of her symptoms, get back to her life, and embark on a new mission. Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol:  How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine and the paperback, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play on your hormones and digestive health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: The exact reason WHY none of those other fad diets helped you actually lose weight and KEEP it off. The 6 key secrets you need to pinpoint what caused your weight gain in the first place. How FAT is a SYMPTOM of a deeper, underlying issue and what that means for your very personal weight loss journey. Background and Guest Information: Join Dr. Ritamarie and Dr. Kyrin Dunston  as they discuss that freedom from your weight struggles is not only possible, but when you’re armed with the right information, it’s inevitable. Kyrin Dunston, MD, FACOG is Board Certified and specializes in functional medicine, natural weight loss, and bio-identical hormone restoration. In July of 2011, Dr. Dunston retired from the practice of Obstetrics & Gynecology to pursue her passion for functional medicine and truly helping people to achieve optimum health on a full time basis at her new practice, True Balance MD™. Dr. Dunston is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and is currently in their fellowship training program for anti-aging, regenerative and functional medicine. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play on your hormones and digestive health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: The four root causes of cravings How to listen to your body to achieve the shape and energy you want without counting calories or feeling deprived What sex has to do with women, food, and desire Background and Guest Information: For some of us it’s ice cream, for others, salty, crunchy chips. Whatever it is, we all tend to have a “thing”, that one indulgence that we seem to have always had a weak spot for. While these foods tempt us and make us feel so good in the moment, we also associate them with feelings of regret, guilt, and shame. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Alexandra Jamieson as they discuss what our cravings have to teach us about our body and ourselves. Alexandra Jamieson CHHC, AADP, is a best-selling author, holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, detox expert, professionally trained healthy gourmet chef, and “cravings whisperer.” She lives in Brooklyn where she juggles, somewhat gracefully, raising her 8- year- old son, running her company Alexandra Jamieson, and riding her bicycle to the food co-op. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play on your hormones and digestive health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What detoxification is What toxins are Why you want to detoxify Background and Guest Information: Detoxification is one of Dr. Ritamarie’s favorite topics. People ask Dr. Ritamarie all the time about what toxins are and why they need a detoxification program, especially if they don’t smoke, drink alcohol, or take drugs. Join Dr. Ritamarie and author Susan Schenck as they discuss what goes on in detoxification - the cells and the organs.  Besides the liver, there are enzymes that help start the process of detoxification. If your digestion is impaired, you eat on the run, and eat food with pesticides, your body produces toxins, making it harder for your body’s natural digestion capacity to detox. Susan Schenck is a licensed acupuncturist (LAc) with a master of traditional Oriental medicine (MTOM) degree from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She also has a BS in education and MS in applied linguistics from Indiana University. Susan is also the author of The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play on your hormones and digestive health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What a healthy digestive system looks like What happens when digestion goes wrong Tips on things you can include with your meals to help your digestion Background: We’re talking about the digestive tract today. This is a timely encore presentation in light of the fact that tomorrow is Christmas, and a lot of people are going to be putting a lot of stress on their digestive tract. If you have any kind of health problems at all, you want to make sure your digestion is healthy before you can make any headway on correcting any other conditions. Join Dr. Ritamarie as she teaches you how your digestive system works. A healthy digestive system is actually somewhat rare. There are many things that can make your digestion go wrong, between toxins in the environment all the way to the toxins in your food.The quality of your food combines with all of these components to put a burden on your digestive system. Conditions such as leaky gut, diabetes, and thyroid issues - these are all symptoms of the things that happen when your digestion is in need of repair. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play in your hormone and skin care health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What integrative cancer care is and how Chinese medicine fits in What the acupressure points are a cancer patient can use at home What the top herbal medicines are that support a cancer patient Background and Guest information: At one time, cancer was not prevalent, and was considered a disease of old age.Evidence suggests that recent spread of cancer to all quarters of the population is due to increase in sedentary lifestyles, overeating of rich food, depletion of the soil, environmental toxins. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Dr. Nalini Chilkov as they discuss the use of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis to closely match foods and their preparation to the condition and constitution. Dr. Nalini Chilkov is the Founder of Integrative Cancer Answers, and the author of  best selling book Thirty Two Ways to OutSmart Cancer | How to Create a Body in Which Cancer Cannot Thrive. She is listed as a go-to clinician in Susanne Sommer’s book Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer and How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play in your hormone and skin care health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: The dangers of high levels of blood sugar How the diagnosis comes about for diabetes and its progression How you can control your blood sugars Background: Dr. Ritamarie is out-of-town increasing her knowledge so that she can return and share with us, so we are presenting you with this encore presentation that will be a treat. This show will knock your socks off. It’s about demystifying something that has become an epidemic in our society. It’s not recognized to be as big a problem as it is. This problem is – blood sugar imbalance. Join Dr. Ritamarie as she discusses how blood sugar imbalance is like being on a continuum, like a lot of diseases. Western medicine likes to look at disease as it’s either there or it’s not. You go to the doctor and they say, “No, you don’t have the signs of diabetes.” But you can go back three weeks later because one of your numbers jumps or a particular test result turns out differently, and then they’ll say, “Yes, now you have it.” Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health and strategies for planning your meals for you to live your life full of energy and vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: The other forms of addiction besides alcohol, food, and drugs. Steps you can take to begin your journey of healing. How to increase your self-confidence by acknowledging your desires. Background and Guest Information: When you heal spiritually, you transform.  When you transform, you are no longer in bondage to anything.  We cannot see what our negative habits are doing to us, only what they are doing for us. In other words, we think they enable us to do more and be more, but we are in denial about the toll they’re really taking on our bodies, our relationships, our finances, and our souls. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Roy Nelson as they discuss the spiritual solution to illuminate and heal the underlying causes of addictions. Roy Nelson is known as “the last resort” for those who cannot stop their self-destructive habits.  Living with a violent, alcoholic father drove him to pursue a life of distraction by any means possible – until he conceded that his self-imposed hell was killing him. It was then that he had a profound experience that changed everything. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play in your hormone and skin care health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What some strategies are that you can implement to avoid gaining weight during the holidays. How to deal with holiday parties. How to avoid eating too much at the holiday meals. Background: Your on a healthy diet, you’re doing all these diet and lifestyle changes, exercising, and now here come the holidays.  How do you survive the holidays when you’re trying to stay healthy and nobody else around you is being healthy?  The average American consumes 3,000 calories during the Thanksgiving meal.  The food choices that are available at holiday parties and events are not always those that fit in with your normal food choices.  Normally when it comes to this time of year you might consider throwing aside all that you’ve been doing the rest of the year, and just live with the extra ten pounds that you gain, along with the friends that ten pounds finds for you. Join Dr. Ritamarie in this encore presentation as she shares some strategies to help you glide through the holiday season with your  health goals intact. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play in your hormone and skin care health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: Why self-love and self-care is so important. How and why to put yourself first. What does it mean to live your best life with thyroid disease Background: Life with a thyroid or autoimmune disorder can be a bumpy, discouraging ride. It can feel like no one is listening and that even your doctors don’t really get it. Sometimes you just want to give up. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Jen Wittman as they discuss how the many (many!) symptoms of thyroid, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases can be dramatically reduced or even eliminated through dietary and lifestyle changes. Jen Wittman is a Certified Holistic Health Expert & Coach, specializing in thyroid and autoimmune conditions. She is author of the book, Healing Hashimoto’s Naturally, and the popular guides, “The Super-Mom’s Guide to Managing Thyroid Disease” and “The Partner’s Guide to Thyroid and Autoimmune Disease“.She is also creator of The Thyroid Fix in 6, and host of ThyroidFoodie.tv and Thyroid Radio. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that plants and herbs play in your hormone and skin care health, as well as strategies to include in your daily routines to achieve more vitality.

In this show you’ll learn:     What bio-identical hormones are.     Are bio-identical hormones dangerous?     What else a menopausal woman could be doing instead of hormones. Background: Through the years of your life, you have weighed the pros and cons of choosing which herbs, supplements, and medications to use to help your body be its optimal best.  However, when it comes to hormonal treatment, the choices often come with many warnings. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Daved Rosensweet, M.D., as they discuss how to help women understand what hormone decline is about, and mostly, what to do about it. There are significant discussions on possible benefits of all the options, and what the risks are and are not. Dr. Rosensweet graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1968. He has been in private medical practice since 1971, and has had offices in New Mexico, California, and Colorado. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health, and strategies for planning your meals so that you can live your life full of energy and vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What happens when you eat a food that contains carbohydrates. What carbohydrate metabolism has to do with the development of type 2 diabetes. The difference between a food’s glycemic index and the glycemic load. Background: Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the main nutrients in food that give your body energy. Sugars and starchy foods are examples of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates can raise blood sugar levels more than other nutrients. That’s why it’s important to be aware of the amount of carbohydrates you eat. Join Dr. Ritamarie as she discusses how understanding different types of carbohydrates affect your blood sugar is essential to helping you maintain optimal blood sugar levels. Dr. Ritamarie’s IRSPT blood sugar balancing practitioner course will teach you how to unravel the mystery of your client’s complex health puzzle, starting with blood sugar imbalance. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health, and strategies for planning your meals so that you can live your life full of energy and vitality.

In this show you’ll learn: What the connection is between stress, ill health, and the health care crisis. Three major stressors that most people don’t know about. Understanding of the process of change and its importance in successfully mastering stress. Background and Guest Information: While our society is the most technologically advanced on the planet, leading the way in economic growth, technological innovation, and standard of living, we are paying the price for this success with unprecedented levels of chronic stress. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Peter McCarthy as they discuss how stress has become an overwhelmingly negative factor in our dietary habits, lifestyle, thought patterns, food supply and environment. He is the CEO of Life Energy Holistic Partners, an integrative stress management and wellness consulting practice based in Austin, TX. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health, and strategies for planning your meals so that you can live your life full of energy and vitality.

In this show you’ll learn:  How the immune system reacts habitually to substances and circumstances and can be retrained. Why treating or suppressing symptoms rather than immune response is a much longer road to health. Cross-Reactivity and how triggers may be difficult to identify – IGG vs IGE. Background and Guest Information: Allergic reactions vary from one person to another. One person allergic to soy may develop a rash. Another person allergic to the same substance may develop irritable bowel syndrome. Immunity is affected by your hormones and nerves. Sometimes the food you eat and the stress you go through can trigger many allergic reactions.  Join Dr. Ritamarie and Dr. Jill Cohn as they discuss why there is no reason to suffer any longer from your allergies.  Dr. Jill became a Doctor of Chiropractic 20 years ago after having a home birth at age 42. Dr. Jill has a special offer for the listeners of Dr. Ritamarie’s BlogTalkRadio Show.  She is offering 30% off a 75 minute initial consultation.   Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health, and strategies for planning your meals so that you can live your life full of energy and vitality. 

In this show you’ll learn:  What love has to do with healing.  How to listen to your body.  7 keys to accelerated healing. Background and Guest Information: The path to emotional, spiritual, and physical health is not only unique for you, but it changes and grows as you do. Join Dr. Ritamarie and Dr. Shiroko Sokitch as they discuss that instead of looking at different systems of health care as competing theories, you can see them as building blocks, that can be arranged and rearranged to suit the needs of your body at any given time.  Dr. Shiroko Sokitch is a board certified medical acupuncturist, acclaimed medical doctor, and keynote speaker.  Since 1993, Dr. Shiroko has owned and operated Heart to Heart Medical Center, a complementary medical center in Santa Rosa, CA.  Receive your free PDF of “7 Keys to Accelerated Healing” when you visit Dr. Shiroko’s website, Heart to Heart Medical Center. Check out Dr. Ritamarie’s VITAL Health Community for additional resources on the role that food plays in your health, and strategies for planning your meals so that you can live your life full of energy and vitality.