A Hidden Trigger for Chronic Pain And Illness? Uncovering Limbic Retraining with Ashok Gupta

Is your brain keeping you sick? In this eye-opening episode of Reinvent Healthcare, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo and neuroplasticity expert Ashok Gupta pull back the curtain on limbic retraining and the shocking role your brain might be playing in chronic illness. If traditional methods haven’t fully resolved symptoms like fatigue, pain, or brain fog, the issue could be hidden in the wiring of your amygdala and insula—the very parts of the brain that process fear and pain. Discover how the brain’s ‘danger’ response might be trapping you in a cycle of illness and how limbic retraining could be the groundbreaking key to lasting recovery.

What’s Inside This Episode?

  • Neuroplasticity Unleashed: Unlock how the brain’s rewire-ability could reverse years of chronic symptoms in unexpected ways.
  • The Body’s Invisible Battle: Your brain might be mistakenly keeping your body in “fight mode”—find out why and what you can do to stop it.
  • The Trauma Connection: Gupta reveals how unprocessed trauma isn’t just in the past; it might be lurking in your nervous system, sabotaging recovery.
  • Long COVID’s Dirty Secret: Could brain retraining finally be the answer for those suffering ongoing symptoms? Hear why Gupta believes it is.
  • A Practitioner’s Toolkit: Learn how incorporating brain retraining into functional health practices can take client outcomes to shocking new heights.

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Dr. Gupta Bio

Bio: Ashok Gupta is an internationally renowned Speaker, Filmmaker & Health Practitioner who has dedicated his life to supporting people through chronic illness, and achieving their potential.

Ashok suffered from ME/CFS 25 years ago when he was studying at Cambridge University. Through neurological research that he conducted, he managed to get himself 100% better. He then set up a clinic to treat others, and then published the well-known neuroplasticity “limbic retraining” recovery program and app known as the Gupta Program in 2007.

He has published several medical papers including randomized controlled trials on Long Covid, ME/CFS, & Fibromyagia, showing that the treatment is effective, and is continually researching these conditions. You can find out more information at www.guptaprogram.com 

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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.