Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 715 - Check out Vinnie's stellar performance at the Irvine Improv. The Big Fat Show is a great one, and will be coming to more locations so keep in touch to hear if its coming to a city near you! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty BIG FAT SHOW IRVINE

: Episode 714 - Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk explaining weight loss to kids, exercise as a poor way to lose weight, juice, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club FLAPPERS Vinnie will be talking at Flappers in Burbank, January 15th! Gina Grad will be a guest-star Chris Laxamana opening Check out tix here EXPLAINING WEIGHT LOSS TO KIDS Vinnie will be doing a kid-friendly show twice a week! Kids wanna know how to look and feel good, too Physical Education in public schools is virtually non-existent now This hurts kids' brains Even taking away recess time is detrimental Exercise is a poor way to lose weight, but is still important for brain function and for muscle mass Losing weight has everything to do with hormones Calorie in / calorie out does not work Compare this to using a car's gas all up and then not refueling -- it simply does not work! Can be hard for kids to get off of all the added sugar, especially in breakfast foods Pretty much all breakfast food marketed towards kids has

: Episode 713 - Vinnie and Anna talk about a la carte gyms, cord-cutting, studies from the 60's that prove high-fat diets don't increase cholesterol and much much more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty PROPAGANDA Propaganda really rules our lives Ex: Michael Jackson called himself the King of Pop until it caught on We see it in politics every day, too It is all the spreading of the word Hence, how Vinnie has called Anna the Best Voice in Podcasting, and now she is! INFLAMMATION AND DEPRESSION As we know, sugars and grains can cause inflammation There has been a connection between inflammation and depression Important, especially if mental health issues run in your family Susan Masino talks about this A LA CARTE GYMS Gyms now are very expensive Gyms are probably going to charge based off of what you wanna use at the gym Ex: if you just want to go for the running, you will only pay to use the treadmills A La Carte is the future! Just like how people use cable less now,

: Episode 712 - Listener and fan David Sternberg joins Vinnie to talk about his first attempt at the Adirondack 540 and his efforts to remain fat-adapted during the race. CYCLIST AND LISTENER DAVID Has done a few phone calls with Vinnie in the past Reached out to some of Vinnie's friends (including Tony!) Talked to plenty of folks about NSNG Vinnie offered his services for free, but David and Vinnie still couldn't convince Ernest who was extremely overweight but still a cyclist (exercise is a poor way to lose weight) Must change diet to lose weight, exercise can supplement it but may actually increase weight due to muscle mass Can help with losing inches and fat Folks have to be interested in being thin! ADIRONDACK 540 A gorgeous ultracycling event in New York Did the 408 miler Completed it in 49 hours Remained fat-adapted throughout the race Ate spoonfulls of solid coconut oil He was lucky in that his body had no trouble processing that Likely went through a whole cup of coconut oil Also fueled with "nuggets

: Episode 711 - Vinnie speaks with special guests writer & director Jim Abrahams (Airplane, Naked Gun, etc) and author Susan Masino talk about fighting seizures with a ketogenic diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty JIM ABRAHAMS AND SUSAN MASINO Susan is a luminary Was on the podcast a few weeks ago She is a professor of Applied Science at Trinity College Has been conducting research there for two decades Has been doing research, in general, for even longer! Focus is adenosine and its effects on homeostasis and metabolism Regulator of cell function Her real passion is brain health She is now connected to the ketogenic community and the brain health community Jim Abrahams is a famous director and screen-writer Movies such as Airplane!, Hot Shots!, and many more! 1971, he and the Zucker brothers moved to LA to try to get on Johnny Carson From Milwaukee The three ended up being huge in the industry! Started The Charlie Foundation FIGHTING SEIZURES Jim Abrahams' son,

: Episode 710 - Vinnie and Andy discuss the success of the NSNG facebook group (Vinnie Tortorich's No Sugar No Grains) and read a member testimonial. They also talk about fear, success and how there is no barrier to entry for podcasting. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club STARTING A PODCAST Anyone can start a podcast Just talk into a computer or a mic or a soundboard You will find out quickly whether or not you will do well It is a meritocracy "If you can dream it, you can do it" Do not fear failure or success! Just do it! Just be creative and use social media a lot to promote that which you wish to promote! NSNG FACEBOOK GROUP So this group is under Vinnie's name, but it is not Vinnie's group He does not run the group, nor does Andy It has a few moderators, including Ru El, Lonnie (Allen), and Tallulah It can get pretty raunchy, but is also EXTREMELY helpful SO SO supportive, and people have the answers! People also post their extremely inspiring stories Makes it all worth it for Vinnie and Andy to

: Episode 709 -- Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk holiday recipes, Thanksgiving celebrations, and more on this Monday edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty HOLIDAY RECIPES There are plenty of great holiday-type recipes in the Eat Happy cookbook Buy it here! TONS of NSNG recipes Also, Anna will be doing a Q&A this evening on Holiday Recipes (11/21) on the Vinnie Tortorich's No Sugar No Grains Facebook Page! Anna has crock-pot recipes too for lots of people You can also bring these to pot-luck type events, and it makes it easier for you because you have an NSNG option! Anna also has lots of little tips and tricks in Eat Happy Don't eat bayleaves, and buy them a few times a year so they aren't brittle You don't need excuses to not eat people's food, stick to your guns That being said, feel free to put some LIL as long as you get right back on track Thanksgiving dinner is one meal, so you do you! Don't have carbphobia if yo

: Episode 708 -- Breanna Cornell, ultrarunner, joins Vinnie today to discusss 100 milers, and being an ultra athlete in general! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club BREANNA CORNELL Check out Brea's page here! She is an incredible ultra runner Vinnie crewed for her and Serena Did Salton Sea with her 100 MILERS "Do what you love, and love what you do!" She cannot stop running now that she's gotten into it

: Episode 707 - Dominic D'Agostino rejoins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of Fitness Confidential podcast. The two discuss ketogenic diets, and keto and weight loss. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. DOMINIC D'AGOSTINO Dominic has been coming on the show since the very start He is the associate professor at USF, college of medicine Department of molecular pharmacology and physiology Also senior research scientist at Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Has his PhD of course Susan Masino is a colleague of his Check out his website here He is a big proponent of the ketogenic diet Check out his book here KETOSIS AND SEIZURE CONTROL Started doing research for ketogenic diet in 2010 Did research into deep diving seizures and a ketogenic diet KETO AND WEIGHT LOSS There was a study that came out that said ketogenic diet was not conducive to weight loss Contradicts much of what we know! From the medical community that implements this diet for medical purposes

: Episode 706 -- Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday to discuss Pure Vitamin Club and what is ketosis, and ketoacidosis. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club BIG THINGS coming for PVC! PVC UK will be happening early in 2017 Working on making new vitamins, too Other products coming SHOW BUSINESS Andy has officially retired from show business! Before, he worked in the film industry NOW, he is 100% committed to NSNG Lifestyle New adventures coming too! Andy is currently catching up on emails/phone calls Call him Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm PST 1 (866) PUR- E321 WHAT IS KETOSIS Ketosis is a state in which your body runs off of stored fat as opposed to sugar intake Even when you are in ketosis, this doesn't mean you can eat unlimited fat and still lose weight KETOACIDOSIS is COMPLETELY different! If you are in dietary ketosis, this has nothing to do with ketoacidosis Causes of ketoacidosis: deep starvation, diabetes, liver disease (alcoholics) This is incredibly dangerous Ketosis is SAFE! Vinn

: Episode 705 - Anna & Vinnie talk about the Erythritol-based sweetener Swerve, Vinnie's faceplant, Brazilian bush, online macronutrient calculators and more. Plus, a special visit from Vinnie's mom to talk about their family trophy case! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty Get the "Bacon and Eggs" cereal T-shirt here! Limited run so get it now Thanks to Ruel for the design and Sheila for the production! SWERVE Erythritol-based sweeteners are STILL very bad Your body will treat it like sugar Just because it is a 'natural' sweetener, does not make it good for you You do not NEED something sweet -- if you do, have some berries with HWC VINNIE'S FACEPLANT Vinnie was out on a run and ATE it His face was completely scraped up His teeth hurt for a good while too His elbow also bothered him all night VINNIE'S TROPHY CASE Growing up, Vinnie's family had a trophy case Marie tried to take away the trophy case years ago, the family resisted Trophies used to mean something -- yo

: Episode 704 -- Listener Aaron joins Vinnie for a second Saturday show to ask about ulcerative colitis and Crohn's, NSNG's effects on these, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER AARON He follows Vinnie on Twitter He has not booked a call with Vinnie, but YOU can at vinnietortorich.com Found Vinnie through the Carolla Effect Aaron has always had trouble with nutrition, so he checked Vinnie out because he was a breath of fresh air ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S Aaron had ulcerative colitis This is just around the colon Crohn's is more widespread, from your mouth all the way down to the exit Aaron uses NSNG to help deal with his stomach/digestive problems He was on some experimental drugs that did work for Crohn's but did not work for ulcerative colitis He essentially just did whatever the doctors told him to Although you can't make Crohn's go away, Vinnie's brother's Crohn's disease has gotten less and less bad NSNG makes it so people with Crohn's don't have to go number 2 10+ times

: Episode 703 -- Eric Sodicoff MD joins Vinnie Tortorich today to talk obesity, gyms, diabetes and why America really is fat. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. ERIC SODICOFF Certified Internal Medicine specialist Also an Obesity Specialist! Agrees chiropractors are not real doctors GYMS & BRO SCIENCE Before big box gyms and bro science, people were thinner Now, thin is not what it meant before Fitness is considered the best way to lose weight -- that is BS Eating badly = weight gain Going to a big fancy gym is no better than getting on the ground and doing crunches for the weight-loss goal Europe does not have the same problem as us, largely because bro science and exercise are BS here It is ALL ABOUT FOOD in reality OBESITY MEDICINE Low fat does not work! He had trouble answering the question at first about people's weights He learned more about diets, and realized the SAD was so wrong Grelin and leptin are the main factors of obesity, and controlled by what y

: Episode 701 - Anna & Vinnie talk about Vinnie's t-shirt, his recent face plant, the difference between glycemic index spike and insulin spike, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty CHECK OUT THE T-SHIRT! Only available for about 1 month Between 3-4 weeks, we are in week 2 right now! Limited run!! VINNIE'S FACEPLANT Vinnie was on a run and simply ATE IT He took a nice trip and fell right on his face Arms and chin really messed up Must be careful when running, especially trail running GLYCEMIC INDEX Can be tricky because it is testing foods on a large scale More than just insulin Also, watermelon, for example, is high on the GI but okay to eat because of water content Take note that when you JUICE fruit/veggies, it turns it straight into sugar Loss of starch

: Episode 700!!! - Vinnie Tortorich welcomes listener Aaron, for the first show of a two show series, to discuss Twitter, and Aaron's missing body parts, and how those affect his diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER AARON He follows Vinnie on Twitter He has not booked a call with Vinnie, but YOU can at vinnietortorich.com Found Vinnie through the Carolla Effect Aaron has always had trouble with nutrition, so he checked Vinnie out because he was a breath of fresh air LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION Hard to know what is right about nutrition They teach you so little in school Pretty much, people get their knowledge by word of mouth Difficult to get a straight answer MISSING BODY PARTS In Aaron's freshman year of college, he began to have stomach issues and lost lots of weight It took them ages to figure out what was wrong with him Cleveland clinic diagnosed him with ulcerative colitis He was on so much medication He was on prednisone for 7 years, lost tons of bone density He was down around 40 l

: Episode 699 - NFL player Chris Manhertz, Tight End formerly for the New Orleans Saints, and now for the Carolina Panthers, joins Vinnie to discuss football and becoming an elite athlete. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty CHRIS MANHERTZ Chris had not played football until he was approached by the Buffalo Bills organization after college He was a basketball player Tried out twice for the Buffalo organization Before the second try out he tried to learn as much as he could and gain the muscle required for the position When this interview was conducted, he was with the Saints and mid-October he signed with the Panthers It has been a long journey and process to get where he is today, playing pro football just a couple years out of college He is now straight muscle, at 255, 6'6" Before this he was super lean as a basketball player His parents let him play what he wanted to play Chris eats all in moderation "If you are going to eat something you shouldn't be eating, it's all

: Episode 697 - Vinnie & Anna talk about 80's muscle pants, emotional eating, intentional eating, Vinnie's mom and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty MUSCLE PANTS These sort of baggy pants to work out in from the '80s Have the muscle tees as well Just covering nips Complete ridiculousness Nowadays, companies like LuluLemon are making see through riding pants EMOTIONAL EATING The same as compulsive eating Vinnie has so many clients and callers who deal with this When you are feeling down, it is so much easier to break NSNG Anna personally dealt with this Everyone can fall into this category at some point Emotional eating is part of the addiction Easier to give in to sugar/grain addiction when you already feel bad Sometimes, stress makes it so that eating junk food is just more convenient Sometimes you don't even realize how much you emotionally eat You find, when you do NSNG, that you recognize these problems The issue is, when you eat emotionally, you are work

: Episode 696 - Tony Dicola, a great NSNG success, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast to discuss his weight-loss journey, exercise, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty TONY DICOLA Found Vinnie on the Adam Carolla show He was 310, 5'9" at the time Has been strict NSNG since the beginning of 2016 Has lost over 100 lbs in a year, and now has set great goals for himself in the future! WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY In July 2016, he had lost over 100 lbs Tony now weighs 180 lbs His goal is 160 but he has lost over 120 lbs so far Tony does some basic exercise Crunches, push ups, squats, and runs a couple times a week, staying in Zone 2 He is now getting into hiking as well Tony proves that exercise is a poor way to lose weight, and while it can supplement weight loss, DIET is absolutely necessary Tony cannot believe how he could have changed so quickly It's all about cutting out the sugar and the grains!!! WHAT EXERCISE MATTERS?

Episode 695 -- Sylvia Tara, biochemist and author of The Secret Life of Fat, joins Vinnie today to talk about fat, an endocrine organ, that does so much good for puberty, for our immune systems, and for our brain. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty SYLVIA TARA Incredibly smart and beautiful! Holds a PhD in biochemistry from UCSD Also has an MBA from Wharton (U Penn) Worked with all of the big biotech companies SECRET LIFE OF FAT Check out her book here! The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You Now focuses on popular misconceptions of fat, and how fat in reality does so much good for us People fear fat, but really it is just an endocrine organ ENDOCRINE ORGAN "Adipose Tissue", or fat, is an endocrine Organ Endocrine system controls all of the hormones in your body Therefore, fat is incredibly important for our development and homeostasis as well Our body tries to hold on to fat when we eat it for a reason Not

: Episode 693- Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk iTunes rankings, Anna's work, BS Weight Loss articles, eating carbs, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club The absolute best olive oil in the world, do not miss out! Villa Cappelli Top quality vitamins for a low price! Squatty Potty You'll want one for every bathroom! RANKINGS The podcast had a record day yet was not at the top of the charts ~18,000 more downloads Sometimes they will have a bad day, yet be top 5 in the rankings The algorithm makes absolutely no sense BS WEIGHT LOSS ARTICLES "How to Lose Weight While You Sleep" Total BS article, as they all are Article immediately goes to a coconut water ad Coconut water is basically straight sugar "Getting a better night's sleep" "One of the most effective [ways]" This is based off of caloric restriction diets That is the first flaw This "study" was done over 14 days This is REALLY not a study In reality, it has to do with hormones which this article does not acknowledge They also stress e