Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2062 - On this Saturday show, Anne Happel joins Vinnie and the two talk projects, braving the elements, outdoor adventures, trying to be healthy against bad advice, avoiding migraines, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/braving-the-elements-episode-2062 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods BRAVING THE ELEMENTS Anne and her husband moved to Minnesota during COVID. Her dog loves the water -- even when it's cold. She went tubing down the river, her dog jumped into the water and began to drown, and she jumped off of the tube into the freezing water and saved him. This was a life-threatening situation, but it was exhilarating. Then, she began swimming in that water every day. It's normally between 40 and 50 degrees, and colder in the winter. Over time, she's tried to stay in the water longer and longer, but she listens to her body when she does. She usually stays under between one and three minutes. Anne wants it to be somewhat challenging, which is why

Episode 2061 - On this Friday show, Dr. Sean O'Mara joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two discuss his research, discussing obesity, fighting chronic disease, cutting out processed foods, types of fat, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/discussing-obesity-dr-sean-omara-episode-2061 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli DR. SEAN O'MARA Dr. O'Mara is a doctor, and also attended Villanova for his JD! He attended Temple for med school. He focuses on the optimization of health. We can optimize people to a new level. This isn't anything he considered as a doctor initially. Dr. O'Mara had severe disease himself, until he realized how his diet and lifestyle could affect his health. Now, he is all about how we can make ourselves the best, healthiest, and fittest versions of ourselves. Much chronic disease can be eliminated with diet and lifestyle. Cutting out processed foods was the most important thing for him. Check out his website here. https://www.drse

Episode 2060 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk Expo West, unhealthy 'natural' products, 'reinvented and reimagined' foods, Unmeat, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/unhealthy-natural-products-episode-2060 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods UNHEALTHY 'NATURAL' PRODUCTS Vinnie and Andy attended Expo West. Every product was 'reinvented and reimagined.' There were hundreds and hundreds of tables. Vinnie and Andy were in the 'hot products' section. The other products that Vinnie and Andy saw were far and away not 'all natural' like they claimed. Very few had as few ingredients as PVC, PCC, and NSNG® Foods's food. The other products that were really 'all natural' were things like pie and popcorn. But, this is of course all sugar and all grains. There was a good charcuterie place! They sold a lot of great meat. And some good coffee, too. Lots of jerky places had sugar and other crap in the meat. Vinnie saw a booth selling 'fasti

Episode 2059 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk cigarettes and TV ads, cholesterol misinformation, drug lies, crazy side effects, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/tv-ads-drug-lies-episode-2059 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods TV ADS Sometimes Vinnie's Hulu movies have ads. This is really the only time he gets to see TV ads. Vinnie thinks of cigarette ads in the 20th century. Doctors were smoking. Nowadays, they can't actually drink in beer ads and everything comes with a warning. But it's not all good news. They would say in these ads that smoking 'makes the air softer.' They'd even show women with black eyes in the ads. But now, we see lots of ads for drugs that people do not need. CHOLESTEROL LIES Now ads largely focus on selling drugs. Vinnie plays a lipitor ad. Companies need folks to stay sick to sell more drugs. Of course, talk to your doctor. But take these ads with a grain of salt -- at best. Vinnie thinks that many of th

Episode 2058 - On this Sunday School, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk Mardi Gras, creating a life you can be proud of, intermittent fasting and metabolic flexibility, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/creating-a-life-episode-2058 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MARDI GRAS New Orleans during Mardi Gras is a lot of fun. Vinnie would close down his business. He knew people weren't working out in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras and during that week, so he'd go to Cozumel. Catching coconuts was a lot of fun. As a kid, Vinnie loved the parades. Once he got to Tulane, kids were amazed by carnival, but for him it was old news! CREATING A LIFE James Reiss, who Vinnie knew, became the King Carnival. This kid lifted himself by his bootstraps and became someone. He got his stuff together in a difficult life, became a marine, and has since found success. His sister also opened the Blue Jean Bar which has since opened 12 locations and she has found success,

Episode 2057 - On this Saturday show, Brett Lloyd joins Vinnie and the two talk his awesome health journey, including improving mental health, medical marijuana use, the carnivore diet, his recent lab work, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/improving-mental-health-episode-2057 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH Brett has been NSNG for some time. He is now 60, and weighs 180. At his heaviest, in 2015, he was 289. He was also on multiple medications for depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The medicine only made him feel crazier and more obese. Breaking it down, Brett lost 94 pounds over three years low carb, and lost the last 22 when he switched to a carnivore diet in 2018. Overall, prior to NSNG, Brett felt deluded, unhappy, and angry. He couldn't carry on conversations with people, he was unemployable, and each day was tough to get through. Brett is so grateful to his wife for sticking with him when he was sick and crazy. Brett als

Episode 2056 - On this Friday show, Dan Lynch joins Vinnie Tortorich, and the two talk Don Coddington, Mont Blanc, fighting sugar addiction, setting records and falling in love with rowing, and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/setting-records-rowing-dan-lynch-episode-2056 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli DAN LYNCH Vinnie knows Dan through Don Coddington. The two have known each other since childhood. They were athletes together! Don was the perfect example of 'you can't outrun a bad diet.' He was the fittest obese guy Vinnie knew. One of the wakeup calls for Don, according to Dan, was going on a climbing trip and worrying he was going to be cut based upon his size. FIGHTING SUGAR ADDICTION Dan knows how big a control sugar can have over us. Don showed Dan this lifestyle several years ago. He was raised in an era where because he was active, he could get away with whatever. There was no class on nutrition and fitness. Eventually, it caught u

Episode 2055 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk luminaries, cigarette ads, Playboy, vitamin ingredients, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/cigarette-ads-upcoming-shows-episode-2055 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods CIGARETTE ADS Doctors used to feature in these ads and say "these are the cigarettes doctors choose." Now, we have ads for drugs that Vinnie feels are similar. Listen to the upcoming Monday show for more on this. Really bad food commercials for super processed food products felt similar. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! It's doing really well, including on Amazon. This is the most important platform at the moment. Please give the film a good review if you like it. This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this li

Episode 2054 - On this Monday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk rock singers, trying to help family, unsuccessful gastric bypass, reasonably priced coffee, home renovations, unhealthy 'healthy' snacks, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/trying-to-help-family-episode-2054 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods TRYING TO HELP FAMILY Vinnie will on occasion receive frustrating phone calls from his family members. All he cares about is trying to help those he loves. But sometimes they have their minds made up before they come to Vinnie for help. His relative recently called him about gastric bypass. He wants this relative to live for a long time and is worried gastric bypass will be like another failed diet. And he worries about the doctors' his relative has seen's motives. Vinnie would recommend that his family members go and read stories from others on the FB page. Gastric bypass is essentially a starvation diet, and many people gain ALL of the weight bac

Episode 2053 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk the NSNG® ballcap, crazy cleanses, your gut's flora and fauna, ergogenics, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/crazy-cleanses-episode-2053 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods CRAZY CLEANSES We hear about various cleanses all the time. On the Netflix docuseries Cheer, one of the cheerleaders did a three-day 'watermelon cleanse.' Watermelon is high sugar, but it is also high fiber. It is void of any real nutrition. It may give you some stomach distress. That said, if you eat in moderation, it should be okay. This is a cleanse that Vinnie somewhat understands -- though he doesn't think ANY cleanse is a good idea. With watermelon, you have water and enough sugar to 'sustain' you, but your stomach and body won't be happy. Vinnie does not think cleanses are the way to go. This screws up flora and fauna. If you want to fast and you've decided that's a good idea for you, that's a diff

Episode 2052 - On this Saturday show, Blake Bernier joins Vinnie and the two talk strength training 101, exercise as the fountain of youth, wanting better for people, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/strength-training-101-episode-2052 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods STRENGTH TRAINING 101 Blake wants to get into strength training. He hasn't done much of this before. He's also not a gym guy, so his question is: what can he get at home? Vinnie recommends a pull up bar. Make sure you get one with a counterbalance, because they are much more stable. Do pull ups, and add a trap system in there. You can do different gravity-style exercises this way and strengthen additional muscles. This is cheap and cheerful -- you're in for under one hundred bucks. For beginners like Blake, don't start with weights yet! Take it slow and avoid tendonitis. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! It's doing really well, including on

Episode 2051 - On this special Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two talk folks in the music industry, voodoo, protein problems, aerobic goals, diet mentality, KetoCon 2022, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/protein-problems-aerobic-goals-episode-2051 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli SANTERIA Not only do Vinnie and Anna talk good music, they also talk ghosts. Vinnie has some weird light work going on in the room. Is he haunted or is the electricity just bizarre? He doesn't believe in voodoo or anything of the like, but in this instance, he does think he has a ghost with a good sense of humor. PROTEIN PROBLEMS Vinnie has some issues with protein. Part of the issue is that restaurants serve such small portions of protein. He went back to a restaurant that had previously disappointed him with small amounts of salmon, and the burger disappointed him again! Things have been weird at companies and restaurants all over the

: Episode 2050 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk tracking metrics, Andy's fast walking, vax cards, Expo West, future podcast topics, honesty with food, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/tracking-metrics-honesty-with-food-episode-2050 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods METRICS Having some measurable metric can be good for some people. It might be helpful to have to meet some step goal or something of the like. Fitbits and other similar products might be useful for this type of person. But for others, metrics can be too distracting or too obsession-inducing. Vinnie thinks this was the case for Howie and might be the case for him. Now, he did get an advanced scuba watch. Then, he realized it tracks steps. He realized his minimum was around 11k steps. EXPO WEST We will be at this expo in Anaheim. It's next Wed - Fri, the 9th through 11th. Find us in the 'hot products' section. Anna will be there for one day as well. Don't for

Episode 2049 - On this Monday show, Vinnie and Anna talk dissatisfying meals, shrinkflation, neighborhood watch, Eat Happy Kitchen, KetoCon 2022, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/dissatisfying-meals-more-episode-2049 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods DISSATISFYING MEALS Vinnie has been in search of a good burger joint in Virginia. The burgers are either not great or tiny! It really should be easier to find a good piece of meat with a slice of cheese on it. The amount of protein in these burgers is minimal compared the amount of carbs they throw on your plate. Vinnie tried Five Guys, too. The burger patties are around 3 or 4 ounces in many of these places. It's terrible, and hard to get full on the healthy stuff without spending a fortune. Serena and Vinnie talk about shrinkflation as they see more and more places do this -- with salmon and other food, too. KETOCON 2022 Vinnie and Anna will be there this year! It takes place July 8 to July 10 in Austin, TX.

Episode 2048 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk rom coms, getting out to walk, pedometers, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/getting-out-to-walk-episode-2048 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods ROM COMS Vinnie and Theresa, Gina's co-host on Easy Listening, love rom coms. It makes them feel good! He was recently watching a rom com that reminded him of an old girlfriend who recently passed away. GETTING OUT TO WALK One of Gina's resolutions was getting out and walking more. She has been doing well. If she has an errand to run and it's a mile or two away, she will walk. If she doesn't have errands, she will just make time to walk. She's trying to get in as much as she can before it gets too terribly hot in LA. Gina also shoots to have at least 5,000 steps a day. She has a little pedometer that she uses as guidance but isn't reliant on. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week on January 11! Order it TODA

Episode 2047 - The ever-smiling Mary Parker joins Vinnie on this Saturday show, and the two talk staying disciplined, combatting inflammation, cutting out alcohol, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/cutting-out-alcohol-staying-disciplined-episode-2047 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods CUTTING OUT ALCOHOL Mary has generally been able to stay disciplined. However, she recently struggled with it a bit. She got in a new relationship and figured she was young and just wanted to 'live.' After a year, she started to see it and feel all of the inflammation. Alcohol really hurt her. She has cut it out for the past month. Finally, she's starting to feel better. For Mary, alcohol is now off of the table. It makes her feel badly and it's totally within her control. She still has work to do but she knows this is the place to start, and it will take time. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! It's doing really well, includi

Episode 2046 - On this Friday show, James Nestor joins Vinnie again on this podcast, and the two talk respiratory health, breathing correctly, carbon dioxide levels, face physiology, a new product, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/breathing-correctly-james-nestor-episode-2046 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli JAMES NESTOR James has been on the show before. He considers himself someone who doesn't know much and has to keep learning. This lets him connect to his readers and listeners. Years ago, James heard about Wim Hof. He began trying to control his own breath, his own mind, his own body. The idea that we, as a species, has lost the ability to breathe correctly inspired James! BREATHING CORRECTLY As a species, we suffer from so many respiratory issues. There are many things we can do around our breath, even around the house, that can improve our health. If we can learn how to breathe properly, we can become hardier, healthier human bein

Episode 2045 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk the loss of Marilyn, fulfilling orders promptly, lessons learned, product extensions, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/fulfilling-orders-promptly-episode-2045 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods FULFILLING ORDERS PROMPTLY We are doing our best with equipment and supply chain issues. Unfortunately, we are behind in places but we're working judiciously to fill orders and get them to you as quickly as we're able. Now, for our nut butters, we have all of the materials and equipment in our hands. In 2-3 weeks, we'll be fully caught up. If you aren't getting an answer through the "Contact Us" pages on the websites, email andy@purevitaminclub.com. And if we don't answer right away, we should return it. But it might take a day or so because we're working so hard on filling your orders. Additionally, we're increasing our staff to help us cover the delay. We've learned some lessons fro

Episode 2044 - On this Monday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk Phil Collins, valuing relationships and loved ones, balancing protein and fat, modifying NSNG® appropriately, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/modifying-nsng-appropriately-more-episode-2044 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VALUING RELATIONSHIPS Vinnie and Anna have both had successful and unsuccessful relationships. Just because Vinnie didn't want to marry for a long time Schedules that differ too much can make things harder. Try not to be too affected by your significant others' emotions. If you base how you feel off of how they feel, that can be a recipe for disaster. There's a difference between being compassionate and being codependent. Hold those you love close and try to split on good terms if you do split. Vinnie recently lost an old girlfriend who he cared about very much, even after the breakup. He's been remembering all of the songs that remind him of her. Life is short --

Episode 2043 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad joins Vinnie and the two talk making time for exercise, mountain biking, combatting litter with plogging, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/02/making-time-for-exercise-plogging-episode-2043 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MAKING TIME FOR EXERCISE People often need to make time to exercise. The best thing you can do is walk, if you're not in the gym. Weight-bearing exercise is so important. If you aren't putting in a lot of time in the gym, try to spend that time on your feet moving around -- even if it's not an intentional workout. In the event you are able, get on a bike or try to jog. Any type of exercise is important. Vinnie thinks plogging is a great idea. You are walking or running around, and you bend over to pick up trash and throw it away on the way. This is good for your health and good for the earth. Add this to your routine! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week on