Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1803 - On this Sunday School episode, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie to talk Gina Grad's father, being there for loved ones' passing, a preventative business, wanting to do something with your life, the value of life, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/a-preventative-business-episode-1803 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GINA'S FATHER Gina's dad was diagnosed with He unfortunately fell into a coma in the hospital. When he came out of it, he never really recovered. He has recently passed, and that's why Gina isn't in the office today. A PREVENTATIVE BUSINESS We're in a preventative business. Eating this way can hopefully keep you out of the hospital. However, even healthy folks like Gina's dad do get sick and die from crazy things. Hopefully, though, eating well and exercising will make you stronger, as it tends to do. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it

: Episode 1802 - On this Saturday show, Meagan Hawkes joins Vinnie to talk the low carb movement, the Facebook group, NSNG® newcomers, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/the-low-carb-movement-nsng-newcomers-episode-1802 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods THE LOW CARB MOVEMENT Vinnie and Meagan have both noticed lots of progress over the past ten or so years. When Vinnie started the podcast, he feared saying the word ketogenic because it was confused with ketoacidosis. Many of the doctors Vinnie had on in early days of the podcast were not big back then; now they have their own big things going on! Plus, lots of listeners and the like have started their own blogs and podcasts. Low carb is fortunately becoming more mainstream. There are 27k people in the Facebook group. Meagan is an admin for this! No question is too 'simple' or 'dumb' -- members, be nice to newcomers! Go about it with kindness! You can't try shortcuts, you need to commit to this. Ask as ma

: Episode 1801 - On this Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk Vinnie's road trip, food addiction, going down the road less traveled, tofu, the COVID-19 vaccine, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/going-down-the-road-less-traveled-episode-1801 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED Going down the road less traveled happens often in life. For Vinnie, it started with going to college, leaving the bayou, meeting new people, not getting instant gratification but learning a lot from his new environment. Weight loss may be the same for a lot of people. Lots of people who start NSNG have tried every other diet/fad/lifestyle, and it hasn't stuck. Try to take this road less traveled and dive into this lifestyle. It may not be mainstream (yet), but it is the road you will stick with. When the road gets tough, get out your machete and start hacking. Also, it's normal to lose weight slowly. If you lose too

: Episode 1800 - On this Wednesday episode, we run a best-of from 2018. Agronomy expert Dr. Peter Ballerstedt joins Vinnie to discuss his work as a foraging, ruminant, and livestock expert. They also talk climate change, meat myths, human diet health, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/best-of-we-need-cows-dr-ballerstedt-episode-1800 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Belcampo DR. PETER BALLERSTEDT This is one incredibly smart man. Check out his lecture: "Ruminant Reality: Livestock, Human Health and Environment" here: https://denversdietdoctor.com/dr-peter-ballerstedt-ruminant-reality-diet-human-health-environment/ He has studied the needs of humans and diet. A low carb diet with plenty of meat is important. We evolved because we ate meat. He and Vinnie met at Low Carb USA! High fiber is important to feed beef livestock - better for them, makes it better for us, too. WE NEED COWS Cows are not causing climate change. It's not even their far

: Episode 1799 - On this Monday show, Anna and Vinnie talk Vinnie's recent trip to Los Angeles, truck troubles, getting strong after injuries, new recipes with Marie, new Eat Happy Kitchen products, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/getting-strong-after-injuries-episode-1799 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli GETTING STRONG AFTER INJURIES No injury is built the same. Whether it's a long term injury, or you hurt your back trying to move something the wrong way, TAKE IT SLOW with recovery. It's important to get strong as you get older. But remember, if you're just starting out, slow and steady wins the race. Vinnie's mom has recovered after her injury! She is also eating healthier, which helped her recovery. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (

: Episode 1798 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk unlearning bad habits, calorie-in calorie-out brainwashing, eggs and cholesterol, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/unlearning-bad-habits-episode-1798 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods UNLEARNING BAD HABITS Gina grew up in a Weight Watchers home. For many calorie focused people, it takes awhile to unlearn bad habits. Gina didn't have an avocado until about 10 years ago. It can still be challenging for her to eat high fat things. She was taught to eat low fat everything for so long, but now she realizes Vinnie is really telling the truth. EGGS Finally, science is recognizing eggs are healthy. You can eat more than egg whites. Check out this article: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/are-eggs-bad-for-cholesterol FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the cha

: Episode 1797 - On this Saturday show, Suzy Demeester joins Vinnie, and the two talk movies, beating insulin resistance, fine-tuning intermittent fasting, cholesterol numbers, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/beating-insulin-resistance-episode-1797 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods SUZY'S STORY She struggled with her health and metabolism-related issues. All of the people she spoke with, some of whom were very well-versed in these issues, talked about fasting. She also found Tro Kalayjian and others who inspired her. Suzy had been diagnosed with fatty liver disease, had other stress-related issues, and more. When it came down to it, after listening to Jason Fung, she realized she was insulin resistance. BEATING INSULIN RESISTANCE Once she realized this was her problem, she took the plunge. Susy began by cutting out sugar and grains. She started with the obvious things (bread, pasta), and also seed oils. Importantly, she allowed herself to eat as much

: Episode 1796 - On this Friday episode, Dr. Frédéric Leroy, food scientist, joins Vinnie to talk social media, the villainization of meat, banning meat, junk food, fake animal-based products, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/the-villainization-of-meat-dr-frederic-leroy-episode-1796 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli DR. FRÉDÉRIC LEROY His science is in the field of food microbiology and technology, both of which are very He keeps a very clean record because he knows it's important. Many of the misleading statements may be traced back to the same people, institutions, companies. Dr. Leroy doesn't sell books, refuses fees and the like. Importantly, in addition to the hard science, Dr. Leroy looks at how meat is villainized and how institutions support this bad science. We must examine why institutions are doing this. THE VILLAINIZATION OF MEAT One of the thing he looks at, is how meat is portrayed in the Daily Mail. At the beginni

: Episode 1795 - On this Wednesday show, Andy and Vinnie talk Vinnie's upcoming, new project, buttergate, palm oil uses, easy eating with our Ultra Fat nut butters, our upcoming, high-quality Omega-3 product, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/ultra-fat-easy-eating-episode-1795 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods PALM OIL USES Butter is often made with palm oil. This is normal and not new. Medium chain triglycerides is what cows eat! Dairy cows use a lot of energy, this is a supplement that goes into their feed. Check out the recent podcast on this: The Science of Dairy Farming with Dr. Adam Lock – Episode 1791 Palm oil is used in products you use every day, like makeup, for example. This shows anything can become everything on the internet. EASY EATING One of the great things about our Ultra Fat nut butters is that they're easy to eat. The packaging doesn't hurt your mouth. The product comes out easily so you can eat it all. If you want to harden it up, p

: Episode 1794 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk becoming a trainer, CPAP machines, steroids, normalizing bad health, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/normalizing-bad-health-episode-1794 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli BECOMING A TRAINER It is SO EASY to become a certified trainer or dietitian. You can do it online fairly quickly. Also, the dietitian courses teach the SAD diet. This isn't legit like it used to be. Be cautious if you hear that people are certified but didn't go to school for it. NORMALIZING BAD HEALTH A lot of the trainers who are 'keto' are very dirty keto. Vinnie heard a trainer calling a CPAP machine 'sleep equipment.' And, they're calling steroids 'gear.' That veganism is now so in is another form of this. This is all normalizing health issues. TV contributes to these issues, making medications seem normal and the like. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share

: Episode 1793 - On this Sunday School episode, the wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie to talk old movies, New Orleans, fighting motion sickness, curiosity and delayed gratification, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/motion-sickness-delayed-gratification-episode-1793 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MOTION SICKNESS Vinnie has HORRIBLE motion sickness. Yachts and limos are his worst nightmare. In the car, he has to drive. Planes and other forms of transportation can also make him feel very sick. When he visited Tasmania, he did not want to leave because he knew he would feel horrible. To fight motion sickness, Vinnie tries to fall asleep. He takes dramamine and the like to help fight it. Vinnie also makes sure to sit in the front seat or toward the front of vehicles whenever he can. DELAYED GRATIFICATION This is a good thing. It is NOT good to get what you want as soon as you want it. Often, if you hold out, something better will come, too. Gina feels her

: Episode 1792 - On this Saturday show, comedian Carmen Ciricillo joins Vinnie to discuss comedy and weight loss, Italian families, testosterone, sports teams, trying your best, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/comedy-and-weight-loss-carmen-ciricillo-episode-1792 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods COMEDY AND WEIGHT LOSS Carmen is an incredible comedian. He found Vinnie via the Carolla effect. Carmen and Vinnie both found, growing up in Italian families, having some extra weight on you was preferred by your family. He's more of an Eddie Murphy guy himself. Lots of comedians struggle with weight. Carmen struggles to watch himself on video, even after he has lost significant weight. It's hard to be on the road and eat well. For Carmen personally, this COVID-19 period has been good. He's had time to do what he wants. He's making video content and the like. He's down 17 lbs! Not going to restaurants is helpful. When Carmen takes something on, he does it full

: Episode 1791 - On this Friday episode, Dr. Adam Lock joins Vinnie to discuss butter, the science of dairy farming, lipids and fatty acid profiles, buttergate, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/the-science-of-dairy-farming-dr-adam-lock-episode-1791 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli DR. ADAM LOCK Dr. Lock is a scientist at Michigan State. He studies dairy farming and the science around it. In particular, he's an expert when it comes to dairy lipids & dairy nutrition. DAIRY FARMING They have been adding palm oil to dairy products for 25+ years all over the world. This is the common practice. It can still be a very high quality product! It's a little different for most farmers. There has been recent outrage over this –– it is misplaced. Palm oil is a good source of important acids and the like. Milk is quite complex. It's made up of about 400 fatty acids. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with fam

: Episode 1790 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss Tina (Andy's dog), getting outside often, shaking hands, our upcoming decaf coffee, Vinnie's roadtrip, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/getting-outside-more-often-episode-1790 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GETTING OUTSIDE Being outside is the best thing for you. Many of us have spent more time inside in the past year than usual with the pandemic. If you need to bundle up, do it. You can still hike or go for a walk or a jog. We all need to get out more! OUR DECAF COFFEE We are coming out with a decaf coffee from PCC soon. This is using the Swiss Water Process. There are no chemicals involved! It's a patented process that just uses water. Vinnie is generally pretty anti-decaf, but this product has changes his mind quite a bit! FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to

: Episode 1789 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich discuss meat eaters, the importance of weight-bearing exercise, weight loss goals, diving in to NSNG®, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/03/the-importance-of-weight-bearing-exercise-episode-1789 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli MEAT EATERS In the 70s, tofu wasn't really a thing. People were still eating meat back then! A lot of households did mostly eat highly processed meat. Obviously, non-highly processed meat is better. WEIGHT-BEARING EXERCISE This is exercise where you're bearing your OWN weight! It's an excellent form of exercise. Walking and jogging are both weight-bearing. Biking is not weight-bearing -- you're supported by the bike. Weight-bearing exercises are crucial. You need the banging around on your joints. Adding cardio and muscle building is great, too! Make time to do this exercise. If you want it badly enough, you'll make the time. FAT DOC 2 IS

: Episode 1788 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk ignoring "health" buzzwords, unhealthy ancient grains, glucose spikes, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/02/ignoring-health-buzzwords-episode-1788 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods IGNORING "HEALTH" BUZZWORDS There are a lot of "health" related buzzwords out there. For example, plant-based is one. Now, "ancient grains" are really kicking. Just because you hear them a lot and they try to market them as different doesn't make them different. Ancient grains are quite simply grains. Are unprocessed/unmodified grains better? Maybe, but they still aren't good for you. F quinoa! Historically, people ate grains because it fattened them up. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUERAY, DVD,

: Episode 1787 - On this Saturday show, Nathan Bitzer joins Vinnie to talk his weight loss journey, how Fat Doc is eye-opening, keeping NSNG® simple, men's health, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/02/fat-doc-is-eye-opening-episode-1787 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods FAT DOC IS EYE-OPENING Nathan grew up in theater and acting. He did play a couple of sports, but spent most of his time on the stage. Actors are incredibly hard working––they grind. Total Type As. Nathan got up to about 300 lbs in 2019. He ate way too much and also the right things. Over the years, he tried exercie and calorie restriction, but neither really worked. When he committed to NSNG®, he kept it simple (because it is). He didn't track, he just went in and didn't eat carby foods. He lost a LOT of initial weight. About 6 years ago, he realized he had a food addiction. He knew something must be better – he heard of keto from his sister. Then, he saw Vinnie's doc. Fat Doc, shared with

: Episode 1786 - On this Friday show, Vinnie and Anna talk Tom's Restaurant, old jobs in schools and in politics, fitness training, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/02/fitness-training-job-history-episode-1786 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli FITNESS TRAINING Vinnie spent many years as a fitness trainer. One of those settings was in a school, another was a gym. He liked seeing the kids who really wanted to work out and get in shape most of all. The kids were super motivated and together they succeeded. From there, Vinnie tried some other things and became a personal trainer. You don't need to wear a suit and a tie to succeed. Find what you love and work hard at it. Anna tried politics and hated it -- then she chased acting and it worked out after a lot of sweat and tears. Vinnie was scared to come to LA but he knew he had to give it a chance. The two will advise: go start something new, then quit your job –– NOT the other way arou

: Episode 1785 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk relaxing with magnesium, different types of magnesium, our PVC magnesium product, our Explorer Series, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/02/relaxing-with-magnesium-episode-1785 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods RELAXING WITH MAGNESIUM Vinnie was out shooting skeet. One of the guys he shoots with asked about falling asleep. His wife either has trouble falling asleep or wakes up after an hour or two. Vinnie recommended magnesium. This is a natural way (like melatonin) to help your body relax. Lots of people find they sleep much better and fall asleep easier with magnesium. Another important trick: turn off screens an hour before you go to bed. That bright light messes with your body's natural production of melatonin. Pure Vitamin Club carries an amazing magnesium. We take particular pride in our product. It has several types of magnesium, and only the types we felt were most im

: Episode 1784 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich discuss Mardi Gras, dirty keto, the Free Britney movement, work-out racks, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/02/dirty-keto-work-out-racks-episode-1784 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli DIRTY KETO Lots of people do a 'dirty' style of keto. They'll have lots of artificial sweeteners and the like. Stop trying to make excuses. Beat your cravings by avoiding foods that mimic sugary and carby foods. Vinnie doesn't allow a lot of these dirty keto products to sponsor this show because he won't mislead his listeners. Stick to whole foods. The more you stay away from processed foods with added crap, the better. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUERAY, DVD, PRIME) (MAY NOT BE AVAIL