Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1704 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk super-glue, being extraordinary, Virginia, breaking sugar addiction, breakfast time and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/11/breaking-sugar-addiction-episode-1704 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow BREAKING SUGAR ADDICTION Sugar is incredibly addictive. It's a drug. You're always chasing the sugar high. Your hormones kick in and you want more. It leaves you thinking about it later. Anna thinks you should wait two or three months of no sugar at ALL (no life into living) to break the emotional addiction. When you're at day 25 and you're planning your sugar feast, that's not good. Talking to someone about a sugar addiction is a good thing! The food isn't actually making you feel better -- you aren't healing. A really good addict believes your own lies. Vinnie loves sugar, but he stays away from it to avoid falling into addiction and hurting his body and mind. For h

: Episode 1703 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad joins Vinnie to talk about old movies, junk food addictions, making your own peanut butter, and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/11/junk-food-addictions-episode-1703 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods JUNK FOOD ADDICTIONS There was a study that showed individuals good better remember where junk food was than non junk food based on smell. Vinnie recommends the book Salt Sugar Fat. Junk food companies want you coming back -- they are chemically changing the stuff to bring you back. They're screwing with your hormones and taste buds to hook you. Adding flavors to things like coffee, bone broth, etc., is an effort to chemically hook you and get you coming back. It's in companies' best interest that they addict you. FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Please also share it with family and friends! Available for both rental and purchase. H

: Episode 1702 - Andy Weixler joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show, and the two talk turning around your health, meet-ups with Vinnie and the crew, helping your kids achieve a healthy weight, Andy and his son's clothing company (SnakeScout) and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/turning-around-your-health-episode-1702 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods TURNING AROUND YOUR HEALTH Andy met Vinnie and Andy at a convention in Dayton. He drove from Minneapolis. At that point, he'd been doing NSNG® for just short of a year. He wanted to meet Vinnie and thank him for his part in turning around his health. He found Vinnie through the Carolla show. For the first two years of Vinnie's appearances, he would speed through because he wasn't ready to hear it. Once Gina and Dr. Drew spoke to their personal experiences, Adam started paying attention. He really did feel like his good intentions were healthier -- he tried to do what people said were 'good,' but he coul

: Episode 1701 - Lierre Keith joins Vinnie on this Friday show to talk sustainable carnivorism, vegan lies, quitting veganism for your health, human instincts, environmental myths, Lierre's vegan health issues, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/quitting-veganism-for-your-health-lierre-keith-episode-1701 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow LIERRE KEITH Lierre has been on the show before. She used to be a vegan, but had terrible health issues as a result and switched to a low carb high fat diet. Several vegans threw a pie laced with cayenne on her at one of her speaking events. She couldn't breath for about a week. It burned and she felt paralyzed. They never caught the three guys. She became a vegan as a teenager. QUITTING VEGANISM Somewhere around 85% of vegans stop being vegan. Most people don't last 3 months -- they realize it's not working. Lierre was ideologically extreme - when she commits, she commits. So, it took her health

: Episode 1700 - On this Wednesday show, the wonderful Serena Scott Thomas joins Vinnie to talk going to the gym during COVID-19, proper mask-wear, the upcoming Fat Doc 2, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/going-to-the-gym-during-covid-19-episode-1700 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GOING TO THE GYM DURING COVID-19 Vinnie has to make an appointment to go to the gym for certain rooms. When it comes down to it, he's just glad he can go. However, the mask policy is poorly enforced and seems fairly arbitrary. He also wasn't allowed to stay past his appointment time even though the room was not at capacity and he offered to leave if anyone else entered. Generally, they've smartly spaced out aerobic equipment. However, they have some aerobic equipment in the weight room. FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Please also share it with family and friends! Available for both rental and purch

: Episode 1699 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk old movies and songs, being woke, bad whey protein, Loren (Anna's husband) joins to talk about home gyms, and John joins the show to discuss his weight loss story and overcoming cognitive dissonance. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/home-gyms-overcoming-cognitive-dissonance-episode-1699 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow OVERCOMING COGNITIVE DISSONANCE John was on the show about a year and a half ago. He got really serious about this all on January. For a bit, he had intense hunger pain. He diversified his diet, ebcause it was primarily processed cheese and chicken wings. Within a few weeks, the hunger pangs are down and so is his weight! John's like 100 lbs lower than his heaviest weight! It was cognitively dissonant for while, but once he tried it and saw that it worked, he was sold. He had tried Nutrisystem and other 'diet' plans, and none worked. HOME GYMS Use

: Episode 1698 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie and Gina Grad talk holidays, Andy Harris, the Ball family, how money doesn't buy happiness, Jennifer Bricker, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/money-doesnt-buy-happiness-episode-1698 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MONEY DOESN'T BUY HAPPINESS The Ball kids are super successful basketball players. But who is to say they want to play? Their dad clearly pushed them into it, whether they like it or not. They referred to his kids as "products" more than once. Meanwhile, while Nike paid Colin Kaepernick a lot, now he can't do what he loves anymore –– play football. FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Please also share it with family and friends! Available for both rental and purchase. Here is the link to the iTunes page https://vinnietortorich.com/iTunes If you don't have iTunes, find it at Vimeo here! https://vinnietortorich.com/v

: Episode 1697 - Gina Grad's Andy Harris joins Vinnie on this Saturday show to talk song lyrics, putting no life into living, marathon running, cutting out junk food, and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/putting-no-life-into-living-episode-1697 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NO LIFE INTO LIVING Andy has been strict NSNG® for 280 days. He's not putting any life into living. He hasn't had a beer, any cake, or anyting. For his birthday, he had a cheese cake. Not a cheesecake, a cheese cake. It's tough with a young kid. His kid still eats cereal and treats, but Andy refrains. This started with him training for a marathon. He had a serious addiction to junk food. He wanted to see how long he could live without eating crap. Now, he's 280 days in. He hasn't had a lot of time to run since the summer, but he feels better. His diet has made up for the fact that he wasn't exercising too much. Now, he's done 9 marathons. Hopefully, he'll hit 10 by March 2021 latest

: Episode 1696 - On this Friday show, Amy Eiges joins Vinnie to talk obesity from childhood, buying into diet culture, the Nutrition Coalition, the upcoming Fat Doc 2, and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/buying-into-diet-culture-the-nutrition-coalition-amy-eiges-episode-1696 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow AMY EIGES Amy is 53 and 5'7.5". Her weight now is around 200 lbs. She believes her highest weight was around 400 lbs. She started this weight loss journey at 49 years old, only four years ago. At six years old, she had internalized that people were calling her fat. Her mom had a weight problem as well as several other family members. BUYING INTO DIET CULTURE Amy was always on a diet, she went to weight loss camps, she spent all of this money, and nothing helped her. She still bought into the moderation and calorie fantasy. She tried every fad diet there was and never stopped to think: maybe it's more than just these diets. THI

: Episode 1695 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk The Weakest Link, Andy's game show appearances, our NSNG® Foods promotion and Halloween, and more on this Wednesday show. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/our-halloween-nsng-foods-promotion-episode-1695 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GAME SHOW APPEARANCES Andy has appeared on 3 game shows. He paid for some of his graduate school this way. The first show was Whew! He earned $25,000 and a trip as a 22 y/o. Then, he was on $25,000 pyramid. He got a back rub from Dick Clark! His celebrities were Anita Gillette and Charles Seibert. Charles really screwed it up for him. He won a 25-inch giant television and $450. The last one was Catch Phrase. He was almost too good for the show's own good. Andy won quite a bit of money -- he lost the second day, though. NSNG® FOODS PROMOTION By the end of next week, we'll be all caught up. We;re currently short on coconut oil. Buy these nut butters and use them as a trick-o

: Episode 1694 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk voiceover work, Marie's rehabbing, football, learning about family, Andy's game show appearance, NSNG® Foods' nut butters, Eat Happy Marinara and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/learning-about-family-andy-game-shows-more-episode-1694 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow LEARNING ABOUT FAMILY Vinnie learned a lot by going home to care for his mom. He's learned about his parents' upbringing, the similarities between him and some of his relatives, and more. He even sees some parts of his being that he got from his mom's side, and some he got from his dad's. Go home for awhile, call your parents, ask them questions. He left too young to learn many of these things. You'll learn a lot and likely be quite amazed! FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Please also share it with family and frien

: Episode 1693 - For this Sunday School episode, we are running a BEST OF featuring the first Sunday that Gina ever co-hosted in 2017! Gina Grad (https://twitter.com/GinaGrad, https://www.instagram.com/ginagrad/) joins Vinnie to read the menus and discuss the bad lunches of some rich schools published in the New York Times. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/best-of-unhealthy-lunches-episode-1693 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods UNHEALTHY LUNCHES NYT released an article documenting the bad lunches some rich schools provide their students It's appalling! Schools aren't spending money on healthy lunches The best thing is basically a baked potato with broccoli and processed cheese. Pretty sugary, but overall, could be worse!! In the realm of school lunches, Vinnie is happy there is broccoli and cheese. "Italian Dunkers" - these are grains and tomato sugar, basically. Pizza sticks, lettuce salad, pudding dessert. This sounds pretty unhealthy on the whole. Lettuce, go

: Episode 1692 - On this Saturday show, Scott Wieczorek joins Vinnie to talk his weight loss journey, running faster with NSNG®, endurance and stamina, training for a marathon, healthy eating with family and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/running-faster-with-nsng-helping-family-more-episode-1692 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods RUNNING FASTER WITH NSNG® Scott has a very Polish last name! Growing up, people always messed up his last name, and still do. He had run several marathons before NSNG®. He couldn't break four hours. While getting acquainted with his iPhone and the podcast app, he ran across the Marathon Training Academy podcast. He wanted to break that four hour barrier. Scott heard an episode with Dr. Noakes, and heard how he did it by eating NSNG®. He has lost 40 lbs and broke that four hour mark for his marathon! His dad also passed away from a heart attack, and his mother had diabetes, so this has further encouraged him down this path. He fee

: Episode 1691 - On this Friday show, Anna joins Vinnie for a special appearance, and the two talk evolving truths, lessening inflammation post-op, staying active, collagen and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/lessening-inflammation-staying-active-more-episode-1691 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow LESSENING INFLAMMATION When Vinnie's mom had her surgery, her knee was incredibly swollen. She thought the inflammation was a result of the broken leg. Vinnie said it should be a little swollen, but not so swollen. When Vinnie arrived, he restocked the fridge with high fat cheese, olives, sausages and pastrami, and more. Once she started eating these foods instead of sugars and grains, the inflammaiton went way down. Within 9 days, the cast was falling off. STAYING ACTIVE Working out is a poor way to lose weight. However, staying active is important. Don't not make time for exercise. Move from one sport to the next to the ne

: Episode 1690 - On this "Best Of" show, we're playing an old show from 2017. Dr. Tim Noakes joins Vinnie to talk about his trial, his upcoming book Nutrition on Trial, the truth about the effectiveness of statins, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/best-of-nutrition-on-trial-dr-tim-noakes-episode-1690 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods TIM NOAKES Dr. Noakes was on the podcast recently here: The Trial Against Good Health with Tim Noakes – Episode 1671 https://vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/trial-against-good-health-tim-noakes-episode-1671/ Check out his website here! https://www.thenoakesfoundation.org/ He believes in the good of LCHF. He's a South African doctor. Tim is also a. writer of some really incredible books Check them out here https://www.thenoakesfoundation.org/prof-noakes-bibliography One of Vinnie's favorite is Waterlogged. There is no set amount of water that one person should drink. Different for every person. You can actually drink too much w

: Episode 1689 - On this Monday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk getting back on track, victory laps, safely cycling, the slippery slope of eating sugar, "dirty keto," food labeling and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/getting-back-on-track-dirty-keto-more-episode-1689 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow GETTING BACK ON TRACK Sometimes people fall off track. COVID-19 hasn't helped a lot of people. However, don't keep making excuses to get back on track. Vinnie can help you if you schedule a phone consult. The Facebook group (which is free) is also a good resource. Start TODAY, not tomorrow, not next week. Saying "I'll start on Monday" makes it easier to keep pushing that back. You need to break the addiction. SAFELY CYCLING Vinnie wants to get back into bikes. He doesn't want to ride on the road anymore – it is simply too dangerous with distracted drivers. He's going to take up gravel riding! Really kindly, an

: Episode 1688 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie and Gina Grad talk non-politics, avoiding junk food, shelf space, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/avoiding-junk-food-episode-1688 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods AVOIDING JUNK FOOD Berkeley, California has banned junk food near check outs. This is great. Generally, people cave to junk food because it's right in front of them. Making it easier to avoid is a good thing. The junk food brands aren't getting the same shelf space -- nor should they. This sort of law is fighting the economics of crap food. Horrible food brands should not be able to sell more simply because they can afford to put the food in front of kids. They may be able to figure out other ways to push this unhealthy food. However, this a start. They're subbing in "healthier" foods. The heart is in the right place, but we need to make sure it's *actually* healthy foods here. FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and r

: Episode 1687 - On this Saturday show, Bill Fain joins Vinnie to talk seizures and keto, how NSNG® can be easy, Zone 2 and half-marathon training, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/nsng-can-be-easy-episode-1687 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NSNG® CAN BE EASY Bill found Vinnie through Adam Carolla. NSNG® has been the easiest thing he's ever done. He's down around 70 to 75 lbs. Reading the PDF started him down the right track. Bill had some seizures out of the blue, broke his shoulder, gained some weight, and realized he should try something new. He hasn't had any more seizures since going keto. He's 6'1" and last time he checked, he was 175 lbs. He started at 240 lbs. Now, he's training for races. He's done lots of 5ks and now he has a half coming up. Bill sees lots of people overthinking things. If it doesn't have sugar/lots of carbs or grains, then it's ok. Keep it simple. Bill still has his fun with his scotch once or twice a week. But eating thi

: Episode 1686 - On this Friday show, Sam Feltham joins Vinnie for another appearance on the podcast and talks low carb dietary experiments, CICO failures, the Public Health Collaboration UK, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/dietary-experiments-public-health-collaboration-episode-1686 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow LOW CARB DIETARY EXPERIMENTS Sam did an N-1 experiment. He ensured the same calorie surplus for each. He decided to try 3 different diets for 3 weeks a piece over a year. Between trials, he'd take about 3 months to get metabolically sound again. He started with a low carb whole foods diet, but he ate about 6,000 calories a day intentionally. His day would include lots of eggs, nuts, fish, and more. He'd have to force himself to eat. After 3 weeks, he was in 47,000 calorie surplus. According to popular diet notions, he should have gained over 6 kilos from that. Instead, he gained just over one but lost

: Episode 1685 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie to talk Halloween, handing out treats, not looking your age, PVC promos, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/handing-out-treats-halloween-episode-1685 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods HANDING OUT TREATS This has become a major holiday. Trick or treating is an entire thing. Kids collect more candy than they should eat in a year. Setting limits with your kids is the way to go. Kids can have candy as a special treat -- but it's just that, not a staple. Vinnie tends to not hand anything out on Halloween. He doesn't want to participate in handing out sugar. The two think, though, they may hand out NSNG® Foods Nut Butter. He will give out the non-coffee ones. This is a great and yummy trick or treat snack for kids. Keep an eye out -- we will soon use a promo code for Halloween. FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Please a