Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1684 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk keto ice cream, leg press machines, a John Dunn update, Marie T. makes a guest appearance to discuss her injury rehab, and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/keto-ice-cream-marie-update-more-episode-1684 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow "KETO" ICE CREAM Most "ketogenic" ice creams are absolutely full of crap. It's expensive and is full of chemicals. If you have too much, your stomach will likely punish you for it. You can make REAL NSNG ice cream at home. All you need is heavy cream, ice and some berries. "Certified keto" is just a marketing ploy. MARIE'S INJURY REHAB Marie broke several bones. Vinnie went to Louisiana to help her recover. She's moving along much faster in recovery than folks thought. Vinnie's exercise and low inflammation diet has likely helped, too. Marie's insurance initially wanted her to go to a nursing home for 60 days. Vi

: Episode 1683 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie and Gina Grad talk getting back into safe cycling, gravel road racing, working out in Louisiana, Vinnie's childhood, Subway sugary bread and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/safe-cycling-gravel-racing-episode-1683 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods SAFE CYCLING When Vinnie started riding, people didn't wear helmets. He had a beer bottle thrown at him and bought a helmet the next day. Definitely always wear a helmet! Once Vinnie had his shoulder surgery, texting on the road became more prevalent. He didn't want to put his life into the hands of texting drivers. Mountains with lots of trees were also dangerous. However, now, where he lives there are LOTS of gravel roads. Vinnie plans on picking up mountain bike riding on these roads again soon. He's going to train for one of these gravel riding competitions. He wants to do one of these before the end of 2021. WAKING UP RUNNING You have to work your hardes

: Episode 1682 - On this Saturday show, Scott King joins Vinnie for a second appearance on the show to talk Scott's amazing NSNG® success story, achieving weight loss goals, consistent lifestyle benefits, removing excess skin, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/10/achieving-weight-loss-goals-removing-excess-skin-episode-1682 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods WEIGHT LOSS GOALS Scott tried various diets before finding the lifestyle of NSNG®. He's had an amazing journey -- his health has been completely transformed. He went from 6'1 at at least 450 lbs, and today he is about 265 lbs after 20 months. He's lost an entire PERSON in fewer than two years! Prior to finding this lifestyle, he thought he'd have to keep getting gastric bypass surgeries until he couldn't anymore. When they denied him on his second one, he thought that was it for him. Then, he had a close call with his daughter's safety and his severe morbid obesity prevented him from helping his kid. He

: Episode 1681 - Dr. Jason Fung, author of The Obesity Code and intermittent fasting expert, joins Vinnie for another appearance on the Friday show, and the two talk drug advertising, solving metabolic diseases, social norms' roles in diet, snacking, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/solving-metabolic-diseases-with-dr-jason-fung-episode-1681 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow DR. JASON FUNG Jason is far and away an expert in this field. Many who live this lifestyle have consulted with him. Check out his website: https://thefastingmethod.com/ He's an IF expert and an obesity expert. SOLVING METABOLIC DISEASES So many diseases are related to diet. Many are simply metabolic issues from poor lifestyles. Drugs advertised on TV are for profit, not for fixing. People need to realize they have the power to control their health. With a change in lifestyle and diet, and maybe some fasting, you CAN help yourself more than many

: Episode 1680- On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie and the two talk hurricane season, planned life into living, guiding family toward healthy food, NSNG® Foods catch-up, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/planning-life-into-living-nsng-foods-episode-1680 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods PLANNED LIFE INTO LIVING When Vinnie rarely does LIL, he plans it. He makes sure he isn't going to fall into cravings and have too easy access to these unhealthy foods. Because Vinnie is going to be around fried catfish a lot and in Louisiana for awhile, he's not had any fried, breaded catfish as he doesn't want to tempt himself to fall off the wagon. When you do put LIL, know when you're going to do it, what you're going to have, and how you're going to get right back on track after. Prepare to feel a little icky the next day, but fight the urge to let yourself stay off the wagon. GUIDING FAMILY TOWARD HEALTHY FOOD When Vinnie got to Louisiana, he clean

: Episode 1679 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk navigating fast food, speak with Don Coddington, and chat Ford trucks, cardio equipment, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/navigating-fast-food-cardio-equipment-more-episode-1679 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow NAVIGATING FAST FOOD It's so easy to go to the drive through. There are NSNG-ish things you can get at *some* fast food places. Though lots of carbs and grains are hidden everywhere. However, just try to stay away. It's a slippery slope. You never feel good after eating fast food. The Flying Dutchman at In-N'-Out is a good option. Just getting patties and cheese is usually okay, though sometimes burger meat has crap in it. Avoid salad dressings other than olive oil. Make sure your coffee from fast food places is black and unsweetened. CARDIO EQUIPMENT Tiny fly wheel is not great for ellipticals. These machines will get rickety reall

: Episode 1678 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie and Gina talk high school nicknames, breaking under the weight of our weight, breaking sugar and carbs addiction, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/breaking-under-the-weight-of-our-weight-episode-1678 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods THE WEIGHT OF OUR WEIGHT We will break under the weight of our own weight as a country. The obesity crisis will cause some degree of economic decline. That doctors have normalized doing double bypasses on young men is a terrible sign of the times. Those who are fit and healthy like Brady and Brees credit their ability to their diet. These guys aren't drinking Gatorade. They have WATER in their Gatorade bottles. These super athletes simply do not eat junk food. 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 t

: Episode 1677 - On this Saturday show, Dan Lynch joins Vinnie for a second appearance on the show and the two talk Marie's recovery, fighting cancer, every day rowing, finding the truth on Google, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/fighting-cancer-finding-truth-google-episode-1677 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods DAN'S STORY Dan and Vinnie met through Don Coddington. Check out Dan's first appearance on the show, last week, here: Dedicated Rowing and Living Clean – Episode 1672 https://vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/dedicated-rowing-living-clean-episode-1672/ Dan is hitting 1000 days today with his rowing journey! So long as doctors don't tell him know, he will keep rowing every day. When he enters the hospital for most of October, he'll have his rower with him. FIGHTING CANCER In 2019, Dan was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma. This is a rare, non-Hodgkins lymphoma. At the start, he decided he wouldn't do chemo. However, he changed his tune fairly quick

: Episode 1676 - On this Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie for a 1-on-1, and the two talk Vinnie's trip to Louisiana, morbid obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, permanent health fixes, unhealthy southern food, Fat Doc 2, fake and "natural" sweeteners, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/permanent-health-fixes-anna-vocino-episode-1676 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow PERMANENT HEALTH FIXES When Vinnie and Anna were kids, they wold hear about "sugar diabetes." Now, this is called Type II Diabetes. For many, this is a disease you can reverse. Stop eating sugar and grains––this works for many. Make it a permanent lifestyle change. Work with your doctor on this. NSNG®, turning around your health, are not temporary fixes or fads. You have to commit to this for real. Once you beat the addiction, you realize how sustainable this is. UNHEALTHY SOUTHERN FOOD The South has terrible obesity rates. Many of the popular foods there are t

: Episode 1675 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie and Andy talk NSNG® Foods Subscriptions, NSNG® cocktails, smell nostalgia, kindergarten memories and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/nsng-foods-subscriptions-nsng-cocktails-episode-1675 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NSNG® FOODS SUBSCRIPTIONS We are still catching up on shipments. Be on the look out! If you get a subscription, you save 15% every single time. Most people have pursued this option. Make sure you subscribe so you don't have to keep actively re-ordering. This is a great deal, and it's easier on you, too. With the subscription, we are also less expensive than all of our competitors -- and we think our product is better, too. We use only the highest quality ingredients. Don't forget we include electrolytes, too. 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 pu

: Episode 1674 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk MacBooks, Serena's birthday, b.s. keto and advertising, keeping A1Cs low, empowering ourselves with good health, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/keeping-a1cs-low-episode-1674 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow Raycon You can save 15% through this link! SERENA'S BIRTHDAY This show comes out on September 21st. It's Serena Scott Thomas's birthday! Take to the internet and wish her a happy one. KEEPING A1Cs LOW You want to keep it below 5.6. Anything over this, you're at least pre-diabetic, some doctors have said to Vinnie. Anna and Vinnie think they are vanity-sizing A1Cs. There are drug ads saying "just keep it below 7," but even that isn't healthy. Eating No Sugar No Grains can get and keep your A1C down WITHOUT drugs for those with Type 2 or pre-diabetes. Of course, listen to your doctor, but do some investigation. While there are plenty of

: Episode 1673 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk rehabilitating family, childhood bedrooms, banning junk food, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/banning-junk-food-rehabilitating-family-episode-1673 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods REHABILITATING FAMILY Vinnie is rehabilitating his mom in Louisiana. She broke some limbs and needed some help. When Vinnie was a broken teen, she took care of him This was his chance to pay back the favor. Fortunately, Vinnie can work from anywhere. BANNING JUNK FOOD Mexico has one of the highest childhood obesity rates. Recently, many places in Mexico have banned the purchase of junk food by minors. You have to be over 18 to buy foods full of sugars and grains. Vinnie and Gina think this is a good start. Like alcohol, it's a poison. If we can put an age limit on alcohol, why not junk food? FAT DOC IS OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes

: Episode 1672 – On this Saturday show, listener Dan Lynch joins Vinnie to talk the Matterhorn, dedicated rowing, living a clean lifestyle, fighting lymphoma, advocating for yourself, over-medication and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/dedicated-rowing-living-clean-episode-1672 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods DEDICATED ROWING Dan Lynch is a friend of Don Coddington's. They met in school on the track team. Don has bragged about Vinnie to Dan and Dan to Vinnie. Since about 2015, he got really into rowing. Dan rows every single day. He's trying to set a record. He started with one month in 2018, and it went from there. He found that cross fit gyms were prevalent enough he could always find a rower. Eventually, he started driving with it. He's averaging around 8500 meters across 1000 days. CLEAN LIFESTYLE Dan tries to live a really clean, helathy life. He generally avoids alcohol and avoids caffeine. This being said, he does think he's a sugar addict. He do

: Episode 1671 - Professor Tim Noakes joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss his journey in the nutrition word, the ridiculous trial against good health, running on sugar vs. fat, the Noakes Foundation and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/trial-against-good-health-tim-noakes-episode-1671 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow PROFESSOR TIM NOAKES Tim Noakes is a South African health expert who prescribes low carb diets. He's been on the show before. Find him here: Dr Tim Noakes: Nutrition on Trial – Episode 888 https://vinnietortorich.com/2017/09/dr-tim-noakes-nutrition-on-trial-episode-888 TRIAL AGAINST GOOD HEALTH Years ago, he received a tweet from a mother asking if her eating cauliflower could give her child who she was breastfeeding gas. Dr. Noakes basically said no because the baby is getting real food. He recommended she wean the child onto LCHF diet. He meant, meat fish and dairy. This was simply TRUE. He didn't want

: Episode 1670 - On this Wednesday show, Serena Scott Thomas joins Vinnie to talk the current hectic times, the fitness middle class, Serena's long distance running, getting back into exercise, cooking nuts and more! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/getting-back-into-exercise-fitness-middle-class-episode-1670 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods FITNESS MIDDLE CLASS This has nothing to do with finance. It has to do with the many people out there who are not super fit or super fat, but need to lose some weight and get metabolically healthier. Vinnie just wants to help. He will keep working at this goal. This is why Vinnie's always onto the next thing. He'll keep launching products to help, or documentaries to educate. GETTING BACK INTO EXERCISE When Serena moved to VA, she stopped running for a bit. She found that her aerobic and anaerobic fitness went away. Her general strength suffered when she stopped. Balance was worse, general muscle strength was worse. It's a

: Episode 1669 - On this Monday show, Anna and Vinnie talk wildfires, proper hydration in crazy heat, Anna's marinara, ultra events, good workout bikes, and more, and the two provide a Marie update! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/ultra-events-workout-bikes-marie-update-episode-1669 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow MARIE UPDATE Vinnie is in Louisiana with his mom. She broke several bones, including a shoulder and a knee. He's helping her recover with physical therapy and what not. But don't worry, she's doing great! ULTRA EVENTS Chris Kostman has been on the show. He organizes these amazing ultra events. Vinnie did a double century in one of his races. The BADWATER races are his. https://www.badwater.com/about-us/about-chris-kostman/ WORKOUT BIKES When Peloton came out, they couldn't sell any bikes. Then, they doubled the price and they took off. They're good bikes to motivate people through competition and whatnot, but wi

: Episode 1668 - On this Sunday School show, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk breakfast lies, coffee smear campaigns, Barilla pasta "studies," advocating for your own health, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/breakfast-lies-smear-campaigns-episode-1668 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods BREAKFAST LIES Breakfast as the most important meal of the day was truly a marketing campaign. Many cultures only started the day with an espresso or a light low-carb food like eggs or fruit. Kraft mac n' cheese and Reese's both have "breakfast" items coming out. These are huge lies. These foods simply cannot be good for you. Companies have been tricking us into thinking junk foods are breakfast foods for far too long. 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.

: Episode 1667 - On this Saturday show, Steve Owens joins Vinnie to talk getting into podcasting, booking great guests, Hollywood, losing weight and saving your lungs with a healthy lifestyle and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/getting-into-podcasting-healthy-lifestyles-episode-1667 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GETTING INTO PODCASTING Steve went to LA and has started a podcast. He's had some pretty amazing guests. In the first 12 episodes, he had Vinnie, Clint and Ron Howard, Scott Kelly (astronaut) and others. He's been on this show before. Check out his podcast, Fascination Street, here: https://fascinationstreetpod.com/ He's a family man who lives in Texas. It's a straight shot to LA when he records. He made some good relationships, started DMing people on social media, and more. Through this networking process, he's made some awesome friends. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE Steve is a great Carolla fan, and that's how he found Vinnie. He heard Vinnie so often

: Episode 1666 - Anya Fernald, Co-founder and CEO of Belcampo, joins Vinnie on this Friday show and the two talk sustainable agriculture, the importance of meat, vegan lies, small farming and soil, the facts behind organic meat, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/the-importance-of-meat-belcampo-anya-fernald-episode-1666 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Evamor Water Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow ANYA FERNALD Anya is located in Northern California. She is the co-founder and CEO of Belcampo Restaurant and Butcher Shop. She worked in animal agriculture. Anya loves animals and wants to improve livestock outcomes. She started her own company because she believes in better treatment of livestock. This is not only better for the animals but it's also better for the environment and the people. Small, smart farming is good for the soil. Factory farmed meat is the problem, not family farm meat. You can shop her store online! She was vegan for some time and vegetarian f

: Episode 1665 – On this Wednesday show, we are running a best of from 2012! This show, fondly known as the Nutella Mom show, was the fifth ever episode of this podcast. On this show, Vinnie rallies for the anti Nutella cause, talks Biggest Loser, Bravo's Jackie Warner, and the dangers of artificial sweeteners. Plus, how to get started with fitness if you've got More To Lose. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/09/best-of-nutella-mom-biggest-loser-more-episode-1665 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NUTELLA MOM A mom sued Nutella in 2012 for marketing its food as breakfast. Here's the commercial she sued over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIrw_LpuRA Vinnie agrees its irresponsible and dangerous for these companies to be marketing horrible foods as things to feed your kids in the morning. The lawsuit settled for around $3 million. Other companies like Kraft still do this –– it needs to stop. Breakfast is already a myth, and this just takes it to another level. FAT DO