Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1239 - The wonderful Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the upcoming Ultra Salt commercial, the Beauchamp family GoFundMe, pageant life, new Jillian Michaels news, dog food and fat pets as the key to understanding human obesity, girl scout cookie season, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BEAUCHAMP FAMILY Lonnie and Trey Beauchamp are huge parts of why this podcast is so successful Lonnie essentially runs the Facebook group which has over 20,000 members The brothers' mother is very ill and they need some financial help Vinnie made this GoFundMe so that some of the people who love this podcast and the FB group can help out Please donate anything and share here Vinnie and Andy have donated around $2,000 cumulatively thus far PAGEANT LIFE Vinnie ran into a lot of beauty queens recently These ones were in their early teens Girls of all shapes and sizes Didn't seem like they went to school Pageants consume some people's lives It's a divisive thing

: Episode 1238 - The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk taking care of nature, the benefits of hunting, being too hard on one's self, and more this week. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club TAKING CARE OF NATURE We need to make sure the great outdoors is there for the next generation Clean up after yourself - don't litter! Kayakers and paddle boarders pick up trash out of the ocean, but they can't save the world It starts with you All of that wildlife that lives in marshes, bayous, etc., is essential for ecosystems Every day, people lose about 100 yards of land in the swamps Hunting matters Make sure you don't shoot lead shot into water Population control is also important for ecosystems Can also be good to teach kids where meat comes from Don't waste, etc.

: Episode 1237 - Steve Owens joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk Steve's podcast, Fascination Street, his NSNG® journey, terminal diagnoses and pre-diagnosis health, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FASCINATION STREET Steve is a podcaster Check the podcast out here! He came out to LA to start a podcast Interviews fascinating people on the pod Had Opi's father on it before he passed Some other huge names Clint Howard His most recent episode was with Adam Carolla (100th episode)! He converted a closet-type space for his podcasting Interview with Peter Pardini coming out soon! STEVE'S NSNG® JOURNEY Took him awhile to get into it Found him from the Carolla show Nothing was working for him at the time When he started NSNG®, he was 235 lbs (@ 5'10"), had horrible asthma He didn't go cold turkey First cut out milk and sugar from his coffee Now he weighs about 195 but still has some weight to lose His pulmonologist is also on board which is great Down to 1 inhaler from

: Episode 1236 - Dr. Paul Schulick joins Vinnie this Friday to talk natural healing, utilization of herbs for healing, food as medicine, skin and bacteria, addressing pain head on, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Crowd Cow F Bomb Villa Cappelli DR. PAUL SCHULICK Had bad digestive problems Bought a health food store in 1979 Started with some of the leaders of the time Ultimately, most of them new nothing He got worse He started using herbs Turmeric helped him greatly More than Vitamin E He's seen so many patients insanely improve from natural medicines Became a devotee of the herbal kingdom in the late 70s What you eat has the potential to heal or hurt you He wrote a book about ginger He believes it helps health greatly Chews on ginger every day You have about a trillion beings hanging on to your skin These are all very important You are very virus-ey and bacteria-ey Incredibly important for creating compounds Making you much healthier than you think Ought to take care

: Episode 1235 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk their Florida trip to film a commercial for Ultra Salt, reducing inflammation with NSNG®, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club ULTRA SALT COMMERCIAL The two are currently in Florida Ultra Salt has been their breakout product They are currently working on a commercial for this electrolyte product Vinnie and Andy wanted to make the pure electrolyte product It is the top of its class This product has done amazingly Athletes can't get enough of it Hoping to take this to the next level with this commercial REDUCING INFLAMMATION Andy has some bad tendinitis in his arm Wants to use food to make it go away Immediately, NSAIDs can reduce some pain Important is icing it 3-5 times a day A low sugar, low grain diet is the longer term solution Lower carbs, less inflammation Vinnie finds grains are worse than sugar for him Olive oil can also act as a great anti inflammatory Dark leafy greens Fish oils and fish

: Episode 1234 - The best voice in podcasting, Anna Vocino, joins Vinnie Tortorich this Monday, and the two talk some angry tweets, Cheryl Tiegs, stolen good intentions when it comes to crazy diet plans, calorie BS, zone 2 training benefits, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow CHERYL TIEGS Vinnie knew he wanted to leave Louisiana Most people don't get out of the swamps He was really inspired by the Cheryl Tiegs SI Cover Where was she? Vinnie wanted to be there, on that beach He worked hard to get to a place like that, and did it Vinnie ended up meeting Cheryl Tiegs in a place in LA overlooking the ocean STOLEN GOOD INTENTIONS People who want to lose weight are often desperate Anna has noticed one way intentions are stolen are through BS diet plans "Doctors" come up with these crazy plans that are super complicated but absolutely don't work Ex: NutriMost Supplements, lose toxins, fat burning state, cellular level, etc All of these buzzwords a

: Episode 1233 - This Sunday, we take a look back at one of Vinnie's fantastic luminary podcasts, his second interview with Dr. Shawn Baker recorded early last year. This podcast is particularly relevant to the upcoming Fat Doc, as part of the discussion in the documentary focuses on the vilification of red meat and animal fat in general. Dr. Shawn Baker joins Vinnie, and the two incredibly healthy meat eaters discuss all-meat (carnivore) diets, benefits of eating animal fat, hate mail, the myth that we need carbs, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli MEAT EATERS Shawn has only had coffee a handful of times Tried Vinnie's coffee, his first coffee in the last 15 years Shawn is a doctor (a surgeon, in fact), and also quite the athlete Bit of a world famous rower Broke an indoor rowing record recently Continues to beat Concept 2 records He is 51 and the 20-somethings have trouble keeping up with him 772 lb dead lift Drug free organization About 20

: Episode 1232 - Listener Chris Jannuzzi (CJ) joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk his weight gain and weight loss journey, his raw food diet attempt, ultra events, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club RAW FOOD, ULTRA EVENTS, AND WEIGHT LOSS Vinnie and CJ had a consult Wanted to ask how to fuel up when dragging in workouts Best piece of advice was to slow the hell down and do it in zone 2 After college, CJ gained a good amount of weight Ended up 235+ lbs at 5'8" Could afford to lose 50 or more Ate like a teenager, wasn't really exercising He played a lot of golf when he started to lose weight the walking helps, but drinking beer and eating hot dogs doesn't Exercise is a poor way to lose weight CJ tried out the raw food diet Vegan by nature Tried it to lose weight Didn't cheat for about 6 weeks Realized how incredibly unsustainable it was Even in ultra events, there is so much sugar being consumed People still have fat around the middle And, they poop their pants dur

: Episode 1231 - Filmmaker Peter Pardini joins Vinnie to discuss 'Fat: A Documentary' progress, buying real food, his own weight loss journey, distribution, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb FAT: A DOCUMENTARY We are receiving lots of questions about the doc This doc is great because it's so straightforward One of the things it focuses on is the importance of real food It's hard to find high quality and affordable food However, not going out and eating crap will save you some $ in many places We don't hammer doctors in this doc However, we do discuss how little they know about nutrition Most doctors learn close to nothing in med school about nutrition, so they just default to the SAD This doc is not a "Eat NSNG" video - it's not promotional like that Doctors never explain why fat causes heart attacks Largely because there isn't sound, clear science behind this Most nitrites you eat come from vegetables Peter has personally lost the most we

: Episode 1230 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie today and the two talk restaurants, gun clubs, commercialized Christmas, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club COMMERCIALIZED CHRISTMAS This podcast was recorded on New Years Day! Vinnie is not a fan of Christmas This is because it's so commercialized Horrible for those kids whose families do not have money Vinnie would feel guilty when he got a bike and kids he played sports with got nothing Also hard for people without family, depressed people, people who set resolutions they do not meet

: Episode 1229 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk beautiful famous women, stretching, 2019 US News best diet rankings, Fat Doc fundraising, and more on this Monday episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F-Bomb Promo code vinnie on your first order BEST DIET RANKINGS US News and World Report ranks diets each year Check out this year here First, these are all diets Changing your diet should be changing your lifestyle Don't consume the lies of companies like Weight Watchers They say this is the best commercial diet plan Also best weight loss diet This is BS WW only has ~2% rate of people keeping the weight off - this is how they make money, people fail and come back It's just CICO and if you keep doing it, you'll be starving yourself and get sick Atkins has better results Lose 10 lbs over WW 6 in the same time frame This says low carb is not sustainable This is BS It IS sustainable, and many of you are the proof PLEASE CONTINUE TO DONAT

: Episode 1228 - Vinnie and Gina talk determination, the importance of unwinding, the outdoors, and more on this episode of Sunday School. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DETERMINATION Success requires determination Vinnie and Gina have both worked very hard to be where they are in life For example, Vinnie recorded 6 podcasts in this one day! IMPORTANCE OF UNWINDING Hard work, however, can be taxing Unwinding is very important For Vinnie, this means going camping in Mammoth and hiking for a couple of days Gina has the same outdoor bug She relaxes a couple of ways 1. Sometimes, she's a couch potato 2. Other times, she goes to places like Joshua Tree She LOVES the desert Likes to go glamping Unwinding for Vinnie can also mean strenuous exercise Climbing Whitney, for example

: Episode 1127 - Body builder Steve Park joins Vinnie this Saturday for his fourth appearance on this podcast, and his first appearance in over a year and a half. The two talk model planes, natural body building, the harm of steroids, Fit competitions, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NATURAL BODY BUILDING Check out his most recent appearance from May of 2017 here! Check out his first appearance from 2015 here Steve is a body builder His story isn't one of huge transformation like many who come on this show Not the sort of fitness success we celebrate so much He is a natural body builder Doesn't take any steroids, substances that are not natural He doesn't want to cheat the system or the sport It wouldn't be too hard to cheat, but it's a moral thing for Steve (and a health thing, too) Many of these people who used steroids, etc., look awful now You'd never think they were body builders once It really ruins your body Lots of these folks die young In the old days, body bu

: Episode 1226 - The wonderful Dr. Kevin Folta joins Vinnie for his second appearance on this podcast, and the two talk GMOs, vitamin depletion, the expense of healthy food, herbicides, and more on this Friday episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F-Bomb Promo code vinnie on your first order DR. KEVIN FOLTA Dr. Folta has been studying DNA manipulation since he was a kid He is a GMO expert Has a PhD in molecular biology Works largely in horticulture (runs the department at UF) This is his second appearance on this podcast - check out his first here! GENETIC MANIPULATION OF FOOD Now, we can provide more fruits and veggies nearly all year round This is a score for public health in general Not really a thing when Vinnie and Dr. Folta were kids Organic is still a production system - something can be GMO and organic For example, still using insecticides, just different types Genetic engineering is actually changing the DNA in the lab Add resis

: Episode 1225 - The beautiful Serena Scott Thomas joins Vinnie for the first episode of 2019, where the two talk beef tallow, nitrates & nitrites, the psychology of veganism, demonizing meat, the recent Tortorich Fat Doc screening, and more this Wednesday. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club TALLOW Adding tallow is a great way to add more fat to your meal Vinnie will sometimes cook burgers with it Rendered bacon grease is also good Vinnie doesn't refrigerate his, so don't worry if you don't, too DEMONIZING MEAT Nitrates and Nitrites are not bad like they're made out to be Largely a marketing scheme People believe these are bad because militant vegans have come out saying these cause cancer, other ailments These studies are largely funded by dirty money This is one way to go out of meat Vegans always looking for ways to demonize any animal products Eggs DO NOT cause diabetes Milk and cheese and the like is not just puss

: Episode 1224 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk car sales, Vinnie's childhood friends, NSNG® drinks, New Years Resolutions, blogger BS, wish you a Happy New Year, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb NSNG ® DRINKS Want to make sure you don't have added sugar Anna's new book will have an Old Fashioned NSNG style Best to have unflavored distilled liquors You can also muddle - though this is a bit sugary, it's much better than other crap Spiked coffee (vodka, rum) is always a good option NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS Better to set goals in Vinnie's opinions Make a list of some things you will DEFINITELY do! Make plans to do them! We talked about some of this on a recent podcast For example, Vinnie will be climbing Mont Blanc in 2019 That being said, go CLEAN again TODAY Clean the crap out of your house! Get back on the wagon ASAP - don't keep stalling because you gave into your cravings this month Make your house your NSNG® 'safe space'

: Episode 1223 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School Episode, and the two talk Gina's childhood, growing up shy, her college career, coming to LA and working for her success and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GROWING UP SHY Gina is from suburban Kansas She was kind of goofy but also shy Loved music and performing but was still a bit scared and nerdy Not the "hot chick" in high school like she is now Gina was pretty intimidated by everyone for most of her childhood Life got terrifying in middle school Got much more insecure during this time So overwhelming for her She attended University of Kansas for college! Pursued theater (Hair) was her first production Doing all of this theater and performing helped her come out of her shell Came to LA after and worked radio Gained a lot of strength from this hard work Saw what she was made of and what she was capable of, too Worked crazy hours and drove all around doing very difficult work Success does not com

: Episode 1222 - Molly and Angela join Vinnie this Saturday to discuss their podcast, Live HAPPIER Longer, five daily actions for a better life, self-help and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LIVE HAPPIER LONGER Two beautiful women on this show today! Molly Watts and Angela McDade Have their own podcast Live HAPPIER Longer Podcast Vinnie was on that show and wanted these wonderful, positive people on this show They started a company called Five For Life Five easy actions to live a better life Move, Learn, Share, Give, Let Go Being active incredibly important - whatever that means for you Do a little more each day Keep on learning - helps your cognitive function You are NEVER too old to learn Create a more positive mindset around aging Make sure to share yourself with your friends - be social, keep connecting Keep active with your family, community, etc. Particularly important as you age Expressing gratitude incredibly important Very good for brain health, dopamine levels Ho

: Episode 1221 - Ali Miller RD LD CDE joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk her work utilizing food as medicine, synthesizing allopathic and naturopathic medicine, being a diabetes educator who promotes a specific ketogenic diet, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb ALI MILLER Ali is a registered dietitian Uses functional integrative medicine Combines allopathic with naturopathic medicine She is also a certified diabetes educator Those who taught her really tiptoed around low carb diet Check out here books here In conventional institutional medical model, ketosis is not the norm Largely because people first learn about ketoacidosis and assume these things are related (even though they are not) Carbs are NOT essential like many dietitians are taught and then teach She spoke as a keynote in front of many diabetic educators Threw in ketosis toward the end and nobody threw anything at her! There is some acceptance She has been doing keto cli

: Episode 1220 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk the late Tony Lynn and his wife Mary Ellen, New Years Resolutions and goal-setting, Andy's new relationship, exciting upcoming plans, and more. We hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful holiday season! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Now in the UK PureVitaminClub.co.uk Pure Coffee Club NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS Vinnie thinks this can be a good idea to figure at where you're at and where you want to be Andy is hesitant to make resolutions, however he thinks they can be a good opportunity to look both backward and forward Use this time to appreciate all the goodness in your life, while still looking forward to a successful future Try not to make them about monetary gain, rather about success (happiness, doing well at what you do and loving it), health, etc. A great opportunity to set goals One of Vinnie's goals involves more climbing Mont Blanc next summer, in ketosis Getting Fat Doc out is also top of the list It's done, we