Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: 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

: Episode 1219 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, Christmas Eve, and the two talk "Baby It's Cold Outside", heart health myths, obnoxious vegetarians, Clint Eastwood, gyms and towels, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb HEART HEALTH MYTHS Compound found in the gut related to heart disease Certain studies say beef has lots of it and it'll kill you This is BS First, most vegetables and fruits have more than TMAO than beef Peas have the most Second, it's not bad at all - in fact, it's good! Trimethylamine N-Oxide Comes to the rescue if you're having cardiovascular issues OBNOXIOUS VEGANS/VEGETARIANS Anna recently went to a restaurant She asked the server for recommendations Server made a face when she said anything with meat Was super judgmental even though the server was technically working for Anna at that point! It's okay to be vegan/veg but don't force your feelings on another like that in such a setting GYMS ARE EXPENSIV

: Episode 1218 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Vinnie's Christmas beard, the fact that to win, you have to try, even if that means failing sometimes, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club YOU HAVE TO TRY Vinnie had a BB gun that ran out of BBs He couldn't find BBs anywhere so he wrote to the company directly They send him a package of BBs directly There was a whole pound! If you want something, you can't get it unless you try It's okay to fail - you will succeed eventually! Where there's a will, there's a way Don't give up if you want it badly enough

: Episode 1217 - Listener Sarah Hammer joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two discuss her transition from being a ballerina, a professional athlete, to a normal person, the weight gain that accompanied that, and her weight loss journey. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SARAH'S STORY Sarah was a professional ballet dancer for 6 years Spent her whole childhood trying to fit a certain look to get a job Yo-yoed a lot Did a ton of calorie restriction Would go down to 700 calories a day as a 17 year old Was about 5'6.5 and 115 Suffered from a lot of injuries and retired at 25 After she retired, she went back to school Had no transitional support It's tough to go from professional athlete to nothing Losing part of your identity She gained around 70 lbs over 6 years after her retirement Sarah has had a lot of NSNG® success Lost a great amount of weight, looks and feels much better Her fiancé is on board, too, which has been a great help

: Episode 1216 - Fat Head creator Tom Naughton joins Vinnie for a second appearance on this Friday show, and the two talk the creation of Fat Head and more recently, Fat Head Kids, film distribution, wisdom of crowds, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb TOM NAUGHTON Creator of the Fat Head doc Was a comedian, decided to get off the road Also a software programmer Wanted to make a doc on how we treat fat people Watched Super Size Me and was really bothered by it Thought the doc was full of crap Fat Head is his response to this Ate fast food and lost weight Watched what he ate Restricted carbs, limited to ~2000 calories/day Had lots of protein and fat If you haven't seen Fat Head, you need to! As he worked on the doc, he learned more and more about how our dietary guidelines are BS Working on book and movie Fat Head Kids "Things I wish I knew when I was your age" Want to help kids who are fat get thin, and help those that are thi

: Episode 1215 - Vinnie and Andy host this Wednesday show, and the two talk Andy's holiday party, weekly PVC and PCC tips, PCC's Explorer Series, coffee tasting, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club ANDY'S HOLIDAY PARTY Andy served several NSNG treats Had a great crab cake Andy also made tuna tartare in cucumber cups There were sweets, but also things like cheese and meats Vinnie got to chat lots of people up! Andy's family attended, too EXPLORER SERIES Sort of like a coffee of the month club Single source coffees - really amazing flavor (Blog Post Here) Rare, small batches (micro-lot) They will change often You get to try rare, exquisite coffees with unique flavors Currently an Ethiopian Ardi coffee This coffee literally smells and tastes like blueberries A new coffee will be out soon as the next kind for our Explorer Series We're doing this right!

: Episode 1214 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk wild political correctness propagated by PETA, making holiday drinks NSNG®, Vinnie's parents make appearances, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Crowd Cow F Bomb PETA What PETA really wants is for people to not own pets whatsoever They are absolutely off their rockers In fact, they're listed as a shelter - people surrender their pets to them, and PETA puts those animals down We are a society that loves our pets - PETA needs to get over it, or become a big, non-kill shelter Good breeders go AFTER puppy mills PETA talks about puppy mills like people approve of them - they do NOT Vinnie and Anna agree animals should not be sold in pet stores But eating meat is where Vinnie and Anna disagree Eating meat, particularly when slaughtered correctly, is natural and not wrong MAKING HOLIDAY DRINKS NSNG® During the holidays, there's lots of sugar around Smells of caramel and cinnamon

: Episode 1213 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, where the two talk haircuts, expensive beauty products and stocking stuffers, free stuff, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BEAUTY PRODUCTS Tallulah gets a lot of fun gifts in her stocking every year Vinnie would get little beauty supplies for her stocking There are a million beauty products! They are all SO expensive Hair products cost an arm and a leg Getting a haircut for a woman is typically exponentially more expensive than a man's haircut Vinnie doesn't understand the fascination Vinnie just uses pine tar soap in his hair Either way works! Don't let anyone dictate what you wear, how you look You don't need to spend money to be beautiful

: Episode 1212 - The Reynolds family joins Vinnie this Saturday, and they talk the family's transition to a ketogenic diet in order to treat their son, Toby's epilepsy with amazing results, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club REYNOLDS FAMILY Andy, the father, has followed Vinnie on Twitter for awhile Put up a video of his son, Toby (8) playing one of Vinnie's favorite songs on the guitar Vinnie was very impressed Haley, Toby, and Tom They are located in Manchester TREATING EPILEPSY Toby has epilepsy Lots of brief, absent seizures At one point, he was having about 150 a day The medications, over the four years, made him worse and angry Had to sedate him to send him to school Needed to find an alternative solution Doctors recommended ketogenic diet The whole family is in now eating a ketogenic diet Used to eat cereal and fruit juice for breakfast, pasta and the like for dinner Toby would have more seizures after this breakfast Saw a massive reduction in seizures when they in

: Episode 1211 - Dr. Verner Wheelock joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk the vilification of fat, cholesterol, the cholesterol 10 for 10, government corruption around diet, his book Healthy Eating: The Big Mistake, the growing low-carb high-fat movement, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Now in the UK at purevitaminclub.co.uk Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow Thrive Market F Bomb DR. VERNER WHEELOCK Check him out on Twitter here! He is researching alternatives to dietary guidelines Thinks these guidelines which recommend reduced fat It is all nonsense If you really look at the evidence of these studies, none of them legitimately lead to the conclusion that low fat is good Britain has similar dietary guidelines to the US Despite this, still tons of heart disease, etc. It's not just about bad science - this is about corruption All around the world, people are willfully ignoring this evidence and discarding it because it does not fit their narratives or line their pockets Has

: Episode 1210 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk about how PVC is now in Europe, rectified shipping issues, Andy's travels in Asian countries, the recent passing of the wonderful Tony Lynn, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PVC IS IN EUROPE! Check out our Europe site purevitaminclub.co.uk Everything was looking good HOWEVER Orders weren't coming through shipping properly It is all fixed now, so vitamins were shipped yesterday We apologize for the delay - shouldn't happen in the future Our practice is that orders are fulfilled day of order or within one business day ANDY IN KOREA Taken to a hostess bar Sort of like a speakeasy Businessmen bring out women They're both married but making out with the girls Andy is stuck with a girl who speaks a little English Turns out, they were all transexual men Andy learned how to get out of these situations from Tony Lynn He was Andy's boss at Playboy Tony sadly passed away a week ago Battled cancer This al

: Episode 1209 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two chat about busy Amazon and Eat Happy, following the SAD, the Fat Doc, the fact that breakfast is an unimportant meal, accidental intermittent fasting, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Now available in Europe! Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Crowd Cow Villa Cappelli F Bomb Promo code on your first order: vinnie Check out Keto Crunch and the Fat Bombs on their website! EAT HAPPY Unfortunately, this amazing cookbook is currently sold out Anna sends them to Amazon relatively often Sometimes the receiving center is too busy to receive more trucks Back in September, Anna refilled it Anna sent a request asking them to stock more books in preparation for the holidays It was declined She received a PO for 900 books Sent them, then realized it was for the NEW book which is not out yet There are 267 copies of Eat Happy in the warehouse marked incorrectly She keeps calling, trying to get them to restock but they are just too dang bus

: Episode 1208 - Gina Grad AND Anna Vocino join Vinnie on this Sunday School episode, where they talk crazy disease commercials, dangerous McRibs, the fact that chemicals in foods are drugs, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DISEASE COMMERCIALS There is a medication for everything, and a commercial for every medication They all have silly names Commercials are always ridiculous Kids - don't think you automatically have something wrong with you Also, don't consult the internet if you have concerns - talk to a real doctor if you're actually worried Not every little thing means you're sick CHEMICALS IN FOOD ARE DRUGS There are a lot of unhealthy chemicals in food like McRibs These chemicals, in part, try to make you get hooked to these unhealthy foods In this way, they are addictive drugs Sugar is also a very dangerous drug Avoid all types of drugs - in food, and otherwise Healthy foods will make you feel better than any chemical-y drug

: Episode 1207 - The wonderful Katherine Spiers, food writer, joins Vinnie this Saturday to talk being a critic, customized food, unhealthy carbohydrates, and more on this episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Check out our new European store Pure Coffee Club KATHERINE SPIERS Katherine is a food writer Has written for huge news companies Check out her podcast here Participated in the Guacamole Fest She is not a food critic every time she eats anything She can turn it on or off Doesn't often make it out to the valley where Vinnie lives CUSTOMIZED ORDERS Vinnie often customizes food to make it NSNG In Katherine's experience, many customize their orders and are disappointed by the result Then, they send it back and would much rather enjoy the original Vinnie lives in dietary ketosis Rarely goes off of this way of eating, even when out to eat Carbs DO NOT help you lose weight They are what you eat to gain girth The food pyramid is wild Government nutritional guidelines are to get us to buy certai

: Episode 1206 - Dr. Ben Bocchicchio joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk gyms, proper workout techniques, high resistance exercise, Dr. Ben's program, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club PVC UK! Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Crowd Cow F Bomb Promo code vinnie DR. BEN BOCCHICCHIO Check out his amazing fitness book here The workouts Dr. Ben specializes in add lean muscle and get rid of fat There are smart and efficient ways to work out without hurting yourself "Negative" is more effective As in, when you are lowering weights, not raising them, that's when Slow training is the way to get up to massively intense workouts without getting hurt Dr. Ben is also a big low carb guy You CAN lift crazy amounts, have super tough workouts, and succeed low carb Different types of workouts, different benefits We get lots of benefits from exercise like this Your muscles just MOVE better Better for cardiovascular, respiratory, etc. health A man after Vinnie's own heart If you are happ

: Episode 1205 - Vinnie and Peter Pardini host this Wednesday show from Sedona, Arizona, and the two talk about Fat Doc progress, PVC's Europe release, the benefits of consults and reducing protein to beat weight loss plateaus, Peter's NSNG® journey, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Check out our new Europe site: purevitaminclub.co.uk Pure Coffee Club FAT DOC They are currently editing Sound mixing, color correcting An amazing sound mixer working on the sound This is why they are in Sedona, Arizona BENEFITS OF CONSULTS People who schedule consults are usually struggling to continue to lose weight She had lost weight, but it came to a stand-still for some time Many aren't gaining, but are plateauing A consult is a great way to snake out the hidden sugars You may think you're eating clean, but sugar hides in so much and Vinnie can help Basically, you go over what you're eating, and there are a lot of little easy fixes PETER'S NSNG® JOURNEY He isn't trying to cut corners Thought he was eat

: Episode 1204 - The best voice in podcast radio, Anna Vocino, joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk PVC's Europe launch, The Jersey Shore (hey, @ketoguido), the fact that we should not be afraid of fat, intermittent fasting, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F Bomb Promo code vinnie ! PURE VITAMIN CLUB IN EUROPE You can now order all PVC products in the UK We finally have it set up!!! Visit PureVitaminClub.co.uk Thank you to all of our fans in Europe for hanging tight - glad we can now bring these products to you AFRAID OF FAT Something has been getting conflated Peter & Vinnie are working on this Fat Doc Getting closer and closer on it! Peter recently upped the fat and dropped the protein because he was plateauing Now, he is losing weight again He was initially hesitant because people are so scared of fat People eat lean meat and this is NOT IDEAL Your body will TURN protein into sugar!! If you are going NSNG, really do i

: Episode 1203 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk hurt feelings, freakshakes which are the dangerously unhealthy new food fads, sugar in athletics, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FREAKSHAKES These are the new thing Milkshakes stuffed with cookie, cake, other desserts 39 teaspoons of sugar, 1300 calories There are about 164 grams of sugar in this This is about what you should have in a WEEK in terms of grams of sugar This messes up your hormones A lot like frappucinos you get in Starbucks They have PURPLE fraps This is worse than dessert and people have it at 9am Just because you're drinking it, doesn't mean it isn't bad for you If you want to be a world-class athlete, you can't eat this horrible food! Vinnie tried to teach this to athletes when he worked at a high school (high school the Madden's attended)

: Episode 1202 - The amazing Mike Dawson joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk Dawson's podcast history, his upcoming philanthropic holiday party, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DAWSON Dawson does the intro and outro to these podcasts He doesn't really listen to podcasts other than the Adam Carolla Show Neither he nor Vinnie will listen to their previously recorded podcasts Participated in the first annual national guac fest Check out his Twitter: @DawsAngeles Buy the "Ghost" audiobook here! He's hosting a philanthropic Holiday Party - Dec. 7th - Dawson is hosting Benefitting cancer patients At South Bay Customs Come with your pockets full and ready to give $20 at the door Slushi Mangoritas will be flowing Four bands will be performing We have awesome raffle items available

: Episode 1201 - Dr. Juan Franco joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss the morbid obesity and prevalent diabetes epidemics that are plaguing Mexico and his work fighting metabolic issues. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F-Bomb Thrive Market DR. JUAN FRANCO He is a doctor out of University of Mexico Works in Tijuana Dr. Franco makes house calls It is incredibly important for a doctor to understand the environment in which their patients live A shock when he began seeing his patients' homes and lifestyles firsthand OBESITY IN MEXICO It's a misconception that Mexicans need to/should eat grains Ate primarily meat and fish (protein), then introduced grains and legume Mexicans do not have the gene for diabetes It is a cuisine choice Some Mexicans culturally find it difficult to quit grains It really is a choice - there are good, healthy alternatives to rice and other things Kids in Mexico are being born 10 or 12 lbs because their mothers are pre-diabetic and con