Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1200 - Tallulah joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk Thanksgiving, Fat Bombs, Vinny G, Fat Doc progress, and the new addition to the Tortorich-Scott Thomas household! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club F-Bomb The new sponsor Tallulah loves this stuff Wants to get some so she can eat them for breakfast on her way to class Promo code "vinnie" FAT DOCUMENTARY This film is currently in the editing stage Need to sound and color correct still This doc is an amazing piece of work Vinnie and Peter are actually in awe of how amazing this is turning out Now, they're trying to get it distributed To do so, the trailer needs as many views as possible Please SHARE WITH FRIENDS and WATCH OFTEN Check it out here or embedded below The film is still costing money to make, so if you're able, throw a couple bucks into the crowd-funder here! NEW PUPPY ADDITION! Vinnie and Serena are picking up this adorable puppy (picture below) today He is a Vizsla puppy His show name will be someth

: Episode 1199 - The lovely Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday and the two talk the recent Thanksgiving holiday, getting back into ketosis after putting lots of life into living, managing finances, the fact that NSNG is affordable, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club F Bomb vinnie promo-code on your first order Thrive Market Crowd Cow Villa Cappelli NSNG IS AFFORDABLE Some people worry that this way of eating is cost-prohibitive This is part of why Vinnie offers all of this info for free - to make sure it isn't too expensive! Anna's cookbook is very affordable for this same reason Cauliflower mash (in place of potatoes) is very popular and not cost prohibitive! A cheap substitute She offered parsnip mash as another option Someone angrily tweeted at her that it was very expensive to do this - bankrupting! You don't NEED to buy the parsnips If it's too expensive for you, pick something else, like cauliflower or broccoli to mash! This isn't a way of eating where you HAVE to

: Episode 1198 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Thanksgiving and hidden unhealthy ingredients in seemingly healthy foods. Content warning to parents - Vinnie mentions a derogatory word in this episode in order to explain its origin. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GINA'S THANKSGIVING All of her family from everywhere is invited to Thanksgiving in LA Kansas City, Chicago, Seattle, Arizona all represented Gina makes some NSNG fare to represent the low carb community Her stuff is always the first to go - it's rich, delicious, and healthy Bacon brussel sprouts, for example Vinnie knows Gina is an AMAZING cook She has a segment on Adam Carolla called "Eat Your Feelings" where she brings an NSNG dish every week HIDDEN UNHEALTHY INGREDIENTS Starbucks now has sous vide egg bites Big step above their cakes Delicious, but still has some bad stuff in it Chemicals you don't need Adds to the product's shelf life Also designed to make you

: Episode 1197 - Dr. Brian Lenzkes joins Vinnie this Saturday to talk his podcast with fellow luminaries, Dr. Tro Kalayjian and Jason Fung, Low Carb MD, how hormones affect weight loss, cancer and sugar and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DR. BRIAN LENZKES Dr. Lenzkes has been on the Friday show previously as he is a luminary He and Vinnie met at Low Carb USA Check out his Friday show appearance here! Started Low Carb MD Podcast with Dr. Tro Kalayjian, Dr. Jason Fung, and Megan Ramos Listen here! HORMONES AND HEALTH Hormones control weight gain and loss Ghrelin and Leptin Leptin makes you feel full If you eat corn chips, the leptin reaction won't affect you, whereas if you eat a steak it will Too many grains and sugar make your leptin dull, insofar as you need to eat more, and make more to feel full If you keep adding sugar to your system, hard to get better People follow government guidelines, but guidelines don't pay attention to hormones, true health, etc. Insulin respo

: Episode 1196 - Dr. Kevin Folta joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk genetically modified food, organic food, the health implications genetic manipulations of foods, and more on this fascinating 1 on 1! 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) GENETIC MANIPULATION OF FOOD There are different ways to do this We can breed certain fruits a certain way, for example, to get the desired effect We can also genetically modify seeds in the lab Additionally, we can put chemicals on plants while they grow to affect their growth 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 syst

: Episode 1195 - This Wednesday, we are sharing a 'Saturday' success story! Use this as motivation to power through the Thanksgiving holiday, or put some Life into Living and get back on the wagon right after. Listener Haley Rushton joins Vinnie, and the two talk Haley's weight loss journey, emotional eating, reactions to healthy eating, what's in her fridge, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club HALEY'S STORY She is from Nova Scotia Works for a car dealership in communications and marketing Surrounded by essentially nothing Lonnie in the Facebook group recommended to Vinnie that she be on this podcast! She found NSNG after failure with everything else (all the crap diets) Did Keto for awhile before but ate all the fake sweeteners and didn't have much progress Was still a sugar addict Her dad introduced her to the Facebook group, and she began to see changes Had to get over emotional eating When she doesn't eat sugar or grains, she does not have the emotional food cravings a

: Episode 1194 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the recent devastating California fires, eating and cooking during the holidays, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow F-Bomb Try promo code 'Vinnie' for your first order! THE HOLIDAYS It's almost Thanksgiving! The holidays are a good time to do some planned LIL It's not what you eat between Thanksgiving and New Years, but the rest of the year that really matters However, only indulge on those special days (ex: Thanksgiving day, Christmas day, New Years Eve) and be on the wagon the rest of the time if you can Anna make a nice moist turkey Thaw it out overnight Dry brine it (or wet) Plop it in a waterproof container This will make it juicy Get a turkey with a popper, but also get a meat thermometer (180º) Fairly big bird you can get done in about 3.5 hrs Vinnie enjoys some nice potatoes during the holidays He tries the pie This is when you are supposed to put LIL If

: Episode 1193 - The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie this Sunday for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk how women are beautiful no matter how they dress, the recent Woolsey fire, the mental health crisis, getting help if you need it, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL Women don't need to dress a certain way to be beautiful You are beautiful without makeup, without sweatpants You don't need to be a Kardashian to be incredibly attractive Serena, for example, wakes up stunning each morning Gina is another woman like this Men should appreciate women who are confident, even if not all dressed up MENTAL HEALTH HELP These shootings involve a mental health issue If you feel suicidal or like you want to harm others, tell someone So many others have felt this way, even if you feel alone There ARE people who can help you if you reach out It can be hard to find help, but if you do it, you will be so glad you did Act like your mental health issue is a broken

: Episode 1192 - Listener Jeryl Hintzsche joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk the Fat Doc, Jeryl's amazing health journey, F-bombs, healthy NSNG meals and 'snacks', and how valuable getting your good health back can be. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GETTING YOUR GOOD HEALTH BACK Became an emotional eater at around 50 That, compounded with menopause, caused her to gain 30 extra lbs to the addition 30 she already had A1C was 10.1 and glucose was 250 VERY high numbers She found Vinnie because her husband, an athlete, listened to Vinnie Jeryl wanted to do this the right way - without medicine (5% success rate) She did it Came down 40 lbs Normal A1C (5.1), glucose around 88 Now, she feels young and healthy again You don't need to snack Jeryl doesn't eat super often Eats a lot of meat and veggies when she does eat "Cheating" is not worth it - you can plan to put "Life into Living", but get right back on the wagon afterwards

[libsyn_podcast id=7321355] : Episode 1176 - Reserve Lt. Colonel Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, M.D., joins Vinnie this Friday for a second appearance on the podcast and the two talk the new sponsor, F-Bomb, healthy running, some running greats, and how to get into barefoot running safely. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli F-Bomb new sponsor! Promo code is Vinnie for your first order Crowd Cow DR. MARK CUCUZELLA Doctor Cucuzzella was recently on the podcast - check out his first appearance here! He is a doctor and a runner Doesn't run with shoes sometimes In Boston, he does run with shoes In WV, he often doesn't wear shoes Educated at UVA (like Tallulah), now works in West Virginia Now a professor at WVU An Academic Doctor He is also an Air Force Reserve Lt. Colonel REVERSING DIABETES WITH A LOW CARB DIET A lot of the people in the South, including West Virginia, are obese with diabetes His true passion is trying to reverse diabetes Developed pre-diabetes while

: Episode 1190 - Vinnie and Andy talk UltraSalt, trade shows, how Andy finds and choose what goes in PVC Vitamins, and crap additives on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club WHAT GOES IN PVC VITAMINS Andy goes to a lot of trade shows for PVC products Going to Supply Side West in Vegas soon Has gone for the past several years He peruses the options for ingredients for vitamins Suppliers of salt, B12, magnesium A great place to sit and talk about the products This is the good side Lots of good intel, resources, panels We make sure the BEST ingredients go into our products ADDITIVES However, at these shows, there are lots of BS products that put out crap products These type of companies lie until they get caught Additive sellers are the worst! Don't use crap to sweeten what does not need to be sweetened (like coffee)

: Episode 1189 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday to talk the podcast's new sponsor, FBomb, Topsy's passing, the wildfires, potential solutions to morbid obesity, the proposed meat tax, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow FBomb Fat Bombs Ones without sugar are GREAT for Keto Nut butters are awesome, avocado and MCT oil are in packets as well! Owner, Ross, was on the podcast previously! Listen here Promo code 'Vinnie' for 20% off your first order! HOW TO FIX TO MORBID OBESITY More morbid obesity in rural areas So much Bojangles, everything is breaded and fried and made with unhealthy oils Vinnie was in Mississippi trying to find something he could eat No Starbucks, nothing like that He was so saddened by how many people were almost fake-looking they were so fat Some couldn't even walk Health care won't help these people, we need to CHANGE WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE TO EAT This is the only way we can begin to solve the problem of obesity W

: Episode 1188 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and they discuss walking as a great form of exercise, crazy bro science fads, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club WALKING IS GREAT EXERCISE Gina broke her foot In a little exoskeleton in place of a cast Using crutches, keeping weight off of it for a few weeks This is super hard for Gina because she is a walker Walks everywhere, all the time! Walking is real exercise Also a form of meditation Use the time to disconnect from technology, just enjoy your surroundings or your company BRO SCIENCE Breast milk is the new fad for pre-workout bro science Do NOT drink breast milk before you work out - unnecessary Pretty crazy "Body builders are drug addicts" Some body builders used to eat baby food Liver is actually a good thing to eat Not going to give you superhuman powers, though Don't listen to someone who starts their day off by injecting themselves with drugs Insulin (if they aren't diabetic),

: Episode 1187 - Vinnie goes solo on this Saturday show. He talks about how both razor companies and weight loss companies are selling lies to well-intentioned consumers - ingrown hairs and weight-gain are cut from the same cloth. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SELLING LIES Gillette had a double blade razor "Better than the best" They were selling crap Vinnie's dad bought into it Now, they're up to a bunch more blades Vinnie found that the razors with more blades actually hurt his skin These expensive razor companies are just selling lies People wanted to do what was best for their skin, so they overpaid for these overrated razors Robert Haas wrote a book called "Eat To Win" Carbing up was the big lie It's still being propagated "Don't eat fat, fear it" These lies sold because people wanted to get healthy Good intentions totally stolen Getting fat is kind of like growing ingrown hairs Figure out what went wrong It was the lies you were sold that caused it

: Episode 1186 - Jersey Shore's Vinny Guadagnino, the Keto Guido, joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk growing up Italian, Jersey Shore, the benefits of a low-carb, ketogenic diet, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow VINNY G Vinny is Sicilian, like Vinnie His mom born in Sicily, Named Vincent, rather than Vincenzo, trying to Americanize it Now, his family is going back to Italian names Both he and Vinnie were not "Vincenzo" Still had traditional Italian family values Family meals, etc. Vinnie is the reason Vinny got into low-carb/keto Vinny was the more balanced person on Jersey Shore Overall, calm, nerdy (comparatively), college-grad, law school-bound, guy to counterbalance the crazy on the show Jersey Shore was TONS of work Between filming and PR, it was nuts Spent lots of time in night clubs Paid to show up places KETO GUIDO Check out his Instagram here Vinny has had a ton of success with a low carb diet Lost a lot of weight

: Episode 1185 - Andy joins Vinnie on this Wednesday show to talk recent Fat Doc perk happenings, Topsy's recent passing, inane social media comments, veganism, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club INANE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS Vinnie is active on Twitter and Instagram He gets trolled often Most often, people are misinformed and peddling crap Topsy recently passed away, and some Instagram person took this time to wrongly (and falsely) chastise Vinnie Vinnie works to help people get healthy He's not advocating for the slaughter of animals - he's advocating for people to eat more healthily and save themselves He talks to both vegans and vegetarians often who want to be NSNG When they come to him, he NEVER tries to talk them out of it If it's ethical, Vinnie understands!

: Episode 1184 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie for this Monday show, and the two talk Vinnie's recent road trip, provide a reminder not to litter, the fact that thin does not automatically equal healthy, and the differences between NSNG, Keto, and Paleo. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Crowd Cow YERBA MATE DRINKS 2 servings in it 120 calories (doesn't matter) 0g fat, not much sodium 28g of carbs! (coca cola level) 0g protein Ingredients: H2O, yerba mate extract, hibiscus tea, cane sugar, etc. Just drink water or tea - you don't need the cane sugar in it This is crap. May as well drink soda (but don't poison your body this way!) Stuff like this does NOT make your insides look good You may still look good on the outside, but it is doing internal harm NSNG, KETO, AND PALEO They are all low carb variations At least 30 days to be really really strict and have pretty much no carbs before you get settled in You'll be in dietary ketosis during this time However,

: Episode 1183 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School show, and the two talk fitness trackers for kids, outdoor exercise, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FITNESS TRACKERS FOR KIDS These trackers are controlled by parents Anything that gets kids away from screens is good However, where did we go wrong that we NEED to make kids get outside What happened that we had to go wrong to fix all that went wrong Are we headed in the right direction that we have to compel kids to get off the screens? Overall, the fitbit is a "yay" But, what are doing? Overall, it's a compromise Better than kids just staying inside and on their phones

: Episode 1182 - Listener Nick T. joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk living with diabetes, and keeping on good weight, alcohol, the self-serving JDRS and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club KEEPING ON GOOD WEIGHT Nick has been a Type 1 diabetic for over 20 years Grew up eating a diet that resembled NSNG Actually at a point where he tries to gain weight When he eats sugar and grains, he loses weight He needs to increase his fats Avocado, eggs Increase protein and workouts He has to balance protein intake before during and after workout to make it have an effect Insulin pump has to go into fat areas He has trouble finding them - sometimes has to give his body a break Prefers pump over injections Put on three or four lasting pounds in a couple of weeks Increase in protein made a big difference Still feeling a bit fatigued -- likely should up fats a little, may get better when more fat-adapted Even though he's always trim, he feels the difference when he's being healthy

: Episode 1181 - Mikhaila Peterson joins Vinnie Tortorich this Friday to talk kids' unhealthy medication dependence, how diet can fix many of the issues that medication tries to alleviate the symptoms of, the carnivore diet, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow DIET OVERCOMING MEDICATION DEPENDENCE Mikhaila Peterson is 26 From Canada! Her father is Jordan Peterson Previously was interested in what medicines could make her feel better Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 7 She got injections for this, suffered great pains and issues Had multiple joints replaced by 17 STILL, no doctor mentioned diet as a treatment Severe depression at 12 Awful chronic fatigue Looking at medications to hide the symptoms of this Messed up that the way to keep kids calm / under control is by drugging them Slept 17-18 hours a day at one time in her life Took adderall Was totally commonplace to take this drug Doesn't make you productive, necessarily, but it