Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1099 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two discuss the 90s and Vinnie's time at Playboy, weightlifting, heart rate apps, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli THE 90s Vinnie had some very weird experiences at Playboy and training others in the 80s and 90s He felt many a woman's boob job upon command He never went after these ladies or anything like that, but it was already a concern in HR Women asked him to rub their boob jobs because they needed to for blood movement reasons Vinnie has always tried to keep business business, even when women did try to make moves using things like their boob jobs or sciatica WEIGHTLIFTING For women: Many women worry about their thighs becoming too big from working out You might gain some muscle, but your legs will tighten up Lifting weights with legs is great for you It'll make your legs look good and younger, too Best way to lose fat is Zone 2 aerobic activity Vinnie has trained many size

: Episode 1098 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Gina's sweet weekend, the importance of family, how wonderful traveling is, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FAMILY Family is incredibly important Visiting is one of the best things Vinnie likes to go to them and visit new places, too Gina and her family visit one another often and it keeps their relationship great! It's a great excuse to travel across the country for many, too Traveling is so important -- you learn things about other people and about yourself You can't imagine other places until you actually visit them Even places you wouldn't normally think are amazing really are Example: check out some of these fly over states by car! Like Arches National Park, UT

: Episode 1097 - Dan Wiseman joins Vinnie once again on this Saturday show, and the two talk Vinnie's hectic summer, the Fat Doc, low carb vegans, sugar as a drug, responsibly raised meat, blood clots, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FAT DOC UPDATE We are trying to film a lot of it this July Daniel donated to the cause People are still donating to this day LOW CARB VEGANS There are a number of vegans who want to be low carb Dan often takes up against them He does this for his own amusement SUGAR Sugar is truly a drug It is addictive, and that is the biggest issue It took Vinnie awhile to realize this, as it does for many It'll put you to sleep, too People are suffering as a result of this BLOOD CLOTS Dan has a mutation that causes more frequent blood clots As a kid, this was cool Recently, though, he suffered from really bad blood clots He had to go to the hospital to save his lung Had to receive medicine that made his blood UNABLE to clot He has to go to the doctor of

: Episode 1096 - Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD, joins Vinnie Tortorich this Friday and the two discuss the company he founded and now runs, Diet Doctor, which makes keto and low carb simple and easy. Dr. Eenfeldt decided to fully plunge into this way of eating after he witnessed it actually reverse supposedly chronic and progressive diseases like Type 2 diabetes. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli DR. ANDREAS EENFELDT A medical doctor hailing from Sweden He now only practices online, with Diet Doctor which he founded Dr. Eenfeldt wanted to help as many people as possible, and he found the internet was the best way to begin doing this Hopefully one day he will open a private clinic once he feels he can reach enough people He didn't want to just hand out pills and watch people continue to live unhealthy lives Only one week of nutrition in med school Dr. Eenfeldt found that for folks with Type 2 Diabetes and other metabolic problems, that low carb and keto did

: Episode 1095 - The wonderful Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday to discuss the importance of Vitamin D and the upcoming Death Valley ultra event we are sponsoring. Additionally, happy Independence Day to all of our American listeners! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club VITAMIN D Vinnie just recorded with a luminary (look out for his show in the future) who said pretty much everyone is Vitamin D deficient Many suggested we make our capsule 5000 IU We made ours 2000 so you can microdose and just take more if you need it People with darker skin are even more likely or to a greater degree deficient Ours is a vitamin D3 + K complex Most doctors get extremely minimal education on vitamins

: Episode 1094 - The amazing Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the Zoom, the fact that calories aren't what count, new food labeling, replacement foods, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Click on "Olivewood" Stunning, new charcuterie boards TRANSITION TO ZOOM Vinnie and Anna recorded this podcast with Zoom They have transitioned away from Skype because Skype is annoying and unreliable With Zoom, they can video themselves and record it, as well as screen share, etc. Check out this podcast on Youtube as well! You can actually see the two of them chatting and the whole thing CALORIES AREN'T WHAT COUNT CICO = calorie in calorie out As of May 5th, chain restaurants require calorie counts on menus This is BAD because it is reinforcing this notion that CICO is what matters There is NO WAY that eggs are worse than a "low cal" dessert just because the calorie content is lower While this type of thing may be well intentioned, it is

: Episode 1093 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this episode of Vinnie's Sunday School, and the two talk how NSNG works, the body image pendulum, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG WORKS NSNG is cool because people like it even if they don't associate it with Vinnie If you aren't positive it's working, stop it, then you'll see Once you stop doing it, you realize how it really has been working BODY IMAGE Body image is difficult We DO NOT want to body shame people However, we can't make obesity normal! This just results in more people being unhealthy We want to make kids feel good in their skin, but also want to make sure they know what is healthy and encourage them to pursue a healthy lifestyle People, especially kids, do not want to be fat We shouldn't tell kids false things, either Celebrating a few extra pounds is different than celebrating 75+ lbs overweight We want our kids to put their health over everything else It's about how you look and HOW YOU FEEL

: Episode 1092 - The McGuires join Vinnie this Saturday and discuss their amazing weight-loss and health journey, the truth behind fat and sugar, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club TRUTH BEHIND FAT Mike was already really interested in figuring out why fat was so bad He couldn't really find anything Except for crappy studies funded by sugar and grain industries Mike found Vinnie talking about this truth on the Adam Carolla show AMAZING WEIGHT-LOSS & HEALTH They ate really badly before getting married When they got engaged, Maria took a diet pill but it wasn't super healthy She did lose weight She gained a ton of weight when she went back to work after having a baby She got up to about 220 Eventually she heard a podcast about how awful cereal was This was her first change She learned to cook, learned to drink coffee, too Eat Happy is the best! Maria now weights about 130 Almost 100 pounds Now she's at a great weight! Mike started thinner, but still started eating this

: Episode - Radiation Oncologist Dr. Brendan Prendergast talks being a cancer doctor, the Paleo diet, CrossFit, evil sugars, and more on this Friday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli DR. BRENDAN PRENDERGAST Dr. Prendergast is a radiation oncologist This means he uses radiation for cancer therapy "Flips a switch" He is an incredibly intelligent man Practices in Florida Got into Paleo in med school (and crossfit, too!) This really shaped his idea of health and fitness He and his wife started a blog last year OurHealthHabit.com Brendan tries to incorporate his idea of healthy living into his work He hated that doctors give sick people crap just because they're told it's right! Often, the opposite diet is the right one Giving diabetics low-fat jello is not helping anyone Sugar just fuels cancer - this is easy to see! There is quite possibly a correlation between increased sugar consumption and higher cancer rates

: Episode 1090 - Andy joins Vinnie this Wednesday to discuss Mike Myers' "Coffee Talk", the fact that coffee truly is a healthy drink, its antioxidant effects, and more on this episode! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club HEALTHY DRINK There really are only three healthy drinks Water, coffee, and tea Maybe one day PVC will make some tea, too! Coffee is interesting, because it is good for you, but doctors will tell you otherwise Doctors worry about high blood pressure, but most drink tons of coffee and don't have high blood pressure There have always been conflicting articles However, even the articles that criticized coffee made coffee seem good in the report itself We came up with a few reasons that coffee is, in fact, good for you Firstly, our coffee is not white labeled It is personally selected - Vinnie and Andy traveled around and out of the country to find the best Andy recently found out an interesting study The positive antioxidant effect of coffee had a direct correlation t

: Episode 1089 - Vinnie and Anna cohost this Monday episode, and the two talk the upcoming Eat Happy sequel, Eat Happy, Too, traditionally wheat-filled foods that are NSNG adaptable, chubby-chasers, movie prep, eating and exercise, young folks, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli EAT HAPPY, TOO There is a new NSNG cookbook coming out this winter! Anna filled it with another 150 NSNG recipes Has another pizza crust recipe - pork rinds this time Keep an eye out, order for yourself and your loved ones EATING AND EXERCISE Both how you eat and how you exercise require commitment You can't just be a weekend warrior For both, it doesn't work to be "good" once a week and expect to see results As you are in your formative years, and as you get older, exercise is even more important Even if it is running for 30 mins each day, or playing some sports outside You need to bang your bones up as a kid -- it is good for you

: Episode 1088 - This Sunday, we are bringing back a podcast that aired just about a year ago! In this podcast, the amazing Nina Teicholz debunks the BS Netflix doc, "What The Health". Excitingly, Nina has agreed to be in Vinnie's upcoming Fat doc, where Vinnie and others will tell the truth about health and fitness. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli NINA TEICHOLZ From NorCal Has gone to a number of extremely excellent schools Argues that nutrition experts over the past 60 years have been wrong in regards to eating fat Investigative journalist Friend of Gary Taubes, as is Vinnie Believes in a low carb diet! Before going to LCHF, she had bone spurs and sinus infections She realized this SAD was not the right diet Incredibly educated, amazing woman A number of books and decades of research Suppression of the science is why the Standard American Diet prevails Studies that PROVED Low Carb was GOOD were hidden by those in charge 7 Country study which "prove

: Episode 1087 - Izzy Presley joins Vinnie today to discuss podcasting and radio hosting, good times, March Gradness, and more on this Saturday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club IZZY PRESLEY Izzy is a podcast and radio guy Find him on the radio Monsters of Rock is his thing He is also a comedian! Vinnie has been on with Izzy before Check out Izzy here! Where Izzy grew up, it was tough to get laid Pretty small place and it was the same people every time From St. Cloud Izzy was a big rock guy Participated in March Gradness Was close to winning a date with Gina Grad The two talk coffee as well! He recommends Vinnie's show and lifestyle to many

: Episode 1086 - South African Olympic paddler Oscar Chalupsky joins Vinnie this Friday to talk his paddling career, kayak companies, how and when to eat, and more on this episode! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli OSCAR CHALUPSKY An absolutely amazing athlete Has done things in this world that nobody else has done He paddles for a living 55 years old! Went to the Olympics in 1992 Reached the semi-finals Oscar is the founder and former VP of Epic Kayaks Now he is the CEO of Nelo Kayaks He is a 12 time Surfski World Champ People like Oscar have inspired Vinnie to pursue this crazy LaFourche bayou kayak challenge He is an amazing kayak teacher Will teach you to never ever fall out of your kayak Eventually, Oscar realized there is such a thing as too much protein After this, he ended up going on pretty much a ketogenic diet He is a true ultra-athlete but will not even need food while he's doing it! Heart rate, 119 12 mph paddling More than TWICE as fast t

: Episode 1085 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk Facebook ads, Paleo Bakehouse BS, undercover sugar, before and afters, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club UNDERCOVER SUGAR Andy saw a FB ad for the Paleo Bakehouse He checked out their website Everything is apparently paleo He found ingredients list on their donuts Their third ingredient was crap, and it only got worse from there "Sugar free" does not mean healthy Evaporated cane juice which is really just sugar By definition, this is REFINED SUGAR Sugar has about 50 names that don't have the word sugar in there Check out Vinnie's pdf for a list of all of these undercover sugars Essentially, the government allows these companies to lie Paleo does NOT mean healthy Even more devious, they're using natural chocolate liqueur which again is going to be sugar They also use honey Basically, sugar on top of sugar on top of sugar without using the word sugar

: Episode 1084 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday show, and the two discuss our Amazon winner of the week, Vinnie's smart people theory, holiday eating, fake muscle crap, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market SMART PEOPLE There are plenty of very smart people who are very fat Don is one of them He's addicted to what sugar does for him Everyone is addicted to sugar Vinnie has two ways to stop the sugar eating 1. He drinks some coffee or espresso at night after having the cake to just go to bed and be done with it 2. He tells people he's "counting calories" because most people understand that language The issue with sugar, you wake up even hungrier! Try to put your blinders on You must make sure that you get over the sugar-craving hump after you eat it once and don't get back into the groove of eating lots of it It's hard for smart people to go against everything they've been told for such a long time We are fed lies most of our lives It's coun

: Episode 1083 - The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Gina's awesome life, and camping on this podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club AWESOME LIFE Gina goes on amazing trips and has awesome experiences From music festivals to outdoor adventures, her life is pretty cool Last weekend she attended a wedding and was in Joshua Tree Gina likes her comforts but does love adventures! Vinnie adores camping and the like! You have to get used to roughing it It is so worth it

: Episode 1082 - Brad Kearns joins Vinnie for this special Saturday show. Brad is a friend of Vinnie, an author, and an incredible athlete! The two talk Speed Golf, the fear of failure in our world of perfection, college sports and sportsmanship, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BRAD KEARNS One sport Brad is great at is Speed Golf A top player in California You are golfing AND running while carrying your golf bag Gotta make decisions quickly This could be part of golf's future Brad's favorite form of running -- a truly amazing work out Adds different challenges to the game It's truly a mental game, too As soon as you think in golf, you're done Check out his website here! Brad is all about Primal Blueprint Reset your diet with keto Leads a very low carb life WORLD OF PERFECTION In this digital world, people feel the need to be constantly perfect This includes in their way of eating You don't have to be absolutely perfect, particularly depending on your goals If your baco

: Episode 1081 - The amazing Dr. Anthony Jay joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss his background in genetics, his book, Estrogeneration, his study of Vinnie's genes, statins, and more on this podcast! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli ANTHONY JAY Anthony's brother, Nick, was on last Saturday show! He is an amazing guy, and also in the health care business He is the author of Estrogeneration: How Estrogenics are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile He looks at raw DNA code and looks at Detox genes How does your liver get rid of toxins? Some people can't rid themselves of aluminum and the like easily, whereas others can, for example First looked at animal genes, then got a real interest in human genes and DNA consults Helps a lot of pro athletes as well Works for Mayo Clinic He analyzed Vinnie's genes VINNIE'S GENES Vinnie's body washes out salts more than the average person He has to drink extra water and eat extra salt as a result Part of the reason Ultr

: Episode 1080 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday, and the two chat about Ultra Salt's major sponsorship of the upcoming Badwater 135. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BADWATER 135 This event is an ultra-running event through Death Valley with a ton of climbing to the Whitney portal One of the hottest ultra marathons out there It's hard to even CREW for, let alone compete in PVC's Ultra Salt is very excited to sponsor this event Our product really works, and we hope to help runners stay healthy while they're on this crazy run People die of dehydration out there -- salt, water, and electrolytes are incredibly necessary We're sending all of the participants two bottles of our Ultra Salt before the race so that they can train for 30 days with it They'll see how well it works