Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1059 - Anna joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the Indiegogo campaign for the new Fat Doc (donate here!), Vinnie's new great hire, Scott Mulvaney, Zone 2 changes, Anna's water fast, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli FAT DOCUMENTARY This doc is not about NSNG It is about how we got to this point, where everyone is fat following the US's guidelines Vinnie wants to get the best folks in the industry to talk what went wrong He wants to break walls down because this often seems like a political issue We need to get the ball rolling! We're going to get this on places like Amazon, Netflix, airline TVs, etc. Anna herself made a generous contribution! ANY amount counts If you can't give monetarily, please please please share with all of your friends We are almost halfway to our goal over 900 backers, over $63,000! ZONE 2 CHANGES The rough calculation of Zone 2 takes into consideration your age With each year you age, hypothetically y

: Episode 1058 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this episode of Vinnie's Sunday School, and the two answer the oft-asked question "where does fat go"? The answer: you breathe it out! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Pure Coffee Club WHERE DOES FAT GO You actually lose fat through respiration Fat is oxidized and leaves your body But, it isn't as easy as breathing heavily a lot! You DO NOT sweat fat away This is why exercise is not a good way to lose weight When you work out, you DO NOT need carbs and sugars Gatorades, etc. Fat is converted to energy! SUPPORT VINNIE'S UPCOMING DOC: FAT!

: Episode 1057 - Listener and Kiwi athlete Mark Thomson joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk the new Fat Doc, helping those who want help, Mark's NSNG story, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club HELPING THOSE WHO WANT HELP People will use an exception to make a rule For example, "Asian people eat rice, why aren't they fat?" They eat incredibly healthily otherwise! Lots of fish, vegetables, etc If people don't want to believe something, it's hard to convince them Vinnie is here to help people who want help Hopefully, his documentary will help others realize they want the help Vinnie is not going to be making money off of his doc, but he feels this message is so important! Many want help but don't know the truth MARK THOMSON Mark ate everything growing up He is incredibly sport-oriented He was gaining weight while doing hours of kayaking and biking a day NSNG allowed that weight gain to stop He is now healthier than ever and still kayaking and biking a ton Heard Tim N

: Episode 1056 - The fantastic Dr. Rangan Chatterjee joins Vinnie in this fantastic luminary podcast, where the two discussDr. Chatterjee's journey to get to where he is as a doctor, his experience on Doctor in the House, his new book How to Make a Disease Disappear, and more! Dr. Rangan Chatterjee will be a part of Vinnie's upcoming documentary, Fat. Please support it here, monetarily, or by sharing it with your friends. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli DR. RANGAN CHATTERJEE Out of med school, he was so excited to help people Attended University of Edinburgh Medical School However, he felt in medicine he was too focused Became a generalist, because he wanted to see how all parts of the body worked together Frustrated that most of his day was filling out prescriptions and handing out pills This didn't even help most of his patients! His son, as a baby, nearly died from Vitamin D deficiency He thought, "how did this happen to my son, and how did I, a d

: Episode 1055 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two chat the Fat doc (and it's Indiegogo funding campaign found here - please donate!!!!), and they read some complaints, praises, and questions from PVC and PCC's mail bag. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market VINNIE'S CRAZY WEEKEND Vinnie had the craziest weekend He has been promoting this documentary campaign Running all over town constantly to get exposure for the campaign We need to make it happen, please support Nothing Vinnie and Andy do is passive Passive income does not exist in this world! We want to get this funded without any special interest group help, because we don't want to have to answer to anyone but ourselves Answering only to ourselves is the best way to keep this honest and real! MAIL BAG We get a lot of questions A lady was having trouble with the website We walked her through the steps She threatened to "tell Vinnie" It is all a team around here We will continue to help! People

: Episode 1054 - Peter Pardini joins Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino this Monday, and the three largely talk about Vinnie and Peter's new doc, Fat: A Documentary. Today is the first official day of our campaign, and we are more than 14% there already. Please consider contributing to our Indiegogo campaign, found here, and/or share with your friends. This will be the last documentary on health and fitness you ever need to see if we can make it happen, and make it happen right. Let's make Fat happen! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli LET'S MAKE FAT We're working with Peter Pardini on this He is an amazing filmmaker Made the decisive documentary on the band, Chicago Peter also had a big weight loss journey, himself The cause is personal to him As of today, we are really pushing this campaign Find the campaign here! The Magic Pill is a good Netflix doc, but ours will be BETTER We will have many of the same experts, but also many more! Also have people fro

: Episode 1053 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie this Sunday School to discuss the launch of our new Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to fund the new film, Fat: A Documentary, that Vinnie, Peter Pardini, and Serena are making. CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN HERE! Indiegogo campaign We want this documentary to reach millions People are still getting the wrong message Docs like The Magic Pill are helping, but Vinnie wants to make the best of 'em all! Vinnie wants to bust all of the myths around fat He will interview all of the experts in the field, including those with conflicting opinions from his own Already has a lot of amazing experts on board If you contribute to the campaign, you can receive different perks From written transcript of interviews to home visits by Vinnie and Serena If you can't contribute monetarily, please SHARE!!! We need to raise a good amount of money to make sure this film gets all it needs to be the best! Vinnie is not making money off of this campaign He has already spent a ton trying to get this

: Episode 1052 - Listener Courtney Suderman joins Vinnie Tortorich this Saturday, and the two talk the Seattle mini meet up, relationships, and how she went from athlete to overweight to healthy athlete again with NSNG, after battles with calorie restriction and the like. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SEATTLE MINI MEET UP Vinnie and Andy spent some time at a coffee convention this year They let some folks know they were there Courtney is someone they met up with in Seattle! Her husband attended They met at the high school that he and her mother worked at Courtney is an executive assistant herself, her husband a math teacher 8 or more people showed up FROM ATHLETE TO OVERWEIGHT Courtney rowed in college She was around 160 in college ALL muscle She kept eating like she was in college after college Gained a lot of weight very quickly She did calorie restriction for awhile which never worked She could eat rice but not artichoke She found Vinnie in 2015 through Carolla Wanted to be

: Episode 1051 - Filmmaker, writer and health journalist, Max Lugavere, joins Vinnie today to discuss his work in filmmaking (Bread Head), book writing, podcasting, health journalism, and more on his work in brain health research and publication on this Friday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market MAX LUGAVERE Check out his website, where you can find his book, podcast, writings, and more, here! Released a doc called Bread Head which is all about dementia and prevention - the real first of its kind Still figuring out how to get it to people Labor of love, like Vinnie's will be His mother is still with us, though she struggles with bad dementia Really helped him dial in his interests within the health and fitness field She is 64, showed first symptoms at 58 Rare disease that is essentially Alzheimer's and Parkinson's at the same time His book, Genius Foods, is essentially a manual on what foods and lifestyle is best for your health Mitigating oxidativ

: Episode 1050 - Andy joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk New Pure Coffee Club Products including NEW Double French and GROUND Honey Process/Sampler Pack, and they also discuss an article on fat bodybuilding. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NEW PURE COFFEE CLUB PRODUCTS Our Double French is available online! Our Honey Process now available ground As is our Sampler Pack! You can get a roaster and grinder pretty inexpensively! FAT BODYBUILDING Vinnie does NOT believe in fat shaming Overweight people DO NOT want to be overweight and unhealthy Everyone wants to be healthy and feel good in their own skin This article was about creating a new class in body building for overweight and obese people Vinnie thinks this is fine Good luck getting a crowd in, however Likely will be harder Bodybuilding is about strength You can be fat and strong!

: Episode 1049 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk Vinnie's upcoming documentary and its funding campaign, Vinnie's future kayak trip, bathroom BS, psycho superfoods, calorie restriction (aka starvation), and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli FAT: A DOCUMENTARY We are one week away from launching our crowd-funding campaign for this documentary! Text NSNG to 22828 to stay up-to-date Vinnie already has luminaries saying they want to be in this doc if it gets funded Vinnie and Peter need enough money to start, and they will go from there! We are fed up of misinformation Let's get people the right info via this doc! Doctors, opponents, anecdotes, etc., all in this BATHROOM BS Starbucks, and many stores, require people to buy something to use the restroom Shouldn't we just let people use restrooms if they really have to go? Horrible marketing scheme Some Starbucks don't have this PSYCHO SUPERFOODS People are making the craziest su

: Episode 1048 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Vinnie's upcoming documentary, Fat, which will look at where we went wrong with health. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FAT, A DOCUMENTARY On May 7, Vinnie will announce it full on He is trying to crowd fund for this documentary Vinnie doesn't make money off of the podcast or NSNG guide online Text NSNG to 22828 Peter Pardini will be working on this project with Vinnie Met him through Adam Carolla Amazing film-maker Check out his documentary on Chicago, the band, with permission from your parents!!! He's an NSNGer and fan of the podcast! Where did we go wrong? Obesity is a newer epidemic

: Episode 1047 - Listener Andrea joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk about the little Seattle meet-up, and how Andrea found herself falling into NSNG... literally, relationships, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SEATTLE MEETUP Andrea and Vinnie met in Seattle She brought a friend to the meet-up Vinnie and Andy found themselves at a coffee convention this weekend FALLING INTO NSNG Andrea hurt her back because she fell 7 feet through her floor Compression fracture It was snowing outside, and Andrea was completely naked when she fell through the floor She was listening to podcasts As she was stuck, Vinnie's podcast came on She's literally waiting for someone to find her because she was totally stuck and alone Luckily, her neighbor heard her calling for help The firemen came and rescued her Not even hot firemen She heard about NSNG before, but never really got into NSNG After this experience, she took the plunge Sugar had been her best friend But she was in a back

: Episode 1046- Dr. Bret Scher joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two discuss dietary guideline myths, the AHA, stress, and low-carb heart health. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli DR. BRET SCHER Dr. Scher is a cardiologist Believes in and prescribes low carb diets for those who want to maintain good heart health Focuses on lifestyle and prevention Primarily without medications Located in San Diego, CA Has a podcast and blog, check out his website and Twitter Has a free e-book and other literature available Dietary guidelines can kill many people Also does consults like Vinnie! If you are worried about your heart health, contact Dr. Scher Founder of Boundless Health Stanford and The Ohio State University grad! LOW-CARB HEART HEALTH Whatever the reason, dietary guidelines hurt people Increasing carbs hurts insulin resistance, other diseases People have a hard time saying "my bad, I was wrong" so those with power and wrong information stick to their wrong

: Episode 1045 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday to talk admiring beauty, where weight comes from and goes, losing fat, building muscle, bro science contraptions like the Shake Weight, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LOSING FAT, BUILDING MUSCLE You cannot target "problem" areas You lose weight from everywhere, not just your stomach if you do abs, for example Might get some muscles there, but not losing that fat specifically Thinking otherwise is bro science If you only have a couple lbs to lose, you may see it more in the spot where it hangs out Doesn't mean you can target these places

: Episode 1044 - Vinnie and Anna talk about the fact that NSNG and the info Vinnie provides truly is free. They also discuss diet mentalities, and more, on this Monday show! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli NSNG IS FREE This podcast is free The NSNG pdf is free as well Vinnie spends hours on Twitter for free Sure, his consults cost money, but that is his job! He is spending time doing it Not everything should be free Vinnie doesn't sell a diet plan or anything like that Vinnie and Anna sell things, but you NEVER have to buy them if you do not want to! They both have books So do ALL medical professionals like Dr. Jason Fung They make money off of their books Sometimes, good info is worth paying for We ask people to shop at Amazon and use our link, but that isn't costing them anything EATING BREAKFAST Vinnie and Anna sometimes eat breakfast, but not all the time It is largely a mentality If you are hungry, eat! If not, wait until lunch Some people like

: Episode 1043 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk how having pets can improve your kids' immune system, and dogs benefit from no-grain diets, too! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PETS Growing up with pets can help your immune system Cats and dogs walk around the house with all kinds of germs This helps kids get used to different bacteria and germs Particularly good to have in most formative years Both Vinnie and Gina have dogs (and Vinnie, a cat) One of Vinnie and Serena's dogs is geriatric She is mostly blind and deaf, but still enjoys her life So long as she is enjoying and eating, she will stay alive! Just because she is incontinent does not mean she should be put down Some dogs can benefit from a grain-free diet The only problem with grain-free is it often has potato in it instead Make sure your dogs have water with dinner because grain-free is heavier in the stomach Potato is still better than grain

: Episode 1041 - Tech and finance expert Tucker Goodrich joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two chat Tucker's experience in tech and finance, his weird ailments and adoption of a LCHF diet, studies with seed oils, the bad effects of Omega 6's, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli TUCKER GOODRICH Tucker spent 30+ on Wall Street Last 20 years, chief tech officer for a NYC hedgefund Largely self taught Doesn't have a degree in this stuff! Ran billions of dollars through systems he built himself "We're all wingin' it" on Wall Street A barefoot runner Has looked into the unhealthiness of seed oils and other omega 6 fats Check out his blog on Low Carb, Omega 6's, and more here LOW-CARB CURE Tucker had a stroke-like thing years ago Was 38 years old at the time He is now 50 Things started coming back All the stroke tests came back negative Nobody knew what happened! Had a few attacks after that, as well He had good genetics so he was confused Ate to the

: Episode 1040 - Andy joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two discuss the fact that the smell of weed seems to permeate everywhere, particularly now that it is legal in California. They also discuss Andy's handling of GERD, and Vinnie's upcoming documentary. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club WEED Recreational weed made legal this year Even before then, medical marijuana was incredibly easy to obtain Whether or not people actually needed it The system was abused Vinnie smells it when he walks down the street Andy even smelled it at 8:45am in the doctor's office He was at the doctor's for GERD Doing tests to check out the pH throughout the day of his digestive tract GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease Andy struggles with this He is going through tests to get it under control It has been getting worse, thus he is trying to do more about it FAT: A DOCUMENTARY Check out this week's Monday show for more info Vinnie is making a documentary with Peter Pardini This will be crowdfunded -

: Episode 1039 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday to discuss the new project Vinnie is working on, FAT, which is a documentary Vinnie is creating with Peter Pardini, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli FAT Vinnie met Peter through the Carolla show Peter created the great documentary on the band Chicago Peter's a fan of Vinnie and NSNG, and Vinnie is a huge fan of Peter too On Netflix, "Now More Than Ever" They've been working on this brand new documentary There's a trailer coming soon so stay tuned It's the truth about how the richest country in the world became the most unhealthy How DID we get so fat??? Between late 1950s to today Inviting all the top vegan doctors on there, as well as the Gary Taubes and Nina Teicholz's of the world Vinnie is going to be crowd-funding this Gotta raise 100k This is a very tight budget If we make more, even better, but 100k is a green light to start The OFFICIAL Announcement is coming on May 7th TEXT NSNG