Fitness Confidential

: Episode 1007 - Vinnie answers questions on Facebook Live on this Saturday show, recorded back in December! He talks coffee, kayaking, chocolate, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FACEBOOK LIVE Vinnie does FB Live questions and answers pretty much every week! Usually Sunday evenings Find him and the NSNG FB group on Facebook and ask away Good alternative to a consult if you have a quick question - he may be able to answer it The French Roast is NOW coming out soon - look for it April 1! Staying in Zone 2 will make a difference - best fat burning exercise 30 mins to an hour is great! Exercise is a poor way to lose weight Vinnie's coffee is high end coffee Good breakfasts for kids and snacks: Bacon, breakfast sausage, avocado, cream cheese & lox You can wean your kid off of carbs Snacks: nuts, veggies, pepperoni and cream cheese, anything else packable, really

: Episode 1007 - Dr. Sarah Hallberg joins Vinnie today, and the two discuss the Aspen Institute, LCHF health, reversing type 2 diabetes, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market DR. SARAH HALLBERG Sarah is a doctor Medical director at Virta Health Also director and founder of program at IU: "Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program" Check out Sarah's awesome Ted Talk here: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Starts with Ignoring the Guidelines Recently, Sarah has been chosen to be a Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow Leaders worldwide, in all different fields She has some amazing company 19 of the most innovative and fantastic people in health care She is the only in low-carb Specializes in Type 2 Diabetes She and Nina are working together now Sarah has one great paper out now and another coming out soon Studies of hundreds of patients LCHF HEALTH LCHF = Low Carb High Fat More and more studies show that fat and heart disease are not directly correlated Sarah's own research (and her study of others' research) has shown that people on LCHF diets have better cardiac and metabolic health LCHF can also save folks money by getting them off various medications Sarah and her family are also LCHF There is so much misrepresentation out there about how we should eat LCHF is a growing community In Sarah's study, they looked at people on insulin 94% of her patients who went LCHF had decreases in insulin they took Each person in the study got their own health coach Can make the difference to have that support and encouragement Sarah could make safe medication adjustments this way as well New paper shows results after a year of strict LCHF for type 2 diabetes patients Absolutely amazing results

: Episode 1006 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk new blends from Pure Coffee Club, combining blends, roasting, dating a Bond girl, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NEW BLENDS PCC will have a new Dark Roast released on April 1st Vinnie is constantly mixing different beans to find the right blends That's how he came out wth the house blend, for example! Vinnie has a French Press he loves Check it out here Good for making his mix Vinnie makes everything to the highest standard Up to "Specialty Coffee Association of America" Honey Process and Athletic Blend are the two farthest away from one another Still good to mix Dark Roast is going to be called the Double French This one mixed with the Honey is one of Andy's favorites, too! Beautiful, shiny, dark beans

: Episode 1005 - Anna and Vinnie talk Eat Happy 2, paddling the bayou, cross-training, harmful soybean oil, and more on this Monday edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli EAT HAPPY 2ND EDITION Anna is working on a second Eat Happy If you're NSNG or thinking about going NSNG, BUY Anna's Eat Happy cookbook 154 recipes + bonus recipes The pictures are amazing, too Anna tests her recipes tons of times Currently has around 100 recipes she loves for the 2nd Eat Happy PADDLING THE BAYOU Vinnie's wanted to paddle Bayou Lafourche for a long time There will be a promo video for his trip coming out soon! Now that Vinnie has a good shoulder, he is going to make his trek Non-stop, which will be amazing Stellar Kayaks came to his rescue with an amazing kayak NRS provided him with all of his amazing gear He is getting his aerobic capacity up for this! He is crosstraining Hiking, spinning, jumping rope, etc. Don't want to overtax any particular muscle SOYBEAN OIL First, we don't know if GMOs are good or bad for us, really Nothing about a soybean is heart healthy Just because vegetable oil has the word vegetable in it doesn't make it okay Soybean oil just causes an influx of Omega-6 Omega-6 is good in small doses, but soybean oil is just too much! You get enough from the natural food you eat Bunge is the organization that is trying to get soybean oil to appear as "heart-healthy" and "cholesterol-lowering" Bunge makes tons of money off of it Soybean oil "may" reduce..... MAY doesn't mean anything Use olive oil Cooking in soybean oil is crap, and it doesn't even taste that good

: Episode 1004 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School, and the two talk about the study that concludes "obesity is contagious". PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club OBESITY IS CONTAGIOUS It isn't contagious like a cold You won't "catch" obesity But, if people around you are eating badly, you're more likely to eat badly We tend to resemble those who are more similar to us Ie - people of the Social pressure to eat badly and binge eat Try to stay strong and not eat bad food just because your friends are! Almost more important for parents to learn NSNG is a lifestyle, not a diet Social eating can also really be a problem If you are addicted to sugar, stay away from those who won't stop encouraging you to eat it If you are going for a playdate or a sleepover, eat before you go so you don't eat badly!

: Episode 1003 - Listener Kristy joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two discuss fighting cancer with NSNG, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club FIGHTING CANCER Kristy was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (for a second time) Her two kids were part of this two Her doctor said first cut out sugar, then grains to fight the cancer She thought she'd just be eating salad for the rest of her life Her brother-in-law had found Vinnie on Adam Carolla so she had already heard about it He had Eat Happy The two of them committed to NSNG She and her brother-in-law went in cold turkey He cut out tons of Diet Mountain Dew Then, her husband went all in, too She and her husband use clean eating to heal their bodies now For her it was easy because it was a matter of life and death Went on FB, saved videos and recipes Ordered Eat Happy herself For most people who say they'll do anything to lose extra weight, they are too addicted to stop People need to take on this attitude to get into it Once you get into NSNG, it becomes less and less difficult Kristy lost 50 lbs as a great side effect of NSNG Went from size 12 to size 4 Now that Kristy is HEALTHY again, she is still doing NSNG She loves Vinnie's coffee, too!

: Episode 1002 - The great writer/comedian/producer Jeff Cesario joins Vinnie today, and the two discuss their background in radio, writing, and comedy, calcium scores, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli JEFF CESARIO Vinnie is a big fan of Jeff Jeff is an actor, producer, comedian, and writer Vinnie knows him from way back in the late 80s and 90s Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson He is also a guest on Adam Carolla pretty regularly! Has started his own podcast! Had pretty bad calcium scores awhile back Doesn't really eat much sugar or wheat Jeff has tried a number of cleanses Usually he'd end up eating less wheat and "crap" It's hard on set because the food is all so bad! GAINING NOTORIETY Years ago, Vinnie found Jenna Marbles on the internet She had millions of hits for doing not much more than talking Vinnie's nephew recommended to Vinnie that he try out a podcast Days later, this show was born! What Vinnie most admires Jeff for is Chet Waterhouse The BEST sports announcer out there A hilarious character Chet in the 90s on the radio Now Chet has his own podcast!!! Check it out here

: Episode 1001 - Vinnie and Anna cohost this special Wednesday episode where the two celebrate the fact that over one thousand shows have been aired, and there are many more to come! They talk about the genesis of the show, and the knowledge they've gained as a result of some wonderful guests. They also tell funny stories, talk about their own lives, invite some live guests on the show, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market ONE THOUSAND SHOWS More notes to come later today, 2/21!

: Episode 1000 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie today, and the two discuss Vinnie's new Instagram presence, buff Bachelors who don't seem t0 be athletic or sporty whatsoever, artificial sweeteners, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market VINNIE'S INSTAGRAM Vinnie recently hired a woman, Suzanne, to help him with his Instagram He has not had the Insta for very long, but already has over 2000 followers Also links to his Amazon page, where he lists items/products he suggests @vinnietortorich Vinnie will provide info, show before-and-after's, track his kayaking progress, and more! BUFF BACHELORS Many of the men on the bachelor have huge muscles but can't ski to save their lives "Fit" and "muscley" are not synonymous Fit means you are in shape to do the activity A lot of those guys are likely doing a little light juice (steroids) Also bro science guys out there, too Want to stay in shape to stay camera ready They probably aren't doing aerobic training or anything of that sort Many people on the show gain weight throughout the show Alcohol consumption doesn't help Ultimately, these guys have "show" muscles Not functional ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS Make sure to check out NSNG 101 via Vinnie's website This is a good, simple, well-laid out description of the components of NSNG Here's a quick tip - artificial sweeteners make NSNG and quitting sugar and losing weight harder Putting artificial sugar in your coffee will not kick the cravings Vinnie doesn't think your body can tell the different between true and fake sugar Constance Zimmer

: Episode 999 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie this Sunday, and the two discuss jerky, skiing, and conquering fear to succeed at whatever you want to! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club CONQUERING FEAR Most of the time, the only thing holding you back is fear Trying new things can be scary Vinnie picked up skiing when he was 27 The scariest part was accepting that he was going to fall Once he did, he could get better and really enjoy himself Activities, especially sports, can be scary at times Learn to do things properly, and then go for them! Fear can be debilitating but it CAN be beat and you CAN succeed If you try once and you aren't good at it, KEEP TRYING!

: Episode 998 - Listener Dan R. joins Vinnie today to discuss his journey with Vinnie and NSNG, failed intermittent fasting, cars, and the fact that, truly, NSNG is simple! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG IS SIMPLE Dan first found Vinnie in 2013 "America's Angriest Trainer" He was losing weight! Vinnie made it sound too simple Dan had a call from some "biohack" guy They convinced him Vinnie was wrong He was fooled by bro science and the like Dan did IF for awhile At first it was good, then it went bad Lost 35 lbs, a lot of it was muscle He hated to eat - that is NOT good He went back to carbs, and was feeling better (because he was starving before) Gained weight and then got really bad mental fogginess Ended up going back to NSNG Sticks to the simple mantra of "no sugar and no grains" Now he feels great, is healthy, doesn't hate eating, and has gained muscle Focused on feeling better before everything else Dan also takes PVC vitamins and he LOVES them Hated other companies' vitamins which caused him to pee out the money he spent on them LIKE VINNIE AND NSNG? CHECK OUT SOME OF THE BOOKS, GEAR, AND MORE THAT VINNIE RECOMMENDS!

: Episode 997 - Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss his NSNG story, starting at 350 lbs, med school nutrition education, hunger and satiety, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market DR. TRO KALAYJIAN Tro is a doctor Ivy League med guy Used to have to tell people to lose weight He, however, was 350 lbs himself A little over 5'11" Always a hard conversation for both parties Shame on both sides His colleagues were the most judgmental He didn't know how he ended up so heavy He is a low carb guy Has had great NSNG success himself Has lost over 145 lbs!!! Specialties in obesity, diabetes, nutrition NUTRITION EDUCATION Tro did med school, 3 years of training for internal medicine In the whole of med school, they maybe spent a week on nutrition education WHILE they're learning a bunch of other things On average, med schools only spend 25 hours of nutrition Nothing compared to anything else They spend 500 hours covering most other subjects in med school The nutrition consultations that he did give, he'd say "cut sugar and fat, go see a nutritionist", and that was it Like throwing gas at a fire If a doctor with the best, very extensive, education can't figure out why HE is fat, that's a problem HUNGER AND SATIETY Hunger is the missing link in nutrition Tro would eat and eat and never be full Really, only low carb people talk and analyze hunger, which is great This is a hormonal thing Grelin and leptin control your hunger Many people get fat because they eat because they're always hungry! Sugars and certain oils mess with satiety Hence, more sugar you get, you'll get hungrier Gum chewing releases hormones and opens up your stomach and you'll want to eat more Our livers are not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between real and fake sugar Diet soft drinks are BAD! Hopefully more people will get on the low carb wagon and consider the importance of these hormones Dietitians and nutritionists are the first step

: Episode 996 - Andy and Vinnie convene this Wednesday to discuss guns and disinterest in hunting, their non-GMO vitamins, their upcoming children's vitamin, Gilda Radner's Rosanne Rosannadanna, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NON-GMO VITAMINS Yes, PVC vitamins are Non-GMO However, pretty much all food we eat is GMO It isn't always a bad thing Over GMOd stuff can be bad, but even hybrid apples are GMOd Don't be scared away immediately However, lots of wheat and grains are so GMOd that they are particularly bad for us now PVC daily multivitamins are okay for kids! Kids 8 and up, the whole pill is fine Kids under 8 or small for their age can just take some of one Feel free to open up the vitamin and dissolve it in a drink Kids can't taste it Later this year, PVC will be releasing a children's vitamin Working with pediatric nutrition experts We don't know when/if we will have our vitamins in the UK but we'll keep you all in the loop! Just waiting for a UK bank to not be a pain! They're working on it!!!

: Episode 995 - Vinnie & Anna talk about 70's culture and movies, the vegan protesters at a Melbourne steakhouse, misleading and salacious headlines, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli VEGAN PROTESTERS Around 30 protesters walked in Check out the video below to see what Vinnie's talking about Many people just kept on eating Didn't have the effect the vegans were going for "It's not food, it's violence" was their tagline Wanted "animal liberation" PETA is not nearly as pure as it looks Doesn't want ANYONE to have pets PETA is listed as a shelter - years ago, they were involved with a scandal where they didn't have the facilities for animals people were surrendering to them, and they euthanized them Vegan Protesters, 70's Culture, Salacious Headlines - Episode 995 Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE. Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Starts with Ignoring the Guidelines Vegan Activists Storm Melbourne Steakhouse What if Siri Was Your Doctor?

: Episode 993 - National Arm Wrestling Champion Luke Pulscher joins Vinnie to talk about his journey to become a professional athlete, getting picked on as a fat kid, and become a champion while living the NSNG lifestyle. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club ARM WRESTLING CHAMPION Luke is an active dude Hails from the Midwest with his wife and kids He enjoys participating in lots of outdoor activities like hunting and fishing Perhaps most interestingly, Luke is a professional armwrestler He has competed all over the world For example, came 6th in Worlds in 2000 in Finland At one point was 240 lbs which made arm wrestling much more difficult Lost weight and found success in his ketogenic lifestyle Enjoys fasting for breakfast before working out Doesn't feel that he has more energy when he eats a big breakfast Serena and Vinnie are the same way (more Serena than Vinnie) Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE

: Episode 994 - Gina and Vinnie talk about how we should always keep learning new things, how Vinnie is learning how to kayak for the first time, and how it's okay to fail because failure is an important part of learning on this Vinnie's Sunday School episode of the Fitness Confidential podcasts. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LEARNING NEW THINGS Learning is always good! Good for your head and your heart Vinnie just learned how to kayak He's 55, quite old! Now doing a kayak ultraevent He is getting help from expers We never stop living so long as we're alive, so we ought to keep learning Never be afraid to consult those who know more about the subject This will help you learn! Failure is a part of success Don't let failure scare you - it just means you are learning You're getting closer to succeeding! Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE

: Episode 994 - Gina and Vinnie talk about how we should always keep learning new things, how Vinnie is learning how to kayak for the first time, and how it's okay to fail because failure is an important part of learning on this Vinnie's Sunday School episode of the Fitness Confidential podcasts. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LEARNING NEW THINGS Learning is always good! Good for your head and your heart Vinnie just learned how to kayak He's 55, quite old! Now doing a kayak ultraevent He is getting help from expers We never stop living so long as we're alive, so we ought to keep learning Never be afraid to consult those who know more about the subject This will help you learn! Failure is a part of success Don't let failure scare you - it just means you are learning You're getting closer to succeeding! Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE

: Episode 987 - Author, coach, former Editor in Chief of Running Times magazine & overall running authority Jonathan Beverly (@jbevrun) clears up the myths around running shoes, who the hottest runners are & much more. He also talks about his new books "Runner's World Your Best Stride: How to Optimize Your Natural Running Form to Run Easier, Farther, and Faster--With Fewer Injuries" and "Run Strong, Stay Hungry: 9 Keys to Staying in the Race". If you are a runner or want to have anything to do with running, listen to this episode! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli JONATHAN BEVERLY One of the ultimate authorities when it comes to running Heads a great magazine, Running Times Written a number of books Dispels running shoe myths, discusses different types of shoes for different needs Up to date with what's going on in the running world Who's running, what events are going on, where is the sport headed, etc. Serena, an ultra-runner, really respects this guy Runners tend not to be "alpha-athletes" in highschool Put your nose to the grindstone, and you can run Tough, because with success doesn't always come credit in the running world Trying to change that and make running trendy/fun/etc Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE

: Episode 991 - Vinnie & Andy talk about Vinnie's training regimen in preparation for his kayaking trip, ramping up aerobic exercise, the upcoming release of Pure Vitamin Club's electrolyte, flu shots and much more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club New electrolyte product on the way Close to finalizing the product Pure Coffee Club FLU SHOT Vinnie questions the effectiveness of flu shots because the strains change year to year That being said, Vinnie doesn't really know what he's talking about Listen to your doctor ultimately Andy gets a flu shot every year... this year, he didn't get it, and he DID get the flu AEROBIC EXERCISE Vinnie did about 36 hours of aerobics in January Not every day He ramped up the aerobic exercise in preparation for his kayaking adventure Shout out to Stellar Kayaks and NRS for the kayak and gear! Now, in February, he is further cranking up the program Start slow when you're getting back into aerobic shape Then, slow down a little bit more! When you're getting back into aerobic shape, start slow and then slow down a bit - Vinnie Tortorich Want to learn more about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle? Click HERE

: Episode 990 - Vinnie and Anna host this Monday show where the two talk about Serena's new play, cash-grabbing diet plans like the Super Carb Diet and Renaissance Periodization, the fact that the info Vinnie puts out there for NSNG is free, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market SERENA'S PLAY Serena is in a play called "Two Fisted Love" in LA at the Odyssey Theater Go check it out! Twofistedlove.com Great play, and she is the lead CASH-GRABBING DIET PLANS There is a BS diet plan program called Renaissance Periodization They offer training and eating plans for athletes Charge over 100 bucks for a diet template If Vinnie did this, he would have millions and millions Instead, Vinnie hands this out for free Vinnie also believes his info is better, because he isn't selling anything! This info isn't even good Most of these things are schemes to get people to come back and keep spending Sample sheet includes Protein shakes (15 grams of whey protein in water) Vinnie thinks powder protein is BS, and shakes are not a good way to get health! Already unhealthy, and this is "meal" #1 "Workout Carbs" Whole-grain bread Rice - any type Whole-wheat pasta Your body will not thank you for this 6 meals a day??? WTF? These diet plans are truly unhealthy and are not satiating either This guy is raking it in, and this will not help your health He likely just interviewed those 'experts' that fit his narrative Vinnie would welcome this guy on his show THE SUPER CARB DIET By Greatest Loser trainer Bob Harper Same as his other books Tries to warn people about the "risks" of ketosis, such as keto flu and bad breath\ Admits that you lose a lot of weight but the bad part is that you have to give up the good carbs Specifically going against the low carb and ketogenic movements Vinnie invited this guy to be on the show as well. "In cahoots" with the Renaissance Periodization person

: Episode 989 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie this Sunday for Vinnie's Sunday School - however, this show is slightly less clean (it will be cleaner in the future) than other Sunday shows. The two discuss Gina's history in radio and LA radio in general, The Godfather, the unhealthiness of chocolate milk, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club CHOCOLATE MILK Strawberry and Choco milk is back on the "ok" list for schools Don't count on your kids' schools providing them with healthy food or drink 1% fat - you're pulling out fat, adding sugar With flavored milk, comes even more sugar Not everything has to be sweet!!! If you eat less sugar, normal whole-fat milk will start to taste totally sugary

: Episode 988 - Todd Branch, repeat guest, joins Vinnie today to discuss how NSNG acted as the cure for veganism in his life, life in Donaldsonville, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club TODD BRANCH Works with Vinnie's brother Listened to Rich Roll, heard about Vinnie without realizing he was Vinnie's brother He was running marathons and the like at the time Was struggling with lethargy for a year after he became vegan He would have to take mid afternoon naps and the like He and Vinnie have done a number of phone calls; Todd finds them very helpful He also appeared on the show before No longer Vegan but NSNG! Todd has made the change in Louisiana, where it is particularly difficult to cut out sugar and grians His wife is finally onboard! THE CURE FOR VEGANISM Todd has been NSNG for about 2 years now Everything Vinnie has said in their phone calls has worked NSNG was the answer to cure the issues related to his veganism His sport performance is up, he feels so much better, he's lost some weight Now that he's eating all real foods, he can see how much healthier he is Lots of people have gotten off of statins with NSNG Vinnie is not a doctor, though, he cannot and will not advise you when it comes to taking or not taking medication NSNG has turned into so much more than how you look in the mirror, or how fast you can run 26 miles One person at a time!

: Episode 987 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss modern-day insults, Gina's NSNG story, Vinnie the cub scout, parenting, the news about Vinnie's Sunday School, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Pure Coffee Club GINA GRAD Vinnie knows Gina well through Adam Carolla Gina is one of the best voices in podcasting and on the radio today! She has been on the radio with everyone! Big voice in LA Gina has also had great NSNG success Also, Gina is commonly featured on Vinnie's Sunday School VINNIE THE CUB SCOUT Vinnie was the least cooperative cub scout Largely because he already knew too much He also asked inappropriate questions regarding brownies He already had the knives and already knew how to tie all the fancy knots VINNIE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL The Sunday shows are appropriate for children People love them! They are short, include useful tidbits of information And Gina is now a regular on this show Now, check out this show which will now be aired EVERY Sunday Good, digestible info for the whole family Marked as "clean" on iTunes as opposed to "explicit"

: Episode 986 - Instead of our usual Wednesday episode with Andy, we play a special episode where Vinnie answers your questions about supplements, amino acids, calorie restriction, protein powders and so much more on Facebook Live. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club VINNIE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS Approximately once a week, Vinnie answers questions on Facebook Live Usually you can catch him on Sunday evenings Add him on FB, or just join the FB group so you don't miss him Ask your questions and he tries to get to as many as possible This show is a recording of one of those FB Live feeds! Great way to get info most relevant to you without booking a consult However, consult still best for most detail and most personal application Protein powders = bro science Supplements - many are bro science, vitamins are great if you need them and they don't have gunk like silica in them (check out PVC) Calorie restriction is a poor way to lose weight Diets based on calorie restriction are largely designed to fail so you come back Not sustainable long-term Takes a toll on your body when you starve yourself Just eat real foods with NSNG!

: Episode 985 - Anna and Vinnie join you this Monday - the two play some NFL Player vs. Stripper, and discuss Eat Happy being "too carby", soreness after workouts, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market NFL OR STRIPPER? Shouldn't hyperbole be pronounced hyper-bowl? If so, NFL vs Stripper? NFL if pronounced hyper-bowl Stripper if pronounced properly If you use a literary device for a name, you win as a stripper Math words could also be good stripper names AMAZON Check out Vinnie's "love" list on Amazon These are all things Vinnie uses and loves all the time He has also written little descriptions about most of them EAT HAPPY Eat Happy is an amazing cookbook written by Anna NSNG friendly recipes Anna didn't want to make the book "carbo-phobic" Yes, some recipes have more carbs than others Try a variety of recipes, use your own creativity You can eat as many or as few carbs as you want in this cookbook Stay in ketosis, or don't! SORENESS First, if you aren't sore, it doesn't mean you aren't working your muscles Don't worry - stick with it It just means your body is getting used to it - getting in shape Vinnie doesn't get sore When you first start working out, you will be more sore than usual If you are getting sore forever, that probably isn't good You shouldn't feel sore when you are in shape If you are, you may be over doing it or doing something wrong

: Episode 984 - Podcaster and Vodka company owner Steve Merila talks about his successful NSNG weight loss journey and how he sold his lucrative beer company to start a vodka company because he felt vodka was a better fit with his NSNG lifestyle. Steve also talks about his podcast It's All About Her, gives Vinnie some unwelcome fashion advice, and asks Vinnie about his glory days. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LOSE WEIGHT Steve hails from Minnesota where he lives with his awesome, Norwegian wife Kjersten A runner in highschool, was slim at this point Started eating to medicate because his family and he had issues Got up to 210 lbs lifting His brother passed away and he got married within a month Awful marriage - got up to 235 lbs Ultimately landed at 290 lbs Got divorced and started trying to work on himself Usually around 250 Found NSNG but had trouble committing for awhile So tough for him to commit, largely because he owned a beer company He tried to partially commit himself, but it didn't work Once he finally committed to NSNG, he sold his brewery This was after he remarried to the right woman, got more reasonable cars, and the like He became happy, and then gained the ability to lose weight and commit He lost the chip on his shoulder Went down to 218 and did a 17 mile, 15 hour hike fat-adapted! Ate meat and cheese and never got hungry Now, he owns a vodka company It is called "Her Spirit Vodka" 50% of profits go to female entrepreneurs His podcast also features many powerful women - check it out!!!

: Episode 983 - Professor and Social Worker Dr. Stephen Baldridge Ph.D joins Vinnie to talk about his "homeless shelter diet", veganism, his work as hospitality coordinator of an emergency housing shelter in Abilene, TX, and the Housing First solution to homelessness. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market STEPHEN BALDRIDGE A social worker, a professor A self-proclaimed research dork He and his wife are former-vegans (4 yrs of veganism) This appealed to him for awhile because he did need a lifestyle change He is also an ultra-athlete Did some of those plant-based, now eats meat and is fat-adapted Plant-based diets do not work for everyone Know what you're putting in your mouth, and know what it's doing to you! Believes in Housing First solution to homelessness Giving someone who lives on the street a home can help everything else fall into place A staple in recovery is housing Housing First Overview (short video)

: Episode 982 - Vinnie & Andy talk about the tremendous effort they made to handcraft the perfect vitamin D (D3-K2), with the purest ingredients available, including Villa Cappelli olive oil. They also read a funny customer service email Vinnie shares his selfie with Ron Jeremy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PERFECT VITAMIN D PVC's fourth released vitamin will be Vitamin D They did some cool things with this vitamin Putting a great Vitamin K complex in this Vitamin D The best way to take this vitamin is in softgels which is oil based Virtually all Vitamin D products even in an oil base are using a very inferior oil To combat this, Vinnie and Andy decided to use OLIVE OIL It actually has Villa Cappelli in it, which is AWESOME!!! FUNNY CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL They got an email from somebody who did not speak English very well It turned out, they didn't actually mean to contact PVC It wasn't PVC they were having the problem with This has happened before The culprit is a company which uses a name similar to theirs It's a "male enhancement" bro science thing "Pure Vitaman" Vinnie & Ron Jeremy, "The Hedgehog"

: Episode 981 - Vinnie & Anna explore many topics such as "top-rated" crazy diets, spanx, wife beating (no, really), gym membership shenanigans, feeling the burn and more on this Monday episode of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Green Grocer Villa Cappelli SPANX Spanx are a great resource However, they are good for one night MAX Sometimes, only a matter of hours before they get bad The woman who created Spanx is a millionaire Spanx only sort of work Priced expensively CRAZY DIETS There are some freaky crazy diets out there Some diets that ended up at the top DASH Diet What??? Not an all-purpose diet but still on top? This diet is BS A low-fat, high sugar diet MIND Diet Combines Med Diet and DASH diet for "Brain" diet Aggregation of two BS diets "Eco" Atkins What??? Claims 8 lbs a month This is ridiculous and unrealistic There are PLENTY more

: Episode 980 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie on this vinnie's sunday school episode. The two discuss growing up in Gina's household, bad nutrition, and a report about essentially poisonous fruit juice. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GINA'S HEALTH STORY Gina loves nutrition now Vinnie gave her the code, now she enjoys eating healthy and the like Could eat ANYTHING without gaining any weight at all until college At that point, particularly for women, the weight shows up After that, she was off to the races Continued to dig herself into a whole until she found Vinnie Had gained 40 extra lbs at that point Now looks, feels, and is better/healthier Grew up in Wisconsin, her parents were heavy smokers Both died young POISONOUS FRUIT JUICE Kids who drink fruit juice can face dramatic side effects Can lead to gastrointestinal issues, malnutrition, abdominal distention, fatigue, sugar addiction, and more Just because it says fruit on it does not mean it is healthy Kids, ask your parents for LaCroix or something yummy but healthy like that Good options, and you won't be hungry and tired and distracted like you will be from fruit juice alone Adding water to fruit juice does not make it better

: Episode 979 - New England Patriots linebacker Marquis Flowers joins Vinnie to talk about being overlooked by the combine, flying under the NFL draft radar, but succeeding anyway due to hard work, heart and determination. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club MARQUIS FLOWERS Linebacker for the Patriots Bit of an underdog story After the combine, didn't get the results he hoped for He continued to work as hard as possible and play with as much heart as possible This paid off Now, he's in the playoffs with the Patriots Has been a huge team contributor Flew under the radar at the draft initially

: Episode 978 - Journalist and author Marika Sboros (FoodMed.net) joins Vinnie for a third time to talk about more conspiratorial evidence that had surfaced since the publication of her new book with Dr. Tim Noakes Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs, which details the world-famous trial in South Africa designed to discredit him. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Green Grocer Thrive Market Villa Cappelli MARIKA SBOROS Has been on this show twice before Now also has a book with the famous Dr. Noakes Check it out at the link above It suits Noakes' critics to try and discredit him He knows tons about nutrition Famous author, great doctor Strong believer that eating right (low carb high fat) can fix or alleviate many health issues "Let Food be Your Medicine" Has many LCHF resources on her site Believes in the strength of eating right Since the publish of the new book, the critics have gotten angrier It does not serve their interests for the truth about nutrition to come out TIMOTHY NOAKES TRIAL Dr. Noakes is a doctor in South Africa He was facing trial because he prescribed LCHF diet for a breastfeeding mother on Twitter Sugar and grain industry use their influence to strike again He has been found NOT GUILTY of professional misconduct, thank goodness However, the fact that he even faced trial for years Noakes was just trying to show that the popular held believe (low fat, lots of carbs) is BS Prosecution and persecution for his views on nutrition He tore out pages from his book which recommended high carb diets and carboloading for athletes The Lore of Running The best and smartest people are those who own up to their mistakes, and tell the truth when they learn of it Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

: Episode 977 - Vinnie & Andy share some customer support stories in a new segment called "Tales from the Mail Bag" that includes coffee drama, vitamin mathematics, and BB's. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club New vitamin coming in the relatively near future! Stay tuned for some vitamin D Pure Coffee Club COFFEE DRAMA Vinnie ran out of coffee at home How does a guy who owns a coffee company run out of coffee for himself? All three blends have done quite well Honey Process & Athletic blend are neck and neck in popularity They all have unique qualities that appeal to different flavors and things Athletic blend has a heck of a lot more caffeine Vinnie was trying to appeal to his "down-home-on-the-bayou" roots Andy is the #1 customer service guy He has likely never said no to any request He has issued refunds for anyone who didn't receive the product or was dissatisfied Andy and Dillon are the best customer service duo out there They respond to EVERYTHING with amazing speed PCC gets an email from this guy - he bought some coffee and hated it Ordered the biweekly subscription (delivery every two weeks) Right away requested a refund after having the coffee for no more than a day Andy says - send us back the unused back, we will cancel the subscription and issue a refund for the second half of the delivery The guy sends an email the next day, with the guy upset because he had to pay for the first bag Andy says - okay, we'll refund the first if you send back what is left The guy sends an email the next day, and the guy says he no longer has the packaging anymore, and asks if he can send it in a Ziploc bag Andy says - sure, no problem, send it in the Ziploc bag - at this point, he thinks it is over The guy sends an email the next day requesting a mailing label so that he does not have to pay for the postage back Most people don't stress like this! This was a strange occurrence.

: Episode 976 - Anna & Vinnie talk about their former guest, fruitarian Arnstein who was convicted of felony fraud and Anna risks her life (according to Dr. Michael Greger) by eating an egg and testing her resulting blood sugar... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Villa Cappelli Green Grocer MICHAEL ARNSTEIN Vinnie and Anna have previously had Arnstein on this podcast He was quite a colorful guy He literally only ate fruit Said he ate 20+ lbs of fruit on a given day On VINNIE's show he actually said he eats 50 lbs of fruit a day WHAT? Anna and Vinnie try not to goof on guests, but... He has since been convicted of felonious fraud He forged a judges signature which allowed for the deletion of his critics' websites and articles Total BS Shows his lack of confidence in his own diet This type of manipulation is actually insane, much like the fruitarian diet FBI caught the counterfeit articles he submitted to Google Inc EATING AN EGG This whole "eggs are going to kill you" thing is really getting old Eating eggs will not in and of itself give you diabetes Nor is eating an egg as bad as smoking a number of cigarettes Dr. Greger posits eating eggs puts your life at risk by raising blood sugar Anna checks her blood sugar levels LIVE after she eats an egg The Shocking Truth: Anna's blood sugar is totally fine after eating the egg! Buy a blood glucose monitoring system like Anna has below Starting blood sugar 111 Half an hour, 108 An hour later, 98 Did NOT spike her blood sugar Anna has not yet contracted emphysema from consuming this egg Precision Xtra NFR Blood Glucose Monitoring System

: Episode 975 - Listener Sady joins Vinnie today to discuss her forced vegetarianism, her NSNG journey, her career in cereal, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LISTENER SADY Sady found Vinnie via Rich Roll about a year and a half ago She has booked a few consults with Vinnie Sady would work out a ton, be really good with diet plans during the week, then go crazy on the weekends Weight Watchers did not work for her, as it does not for many Struggled with eating disorders A former Latin teacher! Now she actually works in the cereal industry Machinery used to move cereal Machinery comes back to them smelling bad Cereal industry takes bad care of their products and machinery Has a grime on it for many years This is the machinery that makes kids' breakfasts! Sady says she would rather work in a dog food factory than a human food factory at this point FORCED VEGETARIANISM Her mom tried to force her into (mostly) vegetarianism She did not like it No matter what, she still gained weight Some people become vegetarians and vegans to be unique Gives some people an identity Vinnie understands this! Obviously, many have ethical issues with eating animals which Vinnie respects But, nobody should be forced into anything like diet or lifestyle

: Episode 974 - Dr. Mona Morstein ND, DHANP joins Vinnie today to discuss the similarities between naturopathic and general medicine, and ways to master your diabetes with naturopathic medicine such as diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market MONA MORSTEIN Has been practicing naturopathic Your body has great healing powers Naturopathic medicine tries to stimulate your body's ability to heal after addressing the illness / symptoms initially Can prescribe most of the same medications that a general practitioner can prescribe Not ADD and amphetamines Different rules for different states She is in AZ She personally takes an interest in helping those with metabolic disorders and diabetes Cows, by eating grains, lose essential fatty acids that are good for us to consume Grain-fed cows can lead to insulin resistance and other problems MASTER YOUR DIABETES Check out Dr. Morstein's book by the same name here She goes over a low-carb diet in the book Vegetarian and vegan diets as well Patient chooses the option that they feel best resonates with them Spend more time telling patients what they can eat than what they can't Makes it seem more reasonable and doable so people do not shy away This can be a problem when people, for example, realize they have to cut all of the grains out There are lean people with type 2 diabetes GAD 65 marker can help determine whether it is type 2 or another related issue Type 1: eating, drinking, peeing a lot, lots of lethargy, weight loss, etc., in children Type 2: harder to pinpoint with symptoms, though people tend to be pre-diabetic for years Some physicians just wait until patients move from pre-diabetic to diabetic so that they can treat them Deals with A1C levels Adding years of damage to the body before they are even diagnosed

: Episode 971 - Vinnie and Anna discuss Vinnie's training regimen for his upcoming bayou kayaking trip, the myth of "overnight success", offending family members, Vinnie's new farting machine, it's okay to be vegan and much much more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market VINNIE'S TRAINING REGIMEN Vinnie is training to kayak Bayou LaFourche, all 100+ miles Going to be a non-stop trip His new endurance adventure He is being trained and sponsored Training daily one way or another Whether it's on his kayak machine at home, with his teacher, in a pool, or just in a gym He's working hard OVERNIGHT SUCCESS Much like the passive income myth, the overnight success thing is also a myth Vinnie, Anna, and Andy have been working very hard at this for a very long time Overnight successes largely don't exist Most have to work very hard for success People don't see all the work that goes in behind the scenes VEGANISM While Vinnie doesn't personally endorse veganism, he has many clients and friends who are vegan He does not dislike vegans individually or even think it isn't okay to be vegan Vinnie understands many might have ethical or other concerns What it comes down to is, eating meat can be healthy as long as you aren't eating other crap with it Many NSNG vegans

: Episode 970 - Adam Carolla Show celebrity Gina Grad (https://twitter.com/GinaGrad, https://www.instagram.com/ginagrad/) joins Vinnie again to discuss a study that shows kids should get recess before lunch to improve eating choices and test scores. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club RECESS BEFORE LUNCH Study shows that having recess before lunch is good for students Moving and the like good for you Kids eat more vegetables! 4th grade math, writing, 3rd grade math, reading test scores go up! Play on the playground, play tag, basketball, any sport Parents, encourage your kids' schools to have recess Campaign for it if necessary Some schools are cutting it out Everyone loves recess Makes you feel much better when you go back to class Fresh air and exercise is great Kids find a way to naturally kick it into full gear

: Episode 969 - Author and nutritional guru Jonny Bowden PhD, CNS (@jonnybowden) joins Vinnie to rant about his breakup with Whole Foods, the revised edition of his bestseller The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, his favorite foods, What the Health and so much more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club JONNY BOWDEN Check out his website here Commonly known as "The Nutrition Myth Buster" Doesn't buy into the diet propaganda the government puts forth Another cholesterol skeptic Much like Vinnie he broke up with the "healthy" Whole Foods aka Whole Paycheck He is another big Los Angeles health guru Author of a number of great books "Eat fat to lose fat" proponent Has been featured on tons of TV shows, in tons of articles, etc. One of the most widely known names in terms of low-carb proponents Why I'm Breaking Up With Whole Foods What The Health... WTF??

: Episode 968 - Miriam Kalamian EdM, MS, CNS (@DietaryTherapy) joins Vinnie to talk about her family's cancer story, her book Keto for Cancer and how the medical industry's misguided approach to metabolic disorder treatment has compelled her to passionately spread information about ketogenic diet therapy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market MIRIAM KALAMIAN Miriam has a Master of Education, Master of Science, and a Clinical Nurse Specialist degree Now a Dietary Specialist Unfortunately, her son, Raffi, suffered from brain cancer at a very young age As a result, she began looking into adjunctive treatments to cancers (as in, treatments to supplement and complement medical care) Also, Ketosis, which is accessible to all, was one of those adjunctive treatments Miriam looked into and researched a great deal Although Raffi unfortunately passed away, the ketogenic diet along with other treatments greatly reduced his cancer and tumors KETO FOR CANCER Cancer lives off of sugar Eating a low-sugar, low-carb diet such as a ketogenic diet helps lessen fuel given to cancer cells Miriam has done much of her research based on both anecdotal and preclinical evidence While much of the medical community does not yet support this way of living, its because of the years of misinformation However, people are slowly coming around Ketogenic diet can help a variety of diseases, also including epilepsy Check out Miriam's book and website, linked below and above respectively, for more info on her family's story and the ketogenic diet in general Miriam Kalamin's book:

: Episode 966 - Vinine & Anna reminisce about the Dan Fogelberg song Same Old Lang Syne (i.e. the snow turned into rain), discuss some of Anna's new NSNG recipes and talk about the fact that some people consider every Monday as a New Year's Day, but the liver doesn't know the difference! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market HAPPY NEW YEAR - The Snow Turned Into Rain... It's a shame people don't have "resolution" energy all year wrong If you make a resolution, stick to it If you fall off the horse, get RIGHT back on! Once you've done NSNG for a month or so, you won't want to eat carbs again because you'll feel so much better Vinnie is doing another No Life into Living year in 2018 Vinnie needs to be fat adapted and all in to kayak Bayou Lafourche Dietary ketosis He will paddle a boat over 100 miles non-stop in May or so Thank you everyone for your continued support!

Episode 965 - Davy Robison joins Vinnie this Saturday, and talks about his NSNG journey where he loses 50 lbs, going from 195 to 143! His wife has also lost 30 lbs! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LISTENER DAVY LOSES 50 LBS Hails from Pennsylvania Also appreciates real, natural beauty - as does Vinnie Very lean, looks awesome At the beginning, his wife was concerned by his fat intake After a year of seeing his health improving, she came on board! She was never overweight, but did want to lose a few Has lost ~50 lbs since April

: Episode 964 - Laval St. Germain, the ultimate ultra-athlete, joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss some of his adventures, including climbing Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market Pure Coffee Club LAVAL ST. GERMAIN Laval's job titles include but are not limited to: Mountaineer Ocean Rower Endurance Athlete Airline Pilot Motivational Speaker Climbed the highest peak on 6 of the 7 continents Fastest solo row across North Atlantic ocean CLIMBING EVEREST First Canadian to climb Everest with supplemental oxygen!

: Episode 963 - Today's show is one from our 10 for 10 package, with Dr. David Diamond, PhD. If you like what you hear and want the other 9 shows with some of the best luminaries out there, please buy them here. On this show, Vinnie and Dr. Diamond discuss bout the fallacy and bad science of Ancel Keys, the China Study and many other anti-fat studies. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DAVID DIAMOND David used to be incredibly unhealthy He was urged to use statins and niacin In 2006, told he MUST go on Lipitor Dr. Diamond open minded at first, but wanted to look into it Realized fat was OK, and changed his lifestyle! He started with peer-reviewed medical journals He was never scared of fat because he is so educated on it Studied biology, has a PhD! Another LDL skeptic Recent work looks into the false info we get on cholesterol See his twitter here OLD GYMS First of all, exercise is a poor way to lose weight! For example, more gyms than ever, but more obesity than ever Gyms have awesome equipment but so many are still so unhealthy! That being said, exercise good for you in many other ways, and can complement a good diet If you like it, that's awesome, keep it up Know you can exercise without a gym membership, too DEBUNKING ANTI-FAT STUDIES The bread is worse than the butter or cheese for the triglycerides Anti-fat studies paid for by sugar, grain industries Of course they paint fat as the bad guy Ancel Keys conducted a study that only took into account countries that proved his hypothesis true He, himself, ate a ton of fat Could find him in a restaurant eating a juicy state Chose countries that he figured would work in his favor FAT DOES NOT CLOG YOUR ARTERIES! It is carbs, not fat The worst thing that happened to fat, is that someone named it fat People like Dr. Diamond attempt to change this

: Episode 962 - Merry Christmas everybody! Vinnie talks about buying Christmas gifts for family and Carolla Digital and when he gives a bottle of scotch, he gives what he himself would drink. Anna Vocino talks about what she's planning to cook for Christmas dinner. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market GIVING GIFTS ANNA'S DINNER

: Episode 961 - Adam Carolla Show celebrity Gina Grad (https://twitter.com/GinaGrad, https://www.instagram.com/ginagrad/) joins Vinnie to read the menus and discuss the bad lunches of some rich schools published in the New York Times. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BAD LUNCHES NYT released an article documenting the bad lunches some rich schools provide their students It's appalling! Schools aren't spending money on healthy lunches Baked potato with broccoli and processed cheese Pretty sugary, but overall, could be worse!! In the realm of school lunches, Vinnie is happy there is broccoli and cheese "Italian Dunkers" - these are grains and tomato sugar, basically Pizza sticks, lettuce salad, pudding dessert This sounds pretty unhealthy on the whole Lettuce, good, but the rest is about as bad as it gets Plus, you're going to put dressing filled with sugar on this salad No protein or fat in here Tacos Put it in a shell, and now it's unhealthy Potato coins This just SOUNDS bad Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Corn, Dinner roll, & fruit This is horrible Chicken is breaded Bread on top of bread with one of the worst grains - corn Juice slushies Juice is ALREADY straight sugar, so this just sounds even worse These meals will put kids to sleep

: Episode 960 - Listeners Stephanie and Ashley join Vinnie today to discuss their NSNG journey that led them to lose 70 and 60 pounds, respectively, live from Kansas City! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club STEPHANIE AND ASHLEY Good friends This show is one from Kansas City Stephanie found Vinnie years ago Adam Carolla effect Ashley caught on a few months later after seeing how Stephanie ate and how she was losing weight They have both lost an amazing amount of weight Both mid-20s LOSE 70 & 60 POUNDS! Stephanie had lost 25 lbs within the few months She has lost around 70 total Ashley has lost 60 pounds Stephanie's twin has lost about 45 lbs They look really great and lean They just followed NSNG - really strictly, for the most part It really works Give it a try, but make sure you commit

: Episode 959 - Software engineer, entrepreneur and cholesterol blogger Dave Feldman joins Vinnie to discuss his efforts to reverse-engineer the mystery of cholesterol and learn how to manipulate LDL scores with food. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market DAVE FELDMAN Vinnie found Dave via a low-carb conference in Breckenridge Other luminaries like Fettke and Gerber attend Dave has a super interesting background in software engineering and entrepreneurship In fact, similarities to Ivor Cummins Ivor also not from sciencey science background but a cholesterol expert Dave comes largely from self-experimentation Though now his fans contribute data, too Also there is an enormous amount of belief on studies that are not double-blind, random, or controlled The science believed by many is not even good science Dave is trying to change this So, with his computer science background, he tries to reverse-engineer cholesterol Gaining a better understanding this way Dave is athletic, but had "bad" LDL numbers Realized many athletes have worse LDL numbers... wanted to figure out why Thus he decided to look into what cholesterol is and how the lipid system works More than anything else, lipid system is an energy distribution system Low-density Lipoproteins (LDL) meant to distribute fat based energy Cholesterol rideshares with this fat Figures out ways to artificially lower cholesterol Please check this video explaining some basic stuff about cholesterol There are four parts to check out Dave learns more each day Interesting fact: President of AHA recently had a heart attack Dave gets real sciencey in this podcast in laymen's terms that people can understand The 4-1-1 on the science behind cholesterol Check out Dave's website which is linked in the description above, and here

: Episode 958 - Vinnie and Andy talk about the passive income myth: the misconception that having an online company makes it easy to get rich and doesn't require many hours to operate. They also discuss how their suppliers try to pressure them into adding "natural" colors to Pure Vitamin Club products. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PASSIVE INCOME MYTH Myth that you can sit back once you've set up a company or something and let the income come to you Andy and Vinnie work hard every single day Running a business (now two) takes serious effort Social media, making sure customers are happy, advertising, constantly working Computer work never ends If you want success, you always have to work for it Also, Vinnie and Andy have learned that making money is very SLOW "NATURAL" COLORS 'Natural' colors tend to be anything BUT natural Manufacturers and suppliers find roundabout ways to refer to unnatural things as natural This is largely a scam Vinnie and Andy refuse to scam people They don't add any color for a reason They WANT to keep their products completely natural Quality is what matters, not aesthetics Our products are the best, and that's what we will use to sell them

Episode 957 - Vinnie & Anna talk about how much fat you're not burning in spinning class or at expensive spin studios such as SoulCycle and offer a better alternative. They also talk about kids on statins, giving unsolicited advice in the gym, Anna's prison tattoo, and much much more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market SPINNING CLASSES Spinning classes are not a good way to lose weight While any exercise is good for you in general, spinning not optimal for weight loss SoulCycle and similar companies charge a lot of money for a little Easily same stuff you can do at home They push you so hard you feel like you want to die, and it's largely unnecessary Popular/trendy but it is silly and too expensive It's a whole class of doing intervals Not in Zone 2 which is the fat burning zone Instructors often set people up on the bike incorrectly, too Most people end up having sugar or something carby after because they were worked to a breaking point for no reason Zone 4 to death Just burning blood sugar This is the reason people don't feel like Zone 2 is enough when really it is the best zone for fat burning PRISON TATS Also commonly known as "stick-and-poke" tattoos Anna let her daughter, Lucy, give her one It says LUCY ! Her husband and a family friend also got some See pic below Anna's Prison Tatt from Daughter Lucy Merry Christmas from Izzy!