Fitness Confidential

Episode 736 - Listener and repeat-guest Aaron joins us to talk about the food industry and his interesting experience visiting a food processing plant during one of his masters classes. Please CLICK HERE to see the full episode notes at VinnieTortorich.com PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Villa Cappelli Olive Oil - Use promo code "VINNIE" Pure Vitamin Club UPCOMING EVENTS: Vinnie's Big Fat Show at Flapper's in Burbank, CA, featuring Gina Grad from 100.3 The Sound and the Adam Carolla show and podcaster Chris Laxamana

: Episode 734 - Vinnie & Andy talk about the difference between white-labeling vitamins and Pure Vitamin Club (PVC) as well as the reason for using 4 types of magnesium instead of just 1 in a magnesium supplement. PEOPLE ASSUME (2:15) - Often, people assume that Vinnie's vitamin is white-labeled and that just uses his audience to sell someone else's product. White-labeling is very common and even some of close friends ask him if that is what he is doing with Pure Vitamin Club (4:35) - One of Vinnie's friends noticed that when he started taking Pure Vitamin Club vitamins, is pee was not fluorescent-yellow like when he takes other vitamins. WHITE LABELING (5:10) - White-labeling is a common practice where people put their own brands on generic products White-labeling is a very common practice where people essentially just slap their own label and their own brand on generic products - Andy Schreiber Very common with makeup and hand-creams and things like that Vinnie relays the story of when he was at the mall and there was a huge line for Kylie Jenner's makeup store. One of Vinnie's makeup-artist friends claims that Kylie Cosmetics is white-labeled Many doctors have their own skincare labels and it's often the same as Jergens lotion but charge much more for it. (12:00) - Pure Vitamin Club vitamins do not turn your urine yellow because they are more readily absorbed by the body. We don't give you more of anything than your body can absorb - Andy Schreiber MAGNESIUM (12:45) - Magnesium is not just magnesium Pure Vitamin Club for different types of magnesium in their magnesium supplement: Magnesium Glycinate Magnesium Taurate Magnesium Carbonate Magnesium Citrate Magnesium Citrate - the cheapest and most common form of magnesium, often used in laxatives because it has the strongest laxative effect, followed by magnesium carbonate. (15:15) - PVC magnesium is much more gentle than most magnesium supplements because it is well-balanced and not dominated by magnesium citrate (17:00) - Vinnie and Andy work hard to make PVC vitamins the best they can possibly make it Many of Vinnie and Andy's business friends tell them they should charge much more for the vitamins Vinnie and Andy want to make the vitamins affordable. They are profitable, but not designed to screw the customer They are in the business of helping people EAT HAPPY (20:45) - By Anna's book Eat Happy Anna learned how to do food photography and took all the photos for the book herself! Anna also personally invented, tested and perfected the recipes herself. She didn't pull them off the Internet PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Pure Vitamin Club UPCOMING EVENTS: Vinnie's Big Fat Show at Flapper's in Burbank, CA, featuring Gina Grad from 100.3 The Sound and the Adam Carolla show and podcaster Chris Laxamana

: Episode 733 - Happy New Year! Vinnie & Anna talk about new year's resolutions, some recent NSNG shakes and meals, the infamous Vagina Weightlifting Contest, and bad nutritional advice to the military. AULD LANG SYNE (3:15) - Auld Lang Syne - Confusing song and nobody really knows what it means, but we'll be playing it anyway. (6:00) - Anna Vocino's book Eat Happy is doing well. Thank you to all the listeners who are buying the book and recommending it to your friends. The days of not knowing what to cook for NSNG or low-carb meals are gone. Also gone are the days of eating fat-free Snackwells and garbage like that. CRAVINGS SELF-DENIAL (13:30) - Vinnie talks about how people in the 80's and 90's would begin to crave sugar in the middle of their aerobic exercise. After they were done, they would eat a cookie or a muffin to replenish their glycogen. Doing this regularly causes the brain to begin associating low glycogen with eating a dessert. After awhile people would skip the aerobics and just go get their treat in their tights and scrunchies. Then, people would attempt to lose the extra weight they gained by denying themselves the sweets, (but the sugar cravings remain) Self-denial is not sustainable and leads to disorders NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS (16:40) - New Year's Resolutions December phone consults are very booked because people are preparing for their resolutions Vinnie doesn't like resolutions or any kind of decree where you say you're going to make an extreme change on Monday because they generally don't stick. Start working towards Monday instead of blowing it out until Monday... Anyone who's going to keep eating like an idiot all the way through the weekend and just cramming food in because they think they're going to start something on Monday, I have news for you, by Tuesday you're going to fail. Forcing things is where you're going to trip yourself up. Bring it on easy, break into it. Don't go cold turkey. That will feel too restrictive and will lead to failure NSNG MEALS AND SHAKES (24:45) - Since it's been cooler out, Vinnie has been making his NSNG shake HOT If you throw your raw veggies into your vitamix and let them spin on high for a few minutes, they get hot. They're not cooked, per se, but they are hot Today, Vinnie put in broccoli, cauliflower, water, bone broth until hot. Then he put in some turmeric, Tabasco, and salt-and-pepper. Then, once it's hot he added some Villa Cappelli olive oil and a splash of cream at the very end, all poured into a big giant mug Basically, it was a puréed soup Tons of energy (28:20) - Anna's NSNG food today... Got up at 6:30 AM and had some "bulletproof" coffee with a teaspoon of coconut oil, a teaspoon of MCT Oil, and some cinnamon whipped in. At 11 AM she had a grass fed beef patty spiced up with salt and pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, sautéed onions and pickles over some lettuce, with Eat Happy balsamic vinaigrette and 2 pieces of bacon for lunch. (30:10) - Vinnie talks about is omlette recipe where he beats the eggs in the Vitamix and mixes in a little half-and-half, puts it in a hot skillet with some cooked pancetta, some grated cheese and then some fresh avocado just before he folds it over. Anna recommends sautéing a little onion or shallots into the pancetta grease before putting in your eggs AMAZON WINNER (33:00) - Vinnie and Anna announced the Amazon winner She will win a black F#&K Quinoa T-shirt You can get in the running to be the Amazon winner by purchasing products on Amazon using the Amazon banner link on vinnietortorich.com (36:00) - A lot of people wanted the Favorite Breakfast Scrambled Eggs limited T-shirt after it was no longer offered but they will not be sold again. The same is going to happen with the F#&K Quinoa limited edition T-shirt, so get them what you can. VAGINA WEIGHTLIFTING CONTEST (39:30) - Vinnie relays a funny story about him asking a porn star to be in his Vagina Weightlifting Contest Vinnie wanted to have a "Vagina Weight Lifting Contest" a few years ago because there was a gal on the Internet who would pick up things with her vagina using kegel exercises (Kim Anami). Vinnie & Anna had some funny sashes made for it but nobody was interested in participating. Vinnie & Anna want to invite Kim Anami to the studio to do some demos and an interview BAD NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE TO THE MILITARY (52:00) - A friend at Travis Air Force Base sent some pictures of the very outdated and incorrect recommended meal plans from the nutritional clinic Generally, they are very low-fat/high carb Very depressing and sad meal plan Lifestyle recommendations are made to lower cholesterol PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Villa Cappelli Olive Oil - Use promo code "VINNIE" Pure Vitamin Club UPCOMING EVENTS: Vinnie's Big Fat Show at Flapper's in Burbank, CA, featuring Gina Grad from 100.3 The Sound and the Adam Crolla show and podcaster Chris Laxamana

: Episode 732 - Listener and NSNG success story Jess Allen Britt returns to talk about his weight loss journey, making NSNG a lifestyle instead of a diet, and developing grit. JESS ALLEN BRITT'S JOURNEY (3:00) - Jess tells his story Led a very sedentary life playing video games, drinking beer and eating ice cream during times of under employment. 370 lbs (6' tall), depressed, and so unhealthy that he'd throw his back out just walking around Has been trying to lose weight since daughter was born 5 years ago. 2 years ago he started to be able to keep it off IT'S ABOUT LIFESTYLE NOT POUNDS (6:00) - Vinnie works with a lot of large people and a loss of 100lbs seems to be the turning point where people start gaining the weight back. Jess believes that looking at a specific number of lbs to lose as a goal is not necessarily the way to go. The end number is not the way to look at it. You have to look at it like you're an addict, your an alcoholic and you can't function on alcohol so you just stop and you never go back to it. And that's kind of how you have to look at it with sugar and grains or you're never going to succeed - Jess Allen Britt (8:30) - Jess feels that you have to change your expectations of what life's about so that eating without sugar and grains is not the worse thing in the world to you. Jess eats just meat, eggs, veggies and cheese. He's basically been in dietary ketosis since Jan 2016 Vinnie agrees that NSNG is NOT A DIET. It's a lifestyle. Eating this way is not that hard. I just eat meat, eggs, veg's, cheese and stuff like that and, honestly, as long as I don't mess around with grains or sugar...I've been in ketosis since January - Jess Allen Britt INTERMITTENT FASTING & EXOGENOUS KETONES (10:50) - Other doctors are more strict than Vinnie with ketosis and medical fasting Jess does some intermittent fasting by not eating breakfast because that works for him. He had to work up to that by extending the fast half an hour until he was only drinking coffee until lunch (no breakfast) A lot of people jump into the fasting thing and mess themselves up by doing so . Vinnie says people who are morbidly obese may want to follow a Ron Rosedale or Jason Fung Vinnie thinks many people are using intermittent fasting as a form of trickery instead of part of a lifestyle change. Some people are taking exogenous keytones to get into ketosis and Vinnie doesn't think you need that. Vinnie believes you don't have to be in deep dietary ketosis to lose weight Jess once wrote on the NSNG facebook group: Taking exogenous ketones puts you into nutritional ketosis as much as putting a strap-on on a woman makes her a man - Jess Allen Britt Exogenous keytones were made for Navy Seals who needed to use them in the field. Vinnie doesn't think it's healthy to jump right into dietary ketosis THE TRANSFORMATION (15:00) - Jess has put on a lot of lean body mass and lost a lot of fat. Started at 370 lbs and is now 210 lbs Now wearing a medium T-shirt and size 32 pants Starting to see more definition. Vinnie can see the huge difference even in his face Used to have debilitating depression but hasn't needed any ant-depressants in a year Jess feels like a significantly different person mentally and emotionally when he's not eating sugars and grains Has more grit now. (20:00) - Vinnie feels good that people like Jess Britt are having changed lives as a result of NSNG Dean Lorey cajoled Vinine into writing the book and he is very grateful for it Jess would like to help other people who are going through the same thing. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Pure Vitamin Club UPCOMING EVENTS: Vinnie's Big Fat Show at Flapper's in Burbank, CA, featuring Gina Grad from 100.3 The Sound and the Adam Crolla show and podcaster Chris Laxamana

: Episode 731 - Best-selling author and investigative journalist Gary Taubes returns to talk about his new book The Case Against Sugar and how the medical community and government are resisting the overwhelming evidence of sugar's harmfulness. (3:15) - Taubes talks about how he was initially reluctant to be on Vinnie's podcast a few years ago because his message is so important he had to act like an adult. He acknowledges that Vinnie's podcast is "a thing" because he makes it fun and also let's the anger towards the people perpetuating lies about nutrition come to the forefront. It's a hard tightrope to walk sometimes. GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES (4:20) - We have a fundamental problem because there are so many countries with government-sanctioned nutritional guidelines that are based on bad science. Anyone who gives dietary advice contrary to the popular beliefs is labeled as a radical. (8:00) - How do you respond to people who point to Southeast Asia as examples of high-grain, low saturated fat cultures that have a historically very long life span and fewer cases of obesity, diabetes and heart disease? Dr Taubes points to the fact that these cultures also have a significantly lower sugar consumption and are about 100 years behind the Western world. Their heart disease rates are very similar to what ours were 100 years ago when we were consuming a similar amount of sugar. (13:00) - Today, breakfasts are essentially a variation on dessert. (breakfast cereal, etc) MODERN SCIENCE RUINED BY OLD TECHNOLOGY (14:15) - Modern nutrition science is based on all these belief systems that, in turn, were products of the technology of the time. This whole idea that obesity is an energy balance, a calorie problem is because for the first 50 years of modern nutrition from the 1860's to the 1920's, all nutritionists could do were measure energy in foods and the energy expended by people - The idea that sugar okay to add to foods (like milk) because sugar is "empty calories" and at least kids will get the "good stuff" is 100 year-old thinking. This ignores the bad stuff and the consequences of eating all the sugars and refined grains. - The prevalence of obesity has increased 900% in the U.S. since the 60's. Essentially, it is a pandemic. (18:40) - The World Health Organization has stated that the statistical likelihood of curbing this trend is zero. But they won't really get around to the truth of the matter. There is much internal institutional resistance to anyone who believes differently than they do. (24:30) - The sugar-hypothesis wasn't fully-formed enough in the 60's and 70's to counteract the fat-hypothesis that became institutionalized at the time. At the time, the consensus was that dietary fat caused obesity and heart disease. CAUSE OF INSULIN RESISTANCE (32:00) - Even though physicians recognized 2 different types of diabetes as far back as a couple thousand years ago, it wasn't until the 1960's that doctors realized that Type 2 Diabetes was actually a disease of insulin resistance, not insulin deficiency. That is when there appeared some compelling evidence that the fructose component of sugar (sugar is roughly half fructose, half glucose) was the primary cause of insulin resistance. - That is the primary hypothesis Gary is presenting in The Case Against Sugar: If sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, because of the fructose and the speed in which we consume them...if they cause insulin resistance, then they cause Type 2 Diabetes and they cause obesity and they at least exacerbate, if not cause, the diseases associated with them. (39:30) - The "If-Then Problem 1 & 2" - If sugar causes causes these problems then we should get them the hell out of our diet. (41:00) - It is possible that the people who lose a lot of weight on a vegan diet MAY have lost all the weight because the gave up the Coca-Cola, beer and sugary sweets etc that they would also have given up on a low-carb or paleo diet. So the question is did they lose all the weight because they gave up red meat or because they gave up the other stuff (44:00) Vinnie often takes calls from Vegans who are complaining of low energy and stalled weight-loss. Gary explains that the issue is complicated and that one can't come up with a certain solution just based on observation. Controlled medical studies are needed to prove anything conclusively. GOOD SOLUTION VS. BAD MOTIVES (48:00) - We live in a world where the same people who have overseen this horrendous national epidemic are also the ones winning awards and being lauded by the medical community and the government. - The only people who stand to gain from getting the story right except for the patients. - Taubes spoke at a convention with a very prominent vegan owner of a large grocery chain. When Gary tried to get him to start a program designed to help get people off sugar, the person refused to talk about anything other than the meat issue. (50:50) - There is progress in the anti-sugar and Taubes predicts we will b

Episode 730 - Vinnie and Andy answer Twitter questions about intermittent fasting, cortisone shots, and the RICE method of injury recovery. (1:10) - Andy laments when Vinnie claims he only invites him to the show when Vinnie can't get a hot piece of ass on the show :-) (5:15) - Andy and Vinnie discuss myths and stereotypes on gay male sex drives vs. female sex drives. INTERMITTENT FASTING? (7:30) - There's a time and place for intermittent or medical fasts if you have broken metabolism is one thing. Fasting because you have 3 lbs to lose is more like dietary trickery and is not necessarily a good thing to do. Gaming the system doesn't work CORTISONE SHOTS? (11:00) - Vinnie has never had a cortisone shot and is not a fan of them. In the past, athletes would be injected with cortisone to mask the pain from an injury allowing them to continue to play. Masking pain with cortisone can do more harm than good, making the injury worse. (12:30) - Bill Walton broke his foot while playing for UCLA and John Wooten. They shot him up with cortisone so he could continue playing. Now he is a fan of ultra-cycling and the 508. He had a lifetime of problems with his foot as a result of that injury. THE R.I.C.E. METHOD (14:00) - Cortisone may have its place, but R.I.C.E. may work just as well: Rest - Ice - Compress - Elevate. Ask your doctor if this is ABSOLUTELY necessary. (16:20) - By Anna's book Eat Happy (16:45) - You can subscribe to the old podcasts for only $2 per month PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: Pure Vitamin Club UPCOMING EVENTS: Vinnie's Big Fat Show at Flapper's in Burbank, CA, featuring Gina Grad from 100.3 The Sound and the Adam Crolla show and podcaster Chris Laxamana

: Episode 729 - Anna and Vinnie talk the day after Christmas about coffee, the holidays, and a few other topics. We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club THE HOLIDAYS COFFEE

: Episode 728 - Dan and Bryan join Vinnie this Saturday to talk about the show in Irvine, their Sportscast podcast, pro athletes, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club DAN AND BRYAN The two were at Vinnie's show in Irvine Bryan is black and Dan is Samoan so they stuck out at the show, and they laugh about it Bryan and Vinnie even go into a little diatribe about African Americans and triathlons The two have Dan and Bryan Sportscast on iTu Check it out here They found Vinnie via the Carolla effect and loved the NSNG lifestyle idea The two loved that NSNG was the opposite of what the SAD diet is Vinnie is showing people the light! SPORTSCAST Dan and Bryan's podcast is all about sports They talk about pro athletes and stories going on in athletics Dan played college ball at University of Nebraska He played against Eli Manning, who Vinnie used to train, in a bowl game Vinnie trained the Mannings, and thought Cooper would be the best athlete although he could not end up playing for health reasons Their dad was the quintessential dad, he did not push his kids! Payton wanted to learn about the defense to become a good quarterback 30 for 30s on ESPN are great! They also put on interviews

: Episode 727 - Dr. Kenneth Ford joins Vinnie today to discuss Kenneth's works and artificial intelligence. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty KENNETH FORD A graduate of Tulane University he got his Phd in computer science Works closely with NASA Founder of Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Artificial intelligence is a poor name for it We are surrounded by machines that give us some form of intelligence We don't even notice AI anymore! Just because we have the technology to do a particular thing does not mean people want the thing to be able to do it for us AI is a field, not an outcome WE create the outcome There is a point where it goes too far At what point will we stop living life? Even online dating is AI Computers and other forms of AI are also addictive which is dangerous People live in virtual worlds all the time - they can not think very well on their own Artificial Intelligence can be a malicious thing AI can also stand for amplified intelligence That is what Kenneth and his work strive for He is trying to improve the human mind as opposed to squashing it Figuring out how to utilize all parts of the human mind

: Episode 726 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk NSNG and Arthritis on this Wednesday edition of the Fitness Confidential Podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club NSNG AND ARTHRITIS Lots of types of arthritis Two biggest ones are rheumatoid and osteoarthritis rheumatoid - comes on by itself osteoarthritis - often due to injury, misuse, etc. NSNG can help arthritis - it will not cure it, but it will decrease inflammation which in turn can lessen pain Likely can help osteoarthritis more than rheumatoid, but there WILL be a clear minimization of pain in both when eating NSNG Vinnie has osteoarthritis, mostly from breaking things as a result of football and mountain biking BURSITIS Andy suffers from bursitis His hips would hurt a lot when hiking Bursitis is a result of inflammation Therefore, cutting out sugar and grains greatly decreases inflammation so he found help with NSNG Also, Andy is a weekend warrior which makes it harder on hips and such Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, a small fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and muscle, skin or tendon Andy tries not to sit too much because that aggravates his hips in different places, as well, than hiking does

: Episode 725 -- Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk about Conrad Anker's heart attack at 20k feet and explains Zone 2 training and how to calculate your Zone 2 heart rate. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty CONRAD ANKER A hero of Vinnie's Has climbed everything worth climbing He is in a number of documentaries First descent of Shark's Fin Everest is a walk in the park for him He had a heart attack at 20,000 feet Now he is afraid of fat because Mayo Clinic told him so So aggravating as eating red meat does not cause heart disease! Really, he potentially had a heart attack because he has been eating crap for years and the "Death Zone" is dangerous The biggest bad-ass AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK Lyla Dulaney (sp?) won this week She bought soap and some good oils She will be getting the F#@& Quinoa shirt Buy something through the Amazon banner on Vinnie's site, and e-mail what you buy to Vinnie You can win NSNG swag! Keep's the train rolling down the tracks ZONE 2 TRAINING Zone 1 - your heart rate is in between your resting heart rate and 69% of your possible heart rate Can achieve this by simply doing every day chores Walking around is zone 1 Zone 2 is 70% - 79% of your possible heart rate Zone 3 is 80% - 89% of your possible heart rate Zone 4 is 90%-your maximum possible heart rate Zone 5 can only be for a very short time for people who are in incredible shape This is going beyond your redline Vinnie believes Zone 2 is the optimal zone to be in Exercise is a poor way to lose weight, but if you want exercise to burn fat, Zone 2 is the way to go You are burning fat, not worrying about sugar (you shouldn't be consuming that much sugar that it should matter, anyway) Zone 2 is sustainable and reasonable, and it does not make you have cravings like Zone 3 or more can

: Episode 724 - David Ramirez joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show to discuss serial killers, David's weight loss journey, and becoming a runner. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club DAVID RAMIREZ Not actually related to Richard Ramirez Enjoy the tangent about serial killers including Ramirez and Ted Bundy Just completed a 50 mile ultra David has lost over 100 lbs At his biggest, he was 260 lbs He was 29 when he started his weight loss journey, now is 35 He is 5'6" He kept losing weight and then gaining it back He tried to convince himself he was okay, but internally was miserable and hated looking in the mirror David wanted to get healthy for himself and for the woman who ended up being his wife, and ultimately, his daughter as well Initially, David calorie counted Now that he is NSNG, he is not going back BECOMING A RUNNER When David started losing weight, he began to run He had no idea what he was doing David did a 10k and came damn near last, but he loved it Then, he moved on to a half marathon after some other 5 milers and 5ks He was losing weight until the half marathon training, at which point he was around 180 and the weight wouldn't budge After his half marathon, he started gaining some weight back He NEEDED a goal: He signed up for the Chicago Marathon He went from 195 to 185 in training He justified his bad eating habits by the fact that he ran After running the Wisconsin marathon (196lbs) where he was an hour longer than he wanted to be, he knew something had to change David found NSNG through the fact that his brother did paleo He is now at 160, doing better than ever, running ultras and feeling great while doing it!

: Episode 724 - David Ramirez joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show to discuss serial killers, David's weight loss journey, and becoming a runner. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club DAVID RAMIREZ Not actually related to Richard Ramirez Enjoy the tangent about serial killers including Ramirez and Ted Bundy Just completed a 50 mile ultra David has lost over 100 lbs At his biggest, he was 260 lbs He was 29 when he started his weight loss journey, now is 35 He is 5'6" He kept losing weight and then gaining it back He tried to convince himself he was okay, but internally was miserable and hated looking in the mirror David wanted to get healthy for himself and for the woman who ended up being his wife, and ultimately, his daughter as well Initially, David calorie counted Now that he is NSNG, he is not going back BECOMING A RUNNER When David started losing weight, he began to run He had no idea what he was doing David did a 10k and came damn near last, but he loved it Then, he moved on to a half marathon after some other 5 milers and 5ks He was losing weight until the half marathon training, at which point he was around 180 and the weight wouldn't budge After his half marathon, he started gaining some weight back He NEEDED a goal: He signed up for the Chicago Marathon He went from 195 to 185 in training He justified his bad eating habits by the fact that he ran After running the Wisconsin marathon (196lbs) where he was an hour longer than he wanted to be, he knew something had to change David found NSNG through the fact that his brother did paleo He is now at 160, doing better than ever, running ultras and feeling great while doing it!

: Episode 723 -- Peter Shankman joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday show to talk self-starting, Peter's career, and Faster Than Normal, an e-world that works to help people's brains work faster. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty PETER SHANKMAN Founder of HARO Vinnie was on his podcast, as well Check out his website here "A Public Relations all-star who knows everything about the new media and then some." -NY Times Google his Ted Talk! "Stop chasing likes, start doing more likable things!" Brand everything because if you don't brand it, someone else will SELF-STARTING Vinnie genuinely has no idea how the podcast and book have become so successful Peter has his own methodology for self starting You figure out what you're good at, and you do it a lot Vinnie is good at talking and being controversial, so this makes sense You set up systems to avoid doing the things that get you off course Peter wrote his last two books entirely on planes Nobody can bother him on planes FASTER THAN NORMAL Peter works to help folks unlock their brains and make them work faster If you know the intricacies of your brain, you can use your brain faster and more effectively ADD/ADHD can be used as a gift Peter believes that because he knows his brain very well and has studied his brain, he gets about 3 extra hours out of every day Scheduling is important! Having a running clock is the way to go Especially for those with ADHD, a physical reset can be very important For example, Vinnie shoots or does archery to reboot his brain Peter will do some pushups before he goes into a meeting Get your adrenaline going a bit

Episode 722 - Vinnie and Andy explain the difference between sugar content and added sugar as well as answer many listener questions such as the pros and cons of coconut oil vs. MCT oil, orange juice vs. oranges, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club HUNTING Tallulah foxhunts in Virginia Involves a pack of hounds chasing foxes (or coyotes in California) with people on horseback following and keeping the hounds in check Ducks Unlimited has done more to conserve and help ducks in the US and Canada than any other group SUGAR CONTENT You obviously want a lower sugar content, but sugar added is the worst You need to see where the sugar is coming from Sugar content is coming from lactose in dairy products If your body can handle dairy, eating dairy products with sugar content but no sugar added shouldn't be an issue MCT OIL VS. COCONUT OIL They act in your body in the same way MCT oil is more expensive, but coconut oil will do just as well Vinnie actually think coconut oil has an advantage ORANGE JUICE VS. ORANGES When you juice an orange, it loses the fiber The fiber is what slows down the glucose spike

: Episode 721 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk Amazon winner of the week, the holiday season, diet soda, & artificial sweeteners. Don't trust sugar or sugar by any other name! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK Go through Vinnie's website to Amazon Buy something on Amazon and send what you bought to Vinnie You can win some NSNG swag Winner this week bought a bunch of books, including Eat Happy Be sure to check out Anna's cookbook, great for the holidays! Puts the coal in the fire and keep's the train moving down the tracks DIET SODA Vinnie has been yelling about diet soft drinks since the '80s Full of carcinogens, chemicals Any time you eat or drink anything processed, it is bad for you When it is diet, it is extra processed and thus extra bad for you Even when sugar is not called fructose, glucose, sugar, etc., it can still be sugar Fake sugar can cause insulin spikes too! You CAN get fat from "sugar-free" foods and "diet" sodas Equal and Sweet n Low are horrible for you!! It ain't about calories Sugar is not about calories in particular NSNG FACEBOOK GROUP People have been losing crazy amounts of weight There is a FB group -- not run by Vinnie but many pod-cast listeners and NSNG eaters use it Lots of stories about people saying their significant others say the cholesterol will kill them Cholesterol is NOT BAD SO MANY people have had such positive results on their cholesterol looking at the ACTUAL numbers for their cholesterol eating NSNG

: Episode 720 - Craig Berndt joins Vinnie to talk about how NSNG is different from other low-carb diets, how Craig found Vinnie, traveling NSNG, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club CRAIG BERNDT Found Vinnie on Laxamana podcast, then through other Carolla shows Subscribed to Vinnie's podcast pretty quickly He also is a Twitter user Craig's spinal surgeon told him he needed to drop a bunch of weight for bag surgery Has lost 40 lbs so far with NSNG (in 3.5 months) HOW NSNG IS DIFFERENT Most low-carb diets work the same NSNG is about eating no sugar (NO HONEY OR ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS) and no grains, nor grain-like foods like quinoa, or really potatoes NSNG is a lifestyle, not a diet! NSNG isn't a 'brand' - Vinnie isn't trying to sell you a meal plan or a routine, he is just trying to help HOW TO TRAVEL NSNG Eat when you're traveling how you would eat at home For example, at home, you would never consider McDonald's for a meal, but when you are traveling, you would Try to avoid that! Craig is in the airport a lot and has had to learn how to avoid sugar and grains while traveling He has to modify airport foods and make them NSNG ex: just eat the meat off of a fast-food burger, grab a salad without dressing, etc.

: Episode 719 -- Danny Vega and Brian Williamson join Vinnie this Friday to discuss their websites and podcast, Ketovangelist & The Ketogenic Athlete. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty BRIAN AND DANNY Brian's son has epilepsy and was put on a ketogenic diet Brian started a ketogenic diet to lead by example, lost a lot of weight Check out his Ketovangelist website here Brian started a podcast on being a ketogenic athlete Danny is a power lifter and also is ketogenic, so now the two host the show together! THE KETOGENIC ATHLETE Check out the website for the podcast here Danny was told forever when he started power lifting that he needed carbs Eventually started carb cycling Didn't like eating carbs, once he became keto, everything got so much better It is completely possible to gain lots of muscle mass on a ketogenic diet Danny does lots of distance stuff now and has not put life into living at all He also only consumes half of the protein he used to consume Brian learned a ton about a ketogenic diet because of his son, just like Jim Abrams and his son Ketogenic diet can cure epilepsy for 30% of kids who are put on it Another 30% have their seizures reduced to a manageable point where they can live a full life It changes neural pathways Ketones burn cleaner, easier on the brain Your brain does not need sugar to live Your brain runs more efficiently on ketones than on sugar In a ketogenic diet, after the keto flu that some feel, most will have mental clarity and better recall For Danny, it has been a huge game-changer in his brain function He is in "Doom God-mode" For Brian, the ketogenic diet helped his depression immensely He felt near-euphoric within days of being in ketosis He had battled depression for ages as he had been hooked on sugar and grains

: Episode 718 - Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich host this Wednesday podcast and talk about, cars, just cars, at the LA Car Show on the bromance episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club THANKSGIVING LIFE INTO LIVING Vinnie put some life into living on Thanksgiving He woke up the next day and felt like he'd been beat up All of those old injuries flared up again Now he is back on board! BROMANCE EPISODE Vinnie used to go to the LA car show with Scott, Tallulah's dad He was a huge BMW fan, so when the two of them went to the car show, Scott would only want to look at the BMWs Then maybe check out Bentley and Roll's Royce He had a bunch of different models each year that he'd lease This year, Vinnie and Andy went as they both love cars The Maserati was pretty unimpressive They seemed to be cheaply made, and the interior was especially bad Definitely not worth the $130k+ Their favorite car was the new Corvette Not the Grand Sport, but the same interior and amazing Vinnie just picked up his Corvette, actually Their second favorite car was a Mercedes S550 Coupe Beautiful on the inside, it seemed like the lap of luxury and technology Same price as the Maserati G Wagons and big trucks used to wreak havoc in Los Angeles and in the canyons Vinnie and Andy went 'car shopping' At first, the employees did not help them well

: Episode 717 - Vinnie Tortorich and Co-Host Anna Vocino talk about Vinnie's colorful radio censorship conversation with KABC. They also discuss an article from a doctor who seems to be blatantly lying about dietary fat's effect on the body. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty AMAZON WINNER Harlon was our winner this week He bought a Makita 18V Lithium Combo Kit If you buy something through the banner at vinnietortorich.com, send an e-mail saying what you bought and you can win a t-shirt! He will get a F#%K Quinoa shirt RADIO CENSORSHIP For those of you who don't know, Vinnie has a radio show on KABC on Sunday nights On his show a couple weeks ago, he got into some trouble for not censoring himself enough, so they had to censor him He used the word 'snatch' He had a talking to after the show He was also told he can never talk about the Kings KABC and the LA Kings are associated tightly A guy like Vinnie can't do radio, because they don't allow a guy like him on radio AM listeners are generally older and more conservative He will finish his current run, and then no longer be doing radio shows at KABC It is a shame, because his show is very popular

: Episode 716 - Listener Alyssa Klarman joins Vinnie Tortorich this Saturday to talk post-baby fitness using NSNG, the challenges and successes of that, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club POST-BABY FITNESS Alyssa weighs 131 She has 3 kids Took her 3 months to lose the baby weight and she did it all NSNG! She thinks of NSNG as whole foods/paleo+dairy Recently read the Obesity Code Sometimes she has breakfast, sometimes she doesn't Hard boiled eggs, bacon Has a veg for lunch Will cook things with bacon fat Makes her own salad dressing with Villa Cappelli Throws some left-over protein into her salads Has a protein and a veg for dinner

: Episode 715 - Check out Vinnie's stellar performance at the Irvine Improv. The Big Fat Show is a great one, and will be coming to more locations so keep in touch to hear if its coming to a city near you! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty BIG FAT SHOW IRVINE

: Episode 714 - Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk explaining weight loss to kids, exercise as a poor way to lose weight, juice, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club FLAPPERS Vinnie will be talking at Flappers in Burbank, January 15th! Gina Grad will be a guest-star Chris Laxamana opening Check out tix here EXPLAINING WEIGHT LOSS TO KIDS Vinnie will be doing a kid-friendly show twice a week! Kids wanna know how to look and feel good, too Physical Education in public schools is virtually non-existent now This hurts kids' brains Even taking away recess time is detrimental Exercise is a poor way to lose weight, but is still important for brain function and for muscle mass Losing weight has everything to do with hormones Calorie in / calorie out does not work Compare this to using a car's gas all up and then not refueling -- it simply does not work! Can be hard for kids to get off of all the added sugar, especially in breakfast foods Pretty much all breakfast food marketed towards kids has LOTS of sugar and grains Soft drinks, even diet, will not allow you to lose weight! You must quit the sugar and artificial sugar, even if you are doing everything else right Juice is also straight sugar Once you juice fruit, you lose the fiber and it is literally just a sugar bomb Will cause a crazy glucose spike

: Episode 713 - Vinnie and Anna talk about a la carte gyms, cord-cutting, studies from the 60's that prove high-fat diets don't increase cholesterol and much much more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty PROPAGANDA Propaganda really rules our lives Ex: Michael Jackson called himself the King of Pop until it caught on We see it in politics every day, too It is all the spreading of the word Hence, how Vinnie has called Anna the Best Voice in Podcasting, and now she is! INFLAMMATION AND DEPRESSION As we know, sugars and grains can cause inflammation There has been a connection between inflammation and depression Important, especially if mental health issues run in your family Susan Masino talks about this A LA CARTE GYMS Gyms now are very expensive Gyms are probably going to charge based off of what you wanna use at the gym Ex: if you just want to go for the running, you will only pay to use the treadmills A La Carte is the future! Just like how people use cable less now, too, and rather buy Hulu and Netflix, and the like Classes at gyms are also incredibly important for the success of gyms Places like SoulCycle are examples of A La Carte gyms Every big box gym has specified pools, classes, turfs, etc., to try and cater to this new desire HIGH FAT DIETS & CHOLESTEROL Studies from the '60s even show that high-fat diets don't cause cholesterol to go up More and more studies these days are supporting that evidence The SAD diet was concocted by the sugar industry, and the government was paid to support it People in the NSNG Facebook group have actually showed that their cholesterol went down/got way better since starting the No Sugar No Grains lifestyle

: Episode 712 - Listener and fan David Sternberg joins Vinnie to talk about his first attempt at the Adirondack 540 and his efforts to remain fat-adapted during the race. CYCLIST AND LISTENER DAVID Has done a few phone calls with Vinnie in the past Reached out to some of Vinnie's friends (including Tony!) Talked to plenty of folks about NSNG Vinnie offered his services for free, but David and Vinnie still couldn't convince Ernest who was extremely overweight but still a cyclist (exercise is a poor way to lose weight) Must change diet to lose weight, exercise can supplement it but may actually increase weight due to muscle mass Can help with losing inches and fat Folks have to be interested in being thin! ADIRONDACK 540 A gorgeous ultracycling event in New York Did the 408 miler Completed it in 49 hours Remained fat-adapted throughout the race Ate spoonfulls of solid coconut oil He was lucky in that his body had no trouble processing that Likely went through a whole cup of coconut oil Also fueled with "nuggets of energy" Dark chocolate and an assortment of nuts 10g of fat, 4g of sugar Experimented with these for he was slightly worried he wasn't fat adapted to enough Made some PB&J sandwiches because he has bonked in the past and was afraid of bonking He plans on doing one of his races in the future completely fat-adapted! He must play around with it ahead of time a bit more Took his hands a long while to stop hurting His toes were numb for a few days after the race

: Episode 711 - Vinnie speaks with special guests writer & director Jim Abrahams (Airplane, Naked Gun, etc) and author Susan Masino talk about fighting seizures with a ketogenic diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty JIM ABRAHAMS AND SUSAN MASINO Susan is a luminary Was on the podcast a few weeks ago She is a professor of Applied Science at Trinity College Has been conducting research there for two decades Has been doing research, in general, for even longer! Focus is adenosine and its effects on homeostasis and metabolism Regulator of cell function Her real passion is brain health She is now connected to the ketogenic community and the brain health community Jim Abrahams is a famous director and screen-writer Movies such as Airplane!, Hot Shots!, and many more! 1971, he and the Zucker brothers moved to LA to try to get on Johnny Carson From Milwaukee The three ended up being huge in the industry! Started The Charlie Foundation FIGHTING SEIZURES Jim Abrahams' son, Charlie, suffered from seizures Charlie adopted a ketogenic diet, and is seizure free! The Charlie Foundation was set up to help fight epilepsy via a ketogenic diet Check out the Foundation's website here Susan Masino does believe that a ketogenic diet is incredibly beneficial Her goal is to figure out how this diet can help not only epilepsy, but other diseases For example, autism spectrum disorder Used as a treatment for epilepsy for 100 years now Her hypothesis: Ketone-based metabolism increases adenosine which increases brain health and homeostasis In turn, this helps neurological disorders such as epilepsy Healthy metabolism (sufficient amount of ATP) is so vital Ketogenic diet increases ATP produced Your brain can use KETONES instead of sugar for its overall metabolic demand Plus, you have plenty enough sugar in NSNG diet

: Episode 710 - Vinnie and Andy discuss the success of the NSNG facebook group (Vinnie Tortorich's No Sugar No Grains) and read a member testimonial. They also talk about fear, success and how there is no barrier to entry for podcasting. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club STARTING A PODCAST Anyone can start a podcast Just talk into a computer or a mic or a soundboard You will find out quickly whether or not you will do well It is a meritocracy "If you can dream it, you can do it" Do not fear failure or success! Just do it! Just be creative and use social media a lot to promote that which you wish to promote! NSNG FACEBOOK GROUP So this group is under Vinnie's name, but it is not Vinnie's group He does not run the group, nor does Andy It has a few moderators, including Ru El, Lonnie (Allen), and Tallulah It can get pretty raunchy, but is also EXTREMELY helpful SO SO supportive, and people have the answers! People also post their extremely inspiring stories Makes it all worth it for Vinnie and Andy to hear these stories Rich, who is a cancer survivor, is NSNG and his lab results are AMAZING!!!

: Episode 709 -- Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk holiday recipes, Thanksgiving celebrations, and more on this Monday edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty HOLIDAY RECIPES There are plenty of great holiday-type recipes in the Eat Happy cookbook Buy it here! TONS of NSNG recipes Also, Anna will be doing a Q&A this evening on Holiday Recipes (11/21) on the Vinnie Tortorich's No Sugar No Grains Facebook Page! Anna has crock-pot recipes too for lots of people You can also bring these to pot-luck type events, and it makes it easier for you because you have an NSNG option! Anna also has lots of little tips and tricks in Eat Happy Don't eat bayleaves, and buy them a few times a year so they aren't brittle You don't need excuses to not eat people's food, stick to your guns That being said, feel free to put some LIL as long as you get right back on track Thanksgiving dinner is one meal, so you do you! Don't have carbphobia if you really do wanna eat the grains and the sweets You may feel bad the next day, but just continue on NSNG right away You don't need a turkey sandwich for leftovers, you can do lots of good things with left-over turkey that do not involve bread! Check out her low-carb stuffing -- that is a good one! HALLOWEEN Vinnie doesn't hand out candy for Halloween Anna only had a few kids stop by They didn't even say "Trick or Treat" Trick or Treating was not a big thing for Vinnie, but was for Anna Now it is a bunch of Halloween parties for highschoolers AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK Buy something through Vinnie's website, send a screenshot to Vinnie You can win NSNG Swag Jake Ericson bought a soda stream, a nose hair trimmer,

: Episode 708 -- Breanna Cornell, ultrarunner, joins Vinnie today to discusss 100 milers, and being an ultra athlete in general! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club BREANNA CORNELL Check out Brea's page here! She is an incredible ultra runner Vinnie crewed for her and Serena Did Salton Sea with her 100 MILERS "Do what you love, and love what you do!" She cannot stop running now that she's gotten into it

: Episode 707 - Dominic D'Agostino rejoins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of Fitness Confidential podcast. The two discuss ketogenic diets, and keto and weight loss. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. DOMINIC D'AGOSTINO Dominic has been coming on the show since the very start He is the associate professor at USF, college of medicine Department of molecular pharmacology and physiology Also senior research scientist at Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Has his PhD of course Susan Masino is a colleague of his Check out his website here He is a big proponent of the ketogenic diet Check out his book here KETOSIS AND SEIZURE CONTROL Started doing research for ketogenic diet in 2010 Did research into deep diving seizures and a ketogenic diet KETO AND WEIGHT LOSS There was a study that came out that said ketogenic diet was not conducive to weight loss Contradicts much of what we know! From the medical community that implements this diet for medical purposes, even they agree that this diet is helpful for weight loss Weight loss is a "side effect" of ketosis Ketosis dampens your appetite When you are eating ketogenic diet, you will feel more sated from less You also stop eating less processed crap which is the stuff that makes you hungrier Exogenous ketones: these are the ketones that you can consume in powder Can help get into ketosis without actually consuming that much of fat Better just to be in real ketosis, consuming lots of fat Exogenous ketones can help some, but others it has no effect Dr. D'Agostino did this experiment with rodents They were eating carb diets, and a good amount did not lose weight even with exogenous ketones Some were able to lose 15% body fat, but this was only in a few They are looking into why that is the case

: Episode 706 -- Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday to discuss Pure Vitamin Club and what is ketosis, and ketoacidosis. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club BIG THINGS coming for PVC! PVC UK will be happening early in 2017 Working on making new vitamins, too Other products coming SHOW BUSINESS Andy has officially retired from show business! Before, he worked in the film industry NOW, he is 100% committed to NSNG Lifestyle New adventures coming too! Andy is currently catching up on emails/phone calls Call him Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm PST 1 (866) PUR- E321 WHAT IS KETOSIS Ketosis is a state in which your body runs off of stored fat as opposed to sugar intake Even when you are in ketosis, this doesn't mean you can eat unlimited fat and still lose weight KETOACIDOSIS is COMPLETELY different! If you are in dietary ketosis, this has nothing to do with ketoacidosis Causes of ketoacidosis: deep starvation, diabetes, liver disease (alcoholics) This is incredibly dangerous Ketosis is SAFE! Vinnie is in dietary ketosis at all times He does this to keep his cancer away Fat adapted! Your body can run on a little sugar or fat Still, ketosis isn't for everyone Do what works for you! NSNG does NOT equal Ketosis

: Episode 705 - Anna & Vinnie talk about the Erythritol-based sweetener Swerve, Vinnie's faceplant, Brazilian bush, online macronutrient calculators and more. Plus, a special visit from Vinnie's mom to talk about their family trophy case! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty Get the "Bacon and Eggs" cereal T-shirt here! Limited run so get it now Thanks to Ruel for the design and Sheila for the production! SWERVE Erythritol-based sweeteners are STILL very bad Your body will treat it like sugar Just because it is a 'natural' sweetener, does not make it good for you You do not NEED something sweet -- if you do, have some berries with HWC VINNIE'S FACEPLANT Vinnie was out on a run and ATE it His face was completely scraped up His teeth hurt for a good while too His elbow also bothered him all night VINNIE'S TROPHY CASE Growing up, Vinnie's family had a trophy case Marie tried to take away the trophy case years ago, the family resisted Trophies used to mean something -- you had to work so hard for them The best trophies were front and center Third places trophies were just in the back Now it seems that everyone gets a trophy People are rewarded even for mediocre work

: Episode 704 -- Listener Aaron joins Vinnie for a second Saturday show to ask about ulcerative colitis and Crohn's, NSNG's effects on these, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER AARON He follows Vinnie on Twitter He has not booked a call with Vinnie, but YOU can at vinnietortorich.com Found Vinnie through the Carolla Effect Aaron has always had trouble with nutrition, so he checked Vinnie out because he was a breath of fresh air ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S Aaron had ulcerative colitis This is just around the colon Crohn's is more widespread, from your mouth all the way down to the exit Aaron uses NSNG to help deal with his stomach/digestive problems He was on some experimental drugs that did work for Crohn's but did not work for ulcerative colitis He essentially just did whatever the doctors told him to Although you can't make Crohn's go away, Vinnie's brother's Crohn's disease has gotten less and less bad NSNG makes it so people with Crohn's don't have to go number 2 10+ times a day Vinnie's bro only has to go 4 times a day, HUGE difference Your body can't digest food the way that a normal, healthy body can because of inflammation Thus, eating inflammatory foods like sugar and grains just makes everything so much worse! NSNG is NOT a cure, just helps

: Episode 703 -- Eric Sodicoff MD joins Vinnie Tortorich today to talk obesity, gyms, diabetes and why America really is fat. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. ERIC SODICOFF Certified Internal Medicine specialist Also an Obesity Specialist! Agrees chiropractors are not real doctors GYMS & BRO SCIENCE Before big box gyms and bro science, people were thinner Now, thin is not what it meant before Fitness is considered the best way to lose weight -- that is BS Eating badly = weight gain Going to a big fancy gym is no better than getting on the ground and doing crunches for the weight-loss goal Europe does not have the same problem as us, largely because bro science and exercise are BS here It is ALL ABOUT FOOD in reality OBESITY MEDICINE Low fat does not work! He had trouble answering the question at first about people's weights He learned more about diets, and realized the SAD was so wrong Grelin and leptin are the main factors of obesity, and controlled by what you eat AMERICA America is so fat compared to most countries We are stuffing people with processed crap! Sugar and grain is subsidized by the government This is the problem with America!!! People with highest BMI are those who buy subsidized crap In European countries, they eat some carbs, but they eat REAL food and in smaller portions than Americans, too We subsidize wheat, corn, and sugar because it makes America money!

: Episode 701 - Anna & Vinnie talk about Vinnie's t-shirt, his recent face plant, the difference between glycemic index spike and insulin spike, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty CHECK OUT THE T-SHIRT! Only available for about 1 month Between 3-4 weeks, we are in week 2 right now! Limited run!! VINNIE'S FACEPLANT Vinnie was on a run and simply ATE IT He took a nice trip and fell right on his face Arms and chin really messed up Must be careful when running, especially trail running GLYCEMIC INDEX Can be tricky because it is testing foods on a large scale More than just insulin Also, watermelon, for example, is high on the GI but okay to eat because of water content Take note that when you JUICE fruit/veggies, it turns it straight into sugar Loss of starch

: Episode 700!!! - Vinnie Tortorich welcomes listener Aaron, for the first show of a two show series, to discuss Twitter, and Aaron's missing body parts, and how those affect his diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER AARON He follows Vinnie on Twitter He has not booked a call with Vinnie, but YOU can at vinnietortorich.com Found Vinnie through the Carolla Effect Aaron has always had trouble with nutrition, so he checked Vinnie out because he was a breath of fresh air LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION Hard to know what is right about nutrition They teach you so little in school Pretty much, people get their knowledge by word of mouth Difficult to get a straight answer MISSING BODY PARTS In Aaron's freshman year of college, he began to have stomach issues and lost lots of weight It took them ages to figure out what was wrong with him Cleveland clinic diagnosed him with ulcerative colitis He was on so much medication He was on prednisone for 7 years, lost tons of bone density He was down around 40 lbs at this point They removed his colon because he continued to have issues NSNG is the perfect diet so that he can get all the nutrients he needs Nutritionists did nothing for him until he found NSNG Does a little bit of IM fasting Eats a lot of eggs, avocados, steak, olives, olive oil, epic bars, drinks tons of water (2-3L)

: Episode 699 - NFL player Chris Manhertz, Tight End formerly for the New Orleans Saints, and now for the Carolina Panthers, joins Vinnie to discuss football and becoming an elite athlete. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty CHRIS MANHERTZ Chris had not played football until he was approached by the Buffalo Bills organization after college He was a basketball player Tried out twice for the Buffalo organization Before the second try out he tried to learn as much as he could and gain the muscle required for the position When this interview was conducted, he was with the Saints and mid-October he signed with the Panthers It has been a long journey and process to get where he is today, playing pro football just a couple years out of college He is now straight muscle, at 255, 6'6" Before this he was super lean as a basketball player His parents let him play what he wanted to play Chris eats all in moderation "If you are going to eat something you shouldn't be eating, it's all in moderation" He doesn't eat poorly too often He believes in LIL! Chris acknowledges that when he is older he can likely not eat the way he eats now Eventually, he realizes he will have to change his diet to reflect his age and lack of crazy calorie burning Football is "not a career, it's a job" Chris got a master's in sports administration, so he believes this will help him in the long run ELITE ATHLETE When Chris had to gain the extra weight to be up to par for his position, he was on a high protein diet He has no extra fat on him, just 255 lbs of muscle Hit the weight room, kept running Did combine work, worked on footwork, getting quicker and having better acceleration Chris knew if he couldn't do well at the combine, he wouldn't get drafted Football can be taught, being fast and such is not exactly the same, although it does require lots of work Combine requires running and weight lifting Combine is the first impression for an organization You trained so hard, you must show it here THE FIRST HIT Chris spent a year on the sideline, which mentally prepared him to get hit as he watched it happen all the time The day Chris got hit hard for the first time, he was mentally prepared Not just about taking the hit, also about giving the hit Every hit is like a car accident Now, if you get hit too hard or hurt your head, you get taken out MUCH better protocals to avoid brain damage

: Episode 697 - Vinnie & Anna talk about 80's muscle pants, emotional eating, intentional eating, Vinnie's mom and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty MUSCLE PANTS These sort of baggy pants to work out in from the '80s Have the muscle tees as well Just covering nips Complete ridiculousness Nowadays, companies like LuluLemon are making see through riding pants EMOTIONAL EATING The same as compulsive eating Vinnie has so many clients and callers who deal with this When you are feeling down, it is so much easier to break NSNG Anna personally dealt with this Everyone can fall into this category at some point Emotional eating is part of the addiction Easier to give in to sugar/grain addiction when you already feel bad Sometimes, stress makes it so that eating junk food is just more convenient Sometimes you don't even realize how much you emotionally eat You find, when you do NSNG, that you recognize these problems The issue is, when you eat emotionally, you are working against yourself Eating crap will actually make you physically feel even crappier You will also find that you realize you need to deal with certain emotions Helps you heal the issues when you can recognize them Eating consciously and keeping track of what you put in your mouth is a key A form of emotional eating is even when you are in a group and want a beer Don't give into that peer pressure or "normality" of it Ex: men during football season Don't find yourself using the power of reasoning For example: I had a good day, I deserve some Ice Cream I had a bad day, I deserve some Ice Cream

: Episode 696 - Tony Dicola, a great NSNG success, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast to discuss his weight-loss journey, exercise, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty TONY DICOLA Found Vinnie on the Adam Carolla show He was 310, 5'9" at the time Has been strict NSNG since the beginning of 2016 Has lost over 100 lbs in a year, and now has set great goals for himself in the future! WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY In July 2016, he had lost over 100 lbs Tony now weighs 180 lbs His goal is 160 but he has lost over 120 lbs so far Tony does some basic exercise Crunches, push ups, squats, and runs a couple times a week, staying in Zone 2 He is now getting into hiking as well Tony proves that exercise is a poor way to lose weight, and while it can supplement weight loss, DIET is absolutely necessary Tony cannot believe how he could have changed so quickly It's all about cutting out the sugar and the grains!!! WHAT EXERCISE MATTERS? Stay the course on Zone 2 Sometimes you have to slow down to go faster Learning how to run properly after weight loss is also very important Tony is setting his sights on Mt. Rainier

Episode 695 -- Sylvia Tara, biochemist and author of The Secret Life of Fat, joins Vinnie today to talk about fat, an endocrine organ, that does so much good for puberty, for our immune systems, and for our brain. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty SYLVIA TARA Incredibly smart and beautiful! Holds a PhD in biochemistry from UCSD Also has an MBA from Wharton (U Penn) Worked with all of the big biotech companies SECRET LIFE OF FAT Check out her book here! The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You Now focuses on popular misconceptions of fat, and how fat in reality does so much good for us People fear fat, but really it is just an endocrine organ ENDOCRINE ORGAN "Adipose Tissue", or fat, is an endocrine Organ Endocrine system controls all of the hormones in your body Therefore, fat is incredibly important for our development and homeostasis as well Our body tries to hold on to fat when we eat it for a reason Not just a great source of energy

: Episode 693- Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk iTunes rankings, Anna's work, BS Weight Loss articles, eating carbs, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club The absolute best olive oil in the world, do not miss out! Villa Cappelli Top quality vitamins for a low price! Squatty Potty You'll want one for every bathroom! RANKINGS The podcast had a record day yet was not at the top of the charts ~18,000 more downloads Sometimes they will have a bad day, yet be top 5 in the rankings The algorithm makes absolutely no sense BS WEIGHT LOSS ARTICLES "How to Lose Weight While You Sleep" Total BS article, as they all are Article immediately goes to a coconut water ad Coconut water is basically straight sugar "Getting a better night's sleep" "One of the most effective [ways]" This is based off of caloric restriction diets That is the first flaw This "study" was done over 14 days This is REALLY not a study In reality, it has to do with hormones which this article does not acknowledge They also stress exercise as a way to lose weight This is BS, gaining muscle = heavier than fat THIS IS BRO SCIENCE! EATING CARBS When you cut out sugars and grains, you are full more quickly When you are eating lots of carbs, it makes you want to eat more and more If you eat the RIGHT, HEALTHY foods, your body will say "Okay, no more" Whereas eating a pizza, it's harder to stop We are the only animal to restrict HOW much we eat to look a certain way/lose weight This just proves it is wrong -- it is WHAT you eat that we need to focus on! The obesity epidemic is one of the biggest problems in US health care Health care prices going up in part because more people are sick

: Episode 692 -- Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Mike and Tanya Hynes this Saturday to discuss the podcast, their history with Vinnie and NSNG, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club MIKE AND TANYA They are SUPERFANS from Australia! Mike got a 1hr consultation for his birthday He is a professional pianist (hence piano in the show) They visited Villa Cappelli in Italy and did the podcast! They found Vinnie through Rich Roll, a few years back Started NSNG a year and a half ago Mike has lost about 25-30 lbs Still has a little bit of weight to lose Tanya has lost around 11lbs! They are runners!

: Episode 691 - Dr. Susan Masino joins Vinnie Tortorich today to discuss metabolism and brain health, in regards to the mechanisms that control how a ketogenic diet positively affect our bodies. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. SUSAN MASINO She is a professor of Applied Science at Trinity College Has been conducting research there for two decades Has been doing research, in general, for even longer! Focus is adenosine and its effects on homeostasis and metabolism Regulator of cell function Her real passion is brain health She is now connected to the ketogenic community and the brain health community KETOGENIC DIET Susan Masino does believe that a ketogenic diet is incredibly beneficial Her goal is to figure out how this diet can help not only epilepsy, but other diseases For example, autism spectrum disorder Used as a treatment for epilepsy for 100 years now WHAT IS ADENOSINE? Adenosine is core molecule of ATP We need ATP to function (adenosine triphosphate -- energy) Adenosine is present throughout the brain and body Not just in cases where there are strokes Regulatory influence on our cells BRAIN HEALTH Her hypothesis: Ketone-based metabolism increases adenosine which increases brain health and homeostasis In turn, this helps neurological disorders such as epilepsy Healthy metabolism (sufficient amount of ATP) is so vital Ketogenic diet increases ATP produced Your brain can use KETONES instead of sugar for its overall metabolic demand Plus, you have plenty enough sugar in NSNG diet New info coming up on brain cancer, Alzheimer's, and more Dr. Masino focuses on: autism, epilepsy, and pain Brain health needs to become a major public policy issue Not enough folks focus on why what happens to us happens to us More evidence leading to diet as a source of many issues, or at least the worsening of these issues

: Episode 690 - Vinnie and Andy discuss the magnesium in the multi-caps vs. the magnesium supplement, ab machines, and heavy whipping cream. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club MAGNESIUM VS. MULTI-CAP Multi-cap is all around good for everyone Magnesium is that somethin' extra More of a personal thing than the multi-cap Great for a lot of things, but not everybody needs it! AB MACHINES You work abs basically one way -- the way that causes the 6 pack Comes from crunching those muscles Ab machines can be very helpful! That being said, they are not necessary When you use an ab machine, change it up Put enough resistance where you aren't doing more than 20-25 reps Don't get into the whole "doing it fast" thing Doing this slowly and methodically is the best way to do abs This is the best way to thoroughly work those muscles WHIPPING CREAM You can make your own whipped cream from heavy whipping cream, BTW Heavy Whipping cream is good to use in small amounts Many use it in coffee and a bowl and berries and such Make sure you get heavy whipping cream with no sugar added!!! Pressurized Whipped Cream or Ready Whip has TONS of sugar DO NOT get these things Get a carton of pure cream HWC at your local grocery store! TJ's has good stuff that Vinnie uses all the time

: Episode 689 - Ultra-athlete Luke Tyburski joins Vinnie & Annie to talk about his whole foods mashups and his Ultra Triathlon Documentary. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty PICKY EATERS Vinnie believes kids should eat whatever their parents give them "You get what you get and you don't get upset." Children should listen to their parents when it comes to what they eat Vinnie advocates letting your child skip a meal if they truly do not want to eat what you make them Kids who eat like this are generally too coddled and have diet issues later on Luke was on that show back in April 2015! VINNIE'S SHOWS Vinnie on KABC on Sunday nights, 7pm PT Call in and ask questions! You can listen online, or even retroactively Vinnie is also performing at the Irvine Improv on Thursday night, October 27th LUKE TYBURSKI Ultra athlete from right outside of London Completed the Ultimate Triathlon From Morocco to Monaco Rode, Biked, and Swam 2,000km (1,300mi) in TWELVE days SWAM the Gilbraltar Strait LukeTyburski.com His Twitter is @LukeTyburski The Ultimate Triathlon There is a documentary out to download offline on any of those websites DIET Eating real food, no Gus or anything like that Cut out wheat, dairy, fruit and all sugar Low carb both in training and racing Making his own bars Chia seed and other seeds, coconut oil and cream, cacao, and avocado mash for breakfast on the race Liked the FAT content

: Episode 688 -- Tracy Reifkind joins Vinnie Tortorich today to talk about the kettlebell swing, and weight loss via a healthier diet and hope! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club TRACY REIFKIND Wrote a book -- check it here! She used to weigh over 250lbs Lost 120lbs First person in kettle bell community to accomplish what she did She tried other means of weight loss, but only found success when she ate healthier and did this kettlebell exercise She dropped the fast food and the excessive carbs -- overall, she stopped her unhealthy carby overeating Once Tracy got hope, nothing could stop her Fan of Vinnie, and Vinnie is also a fan of hers THE KETTLEBELL SWING Most efficient workout 4-hour body similarities Vinnie believes that exercise is a poor way to lose weight However, this is good and supplementary to diet change Tracy changed her diet drastically when she also took up the kettlebell swing There are many different versions of the swing Two-hand swing for example Tracy started with an 8-kilo Light by today's standards Does NOT need to be a heavy bell -- the way Tracy prescribes Her program is more about reps, speed, and acceleration "Loading and exploding" through the hips

On this special Friday episode, we revisit the 2 hour Ron Rosedale episode (Controlling Leptin) which originally aired 11 months ago. Enjoy this highly informative, extra long podcast and become a super fan to get even more old podcasts like this!!!! Dr. Ron Rosedale, nutritional and metabolic expert, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this special 2-hour Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast to discuss what to eat, when to eat, controlling leptin, and how to control the big weight hormone that often allows sugar to kill us: leptin. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty Pure Vitamin Club WHO IS ROSEDALE? Founder of schools for metabolic research Researches diabetes, aging, leptin, insulin, one's metabolism, Says a "disease is caused not by the breakdown of the part itself, but interference in the instructions to that part, a disruption in the unity of the whole" The Rosedale diet Believes NSNG is the way to go, although an apple or an occasional sweet treat will not kill you or be the cause of an issue Book here DISEASE Disease is not just one individual part, it is how your parts interact Dr. Rosedale tries to get all parts interacting correctly to control diseases Focuses on diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, etc. Communication of all parts is what results in longeivity CONTROLLING LEPTIN Leptin, a brain hormone, controls when you eat, how much, and how full you feel This hormone causes you not to burn fat as fuel Therefore, one has to control one's leptin levels to help their metabolism Our high carb, low fat diet compared to other countries really hurts our hearts and diabetes and such Most people have leptin levels out of control Makes people overeat and store more fat instead of burn it Low carbs and high fat! Read more: http://drrosedale.com/#axzz3rLnUaQBR Follow us: @DrRosedale on Twitter | RosedaleHealthPlan on Facebook

: Episode 683 - Vinnie and Andy talk about assless chaps, the Stonewall Riots and mycotoxins, specifically in coffee. Don't ask, just listen. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club ASSLESS CHAPS An old favorite But really.... aren't all chaps assless? The cowboy side of Vinnie STONEWALL RIOTS These were violent demonstrations by members of LGBT community Happened in 1969 Huge deal at the time In Manhattan, NYC Andy and Vinnie were both very young Contributed greatly to gay liberation movement in the US MYCOTOXINS Mycotoxins are substances that create toxins by means of fungi While mycotoxins are dangerous if enough is consumed, you really don't need to worry about it with coffee "Green" coffee Coffee does a lot of good Vinnie and Andy both drink lots!!

: Episode 686 -- Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich host this Monday edition of the podcast. Today, the two discuss Vinnie's Birthday, cancer, "healthy" restaurants, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty VINNIE'S BIRTHDAY Vinnie's birthday was September, 27th, the day this podcast was recorded He always expect to live old, until diagnosed with Leukemia (final stages) 9 years ago he thought he would not live to see this day Had tons of medical bills that he had to pay off, that was quite a lot Vinnie is healthy, in great shape, and living year by year to the fullest! Vinnie got a corvette back then Sold it to a doctor, used that money to pay off some of the bills Sold everything he owned to pay off bills -- wasn't even recovered yet His struggles and beating cancer are what ultimately led him to writing Fitness Confidential Dean Lorey pressed him to do it, and helped Publishers got ahold of the book and tried to change everything Fortunately, Vinnie and Dean self-published and that is why you have the book you have today! "Wrote a book as if no one would read it" Vinnie thanks Cancer for getting him to this point AMAZON WINNER This week's winner is Shelly She bought a soda stream Anna and Vinnie both have them -- just use them for carbonated water SO much cheaper than buying Pellegrino all the time Buy things on amazon through the link on Vinnie's website Doesn't cost you any extra, helps out the podcast! You can win a t-shirt or other swag Last week, John Buffin won Sent Vinnie a little note Down 90lbs with another 90lbs to go thanks to NSNG "HEALTHY" RESTAURANTS Vinnie and Serena went to a restaurant with Serena's friend Penelope It was a "healthy" trendy restaurant, full of carbs and such Just because it was "sulfate free", "organic", "raw" etc.

: Episode 685 -- Listener Tobi joins Vinnie Tortorich again for a second Saturday show! This week, they discuss Prince, religion, and child dieting. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club PRINCE Tobi is a HUGE Prince fan Vinnie also really likes Prince His movies and acting are pretty bad, however They were still fun and campy His music is inspiring, and Tobi really felt that Defied a lot of what she was taught, and she appreciated that Both Vinnie and Tobi were raised in very religious households Tobi Baptist, and Vinnie went to a Catholic school for many years Tobi has kept her religion, Vinnie has not CHILD DIETING When Tobi was THREE YEARS OLD, she began to diet She remembers her mom telling her she was too big even at age three This was, unfortunately, a sad moment for her Tobi was a bigger kid (also, the tallest) Ayds candy was a "diet candy" It was straight sugar but could "make you lose weight" Major ingredient was benzocaine Benzocaine is a topical pain reliever, anesthetic The issue is parents can very easily distill body images in their children Especially now with media Also, parents feeding their children crap certainly does not help