Cognitive Dissonance and a Low Carb Diet

Episode 517 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino speak about cognitive dissonance and a low carb diet with guest Steve Park on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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• The “Orient” vs “Oriental”
• Vinnie is not always the best at being PC
• Can’t say “black”, must say “African American”, but what if they are African English?

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• The Beauchamps, some other listeners, Andy, Anna, Serena, Vinnie all worked hard to put it together
  • Many people gave up their whole weekends
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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

• At Princeton, Vinnie’s seat on the panel was empty
  • They got Vinnie to the panel late
  • It wasn’t his fault — he always runs early!
  • He didn’t know what was going on, who else was on the panel, etc.
• One dietician on the panel said eating more carbs (using them to exercise etc.) will burn fat
  • She was PUSHING a high carb diet
  • Vinnie likes the lady, but did not like what she was pushing
    • Ever since the conference, she has been looking into high fat-low carb and has started to agree with it and ask questions!
• Once you know information and can’t un-know it, but still have to push what is wrong, THAT is cognitive dissonance
  • Same thing happened to Kate Thompson when she was working for Weight Watchers
    • She had to quit once she realized the truth was not what Weight Watchers was preaching

POOR AMAZON REVIEW

• Although most reviews are good, there are some people who don’t like Vinnie or the book

• DP Brown
• Heard Vinnie on Adam Corolla show
• Said you will only get 8 minutes of info per episode, rest is bologna
  • Listen to ANY Friday show with a Doctor to see how wrong that is 
• Says book says nothing meaningful

STEVE PARK

• Knows how to get lean
• Believes that eating high carb is the best way to sabotage your figure and your health
  • Not only does it hurt your figure, but that is just poor nutrition
  • Eventually, eating poorly will catch up with you
• Used to eat a lot of grains and sugars, now is low carb
  • Developed a lactose intolerance