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.
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
- 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?
AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK
- Katie Miskell won (Trey will also win by association)
- She does lots of shopping through the banner ad and her shopping through Amazon has doubled
- She loves putting some coal in the fire
- Buy through the banner, submit what you bought, and win a shirt or a hat
NSNG MEET UP
- The Beauchamps, some other listeners, Andy, Anna, Serena, Vinnie all worked hard to put it together
- Many people gave up their whole weekends
- Next year this will happen again, but probably for a small fee
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
- Same thing happened to Kate Thompson when she was working for Weight Watchers
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
