Blood Sugar and Intermittent Fasting

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: Episode 578 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss fasting blood sugar and the health pros and cons of intermittent fasting, as well as how NSNG can affect a woman’s hormones and therefore her menstrual cycle on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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NEW ORLEANS

• Home to many special characters
  • Vinnie worked with some crazy people
  • He had some corporate clients in the early 80s
    • Set up gyms at big businesses
      • He worked at a big law firm
        • The lawyers would come down and work out with him during their work days
• Nicest people in the planet
• People in New Orleans put LIL every day

VINNIE’S SPEECHES

• Vinnie has now done a bunch of speeches at different places such as at Princeton University, or in New Amsterdam
• He has a short compilation of his speeches in a video online
• He wants to do a Ted Talk but has not been asked to!
• Speaking of Vinnie speaking, schedule a phone call with him!

PROTEIN BARS AND PROTEIN POWDER

• Only good protein bar are Epic Bars
• Vinnie does not like protein powder, but will use it every once in awhile sparingly
  • Don’t use Whey powder!
  • Anna uses Bovine Collagen in her coffee
    • She will add cinnamon and some full fat coconut cream
    • No sugar or anything in there!

BLOOD SUGAR AND NSNG MEALS

• Her fasting blood glucose has gone up a bit, but unsure why because she is NSNG
• All of the following recipes are in her cookbook
• In a day she eats:
  • Last night for dinner she roasted a chicken
    • White meat, dark meat, chicken skin
    • 3 inch circle serving
  • Made a salad with her own salad dressing
    • Ratio: 3:1
      • 3 part oil to 1 part vinegar
      • Fresh herbs
      • If you want creamy dressing, you can use dijon mustard or a teaspoon of NSNG mayo
  • Green beans with garlic and salt
  • Has olives and salami for snacks
    • Careful with carrots because they are pretty sugary
• Her Intermittent Fasting was causing the cortisol levels to get very wonky
  • For some people, IM Fasting does not work, for others, it really does work!
    • Tread lightly
    • Also, if you are super low carb like Anna was, the tiniest thing like a baby carrot can throw you off
• Vinnie is not SUPER low carb nor does he Intermittently Fast, and he has really low fasting blood sugar
• In general, IM fasting is good for those with metabolic syndrome, and those who are very overweight, etc.
  • We all should look at how much we eat though
  • It is good to do to reset, but for Anna, it was not good to stay on

MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND NSNG

• When you are eating processed foods, your hormones are affected
  • For Anna, she had 21 day cycles with awful cramps and heavy flow
    • Once she cut out processed foods, her cycle was more regular and her pain went away
• So, when a woman eat NSNG and eat natural, it is likely her menstrual cycle can improve
• NSNG also helps you sleep better and stress less, also affecting (a woman’s) hormones
• Dr. Sara Gottfried talks about this in detail 

RU EL’S POUND COUNTER

• Ru El has made a spread sheet where you can insert the amount of weight you have lost on the NSNG facebook page
  • Go check it out and contribute!
• That being said, don’t worry about checking your weight all the time, etc.
  • Weigh in maybe once a month, not too often