: Episode 577 – Charles “Frankie” Tortorich, Vinnie’s brother is an NSNG success story. He and Vinnie reminisce about their Glory Days in HS sports, Charles’ Crohn’s disease and NSNG, and how Charles started listening to what Vinnie says about nutrition.
CHARLES TORTORICH & FOOTBALL
- Vinnie’s younger brother
- Was a good athlete, but not a college D1 athlete like Vinnie
- Used to work really hard with Vinnie
- Football in the south is the talk of the town
- Vinnie was a town celebrity
- All sports are a huge deal
- Mark, the youngest brother, was the best at playing all-around football
- Unfortunately, he did not follow through with that path
- Vinnie had to beef up in highschool to put on muscle for football because he is only 5’11-6′
- Neither of the Tortorich parents were athletic; just super academic
- In highschool, life revolved around football
- The whole family would attend!
CROHN’S DISEASE AND NSNG
- Charles figured out he had Crohn’s disease when he was a teenager
- They didn’t know much about the disease other than the fact that he would sit on the toilet and bleed a lot
- Spent about 2 months total in the hospital as a teenager
- He couldn’t eat or drink
- Charles now follows NSNG, although he didn’t use to listen to Vinnie because he is his brother
- His coworkers came around and made him listen
- Charles was overweight with borderline high blood pressure and realized he had to make a lifestyle change
- He didn’t want to take medicine for something he could change/avoid
- He initially was baby-stepping for NSNG
- Ex: for breakfast, he wouldn’t eat grits (polenta, straight grains with some butter)
- Charles has found he feels much better, has better blood pressure, and his Crohn’s does not flare up as much
- He doesn’t even follow it to the T but has still lost lots of weight
- Overall, he cut down a lot and lost ~26 lbs
