: Episode 1354 – Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk about Vinnie’s new Starbucks order, an update on his health, doctors who lack
cholesterol knowledge, diet mentality, and more on this Monday edition of the podcast.
DYSFUNCTIONAL STARBUCKS
- Vinnie prefers his own coffee
- However, when he’s out and in a pinch, Starbucks is good
- Try an iced Cappuccino with heavy cream foam on the top
- Obviously overpriced
- Vinnie’s been ordering the Venti (20oz)
- Just too much cream for him
- Now, he’s going to be having Grandes
- Weird that it’s called a Grande but it’s the medium size
- The Grande size of his drink was over $7
- This cost MORE than the Venti
- Had to do with adding the extra shots
CHOLESTEROL KNOWLEDGE
- Vinnie wanted to get a check-up to see how he’s doing
- Wanted to make sure his cancer wasn’t coming back
- They did all of his blood work that day
- Vinnie went back a few days later, and she told him he has dangerously high cholesterol
- She wasn’t looking at what matters
- Only looking at the LDL number
- Many doctors lack knowledge about cholesterol
- She didn’t even make him fast before the test, so the results were likely BS
- All she kept saying was “that’s the bad cholesterol”
- They didn’t do any density tests or anything like that
- His trigs were actually pretty low
- The doctor seemed to ignore that, despite the fact this number is maybe even more important
- Vinnie felt that she was trying to scare him into medication or something like this
- This doctor was wrong, but if Vinnie didn’t know any better he would have been scared and bullied into eating the wrong way
- This is how good intentions are stolen
- If this sounds like your doctor, try to find another doctor if possible
- At LEAST get a CDC, a complete cholesterol and hormone panel if possible
