Episode 2879: You Can’t Eat Anything With Impunity. Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer take a call from Blake, a longtime listener who did carnivore, then put 40 pounds back on. They talk calories in, calories out, why nothing works with impunity, the Doritos test, the Mediterranean diet myth and cholesterol.
A Friday Call-In
- The intro song is “Call Me,” and that means it’s a Friday show: you call in, and Vinnie talks to you. (0:30)
- Why Vinnie loves the call-in shows. Sometimes it’s a success story, and sometimes someone needs help figuring it out. (1:00)
- White Oak Pastures: grass-fed, grass-finished meat. Use promo code VINNIE for 20% off your first order at whiteoakpastures.com. (1:30)
Blake’s Carnivore Story
- Blake found Vinnie’s podcast while he was doing carnivore. (4:30)
- His cardiologist warned him off all that fatty meat, he fell off the carnivore wagon, and he’s put 40 pounds back on. (5:00)
- The good, the bad and the ugly of carnivore, going back to when Shawn Baker first came on the show. (6:00)
- If Vinnie had to eat one single food for a month, he’d pick the chicken egg. (6:30)
- There’s nothing you can do with impunity, not even drinking water. That includes eating meat. (7:00)
- Palate fatigue: did Blake get tired of eating meat? (8:30)
- How life changes, from family to COVID, knock people off the wagon. (9:30)
- Blake’s daughter lost 140 pounds counting calories. So does calories in, calories out work? (12:00)
- It works like a charm, as long as you’re willing to white-knuckle it. (13:30)
- Level one is cutting out sugars and grains. Level two is eating less. Weight Watchers is the same protocol. (15:30)
- Make your calories count: most of them should come from fat and protein. (16:30)
- Remember when everything at Costco was keto? A “certified keto” label could go on a bag of sugar. (17:30)
Jaspr, Donuts and Cancer
- Jaspr: get $350 off with code VINNIE at jaspr.co/vinnie. It’s a pre-Black Friday deal, and Vinnie now has five Jaspr units at home. (19:00)
- Back to impunity: you can eat a dozen donuts and start eyeing the next dozen. (21:30)
- At 64, it’s time to eat on point. (23:00)
- Why Vinnie, a cancer survivor, stays so strict on no sugars, no grains, and the work of Dr. Thomas Seyfried. (23:30)
- After his leukemia in 2007, all of Hollywood told him to drink wheatgrass. His doctor called that hoo-ha and said we’d be hearing a lot more about sugar. (24:30)
Soap, Deodorant and Chili’s
- Vinnie doesn’t use regular soap or shampoo. He uses Packer’s Pine Tar Soap and Grandma’s lye soap. (28:00)
- Anthony Jay’s book Estrogeneration. (29:00)
- Keep it minimal: a deodorant without aluminum. Vinnie uses Primally Pure. (31:00)
- How do you eat at Chili’s? Two burgers on a plate with tomato and avocado. Skip the bun, the ketchup and the fries. (32:30)
- French fries: “It’s an abomination.” (34:30)
The Doritos Test
- Don’t count calories. Eat until you’re sated, then stop. (36:00)
- The family-size bag of Doritos versus a 12-ounce filet at Ruth’s Chris. (36:30)
- Why the chips send you looking for ice cream: leptin, ghrelin, cortisol and insulin. (38:30)
- The influencers say calories in, calories out doesn’t work. It does, if you white-knuckle it. (39:30)
- The couple who lost 80 pounds by dropping their nightly bowl of ice cream. (40:30)
- Six Oreos fit Blake’s calorie budget, but they’re hollow calories. (41:30)
- Your cardiologist’s fear of red meat goes back to a misconstrued study from the 1970s. Read Nina Teicholz’s The Big Fat Surprise. (42:00)
- One 16-ounce ribeye a day worked for Blake. Bacon and eggs, two patties at lunch and a steak at dinner did not. (43:30)
- Have broccoli or cauliflower instead of Oreos. The plants are not out to kill you. (44:30)
- Dr. Gundry wants you to peel your tomatoes and take out the seeds. Are you kidding? (46:00)
- Villa Cappelli: the best olive oil on the planet. Use promo code VINNIE at Villa Cappelli. (46:30)
The Mediterranean Diet Myth
- Which Mediterranean? Calabria, Sicily, Puglia, Sardinia, Greece or the Middle East? (47:30)
- Ancel Keys studied Crete during Lent, when people don’t eat meat. (49:00)
- The Seven Countries Study cherry-picked its countries. Vinnie made four documentaries about that one lie. (49:30)
- How does the Friday show work? If the questions are good, Vinnie will talk to one caller for the whole hour. (51:00)
Next Steps for Blake
- Blake gets Vinnie’s PDF free. (54:30)
- The VIP group isn’t open all the time. Get on the list for next time at vinnietortorich.com/vip. (55:30)
- Read Nina Teicholz first, then listen to Dr. Zoe Harcombe’s episodes. The 10 for 10 podcast bundles. (57:00)
- Is there such a thing as bad cholesterol? Vinnie on small dense particles, and why your cardiologist needs to read the right tests. (59:00)
- Vinnie’s take on statins, and who they were made for. (1:00:00)
- “You basically just had a consult that the rest of the world gets to hear.” (1:01:30)
- Vinnie designed the vitamins at PureVitaminClub.com, and everything is third-party tested. You’ll find Pure Coffee Club coffee and Anna Vocino’s products there too. (1:02:00)
Important Reminders
- Get Vinnie’s e-book here: https://nsng.vinnietortorich.com/product/intro-to-nsng/
- Don’t forget to get Anna’s new book Eat Happy Cocktail Hour!
- You can order it here: https://eathappycocktailhour.com
- It’s also available in Vinnie’s Book Club here: https://tinyurl.com/eathappycocktail
- Eat Happy Cocktail Hour features cocktails, mocktails, and appetizers, and it’s out now.
- Order and get bonus goodies!
- You can order from a wide variety of booksellers at https://eathappycocktailhour.com/
- Please save your receipt from wherever you order; you’ll need it for your bonuses!
- Check out the Aletha Hip HookTM that Vinnie uses to reduce pain and increase mobility:
You can purchase your own through Vinnie’s website here: https://vinnietortorich.com/hook
- Anna’s products are now linked to Pure Vitamin Club’s website. You can also purchase them under the “Food and Snacks” section.
- https://purevitaminclub.com/collections/food-and-snacks
- Vinnie hopes to add other products as well, all of which will be health-related.
Book a consultation with Vinnie for guidance on your goals. https://vinnietortorich.com/phone-consultation-2/
More News
- Serena has added some clothing and beauty product suggestions to Vinnie’s Amazon Recommended Products link.
- Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on Peacock.
- “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon!
- You can purchase or rent it here. https://amzn.to/4d9agj1
- Please watch, rate, and review it!
- Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s second cookbook, is available!
- You can go to https://eathappyitalian.com
- You can order it from Vinnie’s Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXm
- Anna’s recipes are in her cookbooks, on her website, and on Substack. They will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/
