Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino host today’s Monday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast. They discuss Amazon winners, Vinnie’s Donaldsonville trip including his airplane food habits, and a Gary Taubes article concerning the science behind diets.
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ACCENTS
- CCR sang with a cajun accent even though they are from CA
- New Orleans and the bayou had very different accents
- Donaldsonville accent is very endearing
- Vinnie just visited his family here
GUN ISSUE
- Vinnie believes people kill people, not guns
- So many shootings all over the country
- bad people with guns
- Growing up in the bayou, everyone went to school with guns in their cars in plain sight
- Never any shootings or anything of the sort
THIS WEEK’S AMAZON WINNER
- Eddie is living in Auburn (perhaps going to the school)
- He bought textbooks (~$600) through Vinnie’s site!
GARY TAUBES
- Read his NY Times article here!
- He is a science writer
- Sums up science of different diets
- How calorie counts don’t work, etc.
- Eating less hurts
- Semi-neurosis on just 1600 calories
- Two different diets
- 1900 calories both
- 1 fat restricted and 1 carb restricted diet
- It was only 6 days so low fat diet worked
- In the LONG RUN, low fat WOULD NOT work
- It was only 6 days so low fat diet worked
VINNIE ON AN AIRPLANE
- He bought the cheese plate
- Didn’t eat little piece of chocolate or grapes
- He will eat grapes sometimes
- Consumed the walnuts and the cheese
- Had a couple peanut bags as well
- The guy next to Vinnie had sandwiches and other high gluten/wheat foods
- Cookies, crackers, etc.
- Always creamer on planes
- Nobody wants to be fat but it is the government, dietitians, etc. causing people to be misinformed
