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LIVE From the Seattle Meat-Up – Episode 1154

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1154 – Vinnie Tortorich, Serena Scott Thomas, Andy Schreiber, and of course, Anna Vocino, host this Monday show LIVE from Seattle at the recent NSNG® Meat-Up! Many of the folks attending share their own NSNG® stories.

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SEATTLE MEAT-UP

SEATTLE MEAT-UP FUN
Photo courtesy Catherine Keller
  • Technically, it was outside of Seattle
  • Lots of old NSNG®ers like Jackie Jones were there and shared!
  • Everyone brought amazing NSNG® dishes
  • Abram and his daughter joined the gang
    • His daughter, Grace, shared her and her dad’s amazing stories
  • Robert Stanton also tells his story
    • He died but came back to life
    • Knew he needed a change
    • Really was “fat, sick and nearly dead”
    • Almost at 200lbs lost!
  • Stuart Blocher has lost nearly 90 lbs
    • He travels for a living so NSNG® started tough, but now is easy and worth it
    • Stuart brought his mom!
  • Barbara the nurse shares her NSNG® story
    • She went to school for health, but hardly learned anything about nutrition
    • Her personal physician is all on board!
  • Sandy and Luke join the crew as well
  • Many tell stories about how their families have come around to it or introduced them to it
  • Thousands of pounds lost at this meet up!
  • People look a lot younger, too, after their weight loss

FAT DOC TRAILER

  • This trailer has over 36,000 views
  • But, it’s so important we get even more views!
  • We want to get it up towards 100,000
  • SHARE with friends and watch it many times
  • See it below or at this link 

Diet and Diabetes with Dr. Tony Hampton – Episode 1151

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1151 – Dr. Tony Hampton joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss diet and diabetes, intermittent fasting, cultural diversity as it relates to health, environmental effects on health, and more!

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TONY HAMPTON

  • Check out his website here!
  • Practices in Chicago
  • Became interested in diabetes more enthusiastically when his wife was diagnosed
    • Easier to care more when it is in your home
  • “Breakfast as the most important meal” was a campaign by Quaker
    • NOT eating breakfast is actually healthier
  • Particularly serves African American clients
  • Help as many people as possible not have a bad outcome while still allowing them to maintain their culture
  • People only seek things that justify their approach
    • THAT’S a huge issue with health
    • People aren’t willing to hear that they’re wrong
    • LOOK for alternate opinions and delve into them
  • Dr. Hampton is a straight shooter – These are the facts, here is the evidence. Here’s what to do with that.

DIET AND DIABETES

  • When Dr. Hampton really started looking into all of this, he found the works of Jason Fung, and others like him
  • He realized the diabetes meds only treat the syptoms
  • People still have heart attacks and strokes while on meds
  • He wanted to treat the cause, not the symptoms
  • Realized insulin resistance was the problem
    • Took YouTube, not med school, to learn this
  • Dr. Hampton had some diabetes patients that tried intermittent fasting with incredible results
  • IF saves money and time
  • Wrote a fantastic book – Fix Your Diet, Fix Your Diabetes

INTERMITTENT FASTING

  • IF allows your body to heal more
  • You need to rest to heal
  • Even if you’re lean, your body has enough fat (especially when the meals you do eat are fatty) to make energy
  • Went from 5% to 40-50% engagement once he pressed a big meat diet!
    • Previously recommended vegetarian diet
  • Show people how to eat, keep it simple

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

  • How you eat, and your health depends on your environment
  • For example, in stressful environments, your hormones will be messed up and easier to eat crap
  • Socio-economic status has a large effect
    • Poorer communities tend to eat worse
  • Some of it is culture!
    • Ex: not eating chili with corn bread is blasphemous in some communities
    • Have to thing of it in terms of choices: ex: if I don’t eat the pasta, I can keep my eyesight
  • Also, don’t put your life in the hands of others
    • Use your choices to educate others in your environment

 

The Scoop on Creatine – Episode 1150

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1149 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk the use of creatine, Vinnie’s sole teenage drinking experience, and more!

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CREATINE

  • People think eating/taking some of this will help them cheat workouts, solve problems, etc.
    • That is just not true to a great extent
  • We want to believe it because it would make things easier
  • Don’t try to beat the system, it’s not a magic bullet
    • Only thing that works is eating well, and being consistent
  • It’s been around for a long time
    • Vinnie has tried it
    • Maybe it works to a very small degree
  • Some studies show a measurable increase
    • Gov agency says there are other studies that report NO effects
  • Ultimately, it’s pretty inconclusive
  • Your body makes creatine
  • Don’t take more than one serving a day
  • PVC will almost certainly not make a creatine product
  • Make sure there are no added ingredients
    • If you are going to use it, use powder form
  • Can be more beneficial for vegetarians!

Overmedicating & Breaking the Sugar Addiction – Episode 1149

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1148 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two discuss the Fat Doc trailer, Anna’s triage visit which resulted in overmedicating, breaking the addiction to sugar, and more!

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  • The official trailer is out!
  • As of this posting, it has over 23,000 views
  • Check it out below, or on Youtube!
  • Share it with all of your friends and family, too
  • As you can see in the ad, we have tons of amazing luminaries
  • We are looking at the history of the SAD
  • When we try to get this doc on all of these streaming platforms, we need to go in with lots of views
  • Just as crowdfunding was integral, so will be getting views on this trailer
  • Share, share, and share!
  • This doc is NOT a method of fat-shaming
  • Like, comment, watch, start a conversation

OVERMEDICATING

  • Anna went to the doctor, urgent care type place
  • She had an asthma attack which is rare for her now that she’s NSNG
  • They gave her TONS of drugs
  • Many doctors try to steamroll by compounding all of these drugs
  • Those who are really sick aren’t going to ask questions, especially if they’re desperate to feel better
  • Asthma medication is stupid expensive
  • Taking a steroid when you don’t need a steroid is NOT good for your body

BREAKING THE ADDICTION

  • There is no fast track to losing weight
  • Your liver sees sweet and thinks SUGAR
  • Don’t try to cheat the system
  • Break your addiction to sweets
  • “Proprietary” blend doesn’t mean anything
  • Can still be a bunch of crap

Responsible Doctoring with Dr.Brian Lenzkes – Episode 1146

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1146 – Dr. Brian Lenzkes joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss Fat: A Documentary, Dr. Lenzkes’ story, pills as security blankets, preventing diabetes, responsible doctoring, and more on this Friday show.

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FAT DOC TRAILER

  • The first official Fat: A Documentary trailer is finally up!
  • It’s amazing
  • Sneak peak of history and luminary commentary

DR. LENZKES

  • Practices internal medicine
    • Treats many with diabetes and those who are obese
  • He was a football player and wrestler in high school
  • Always struggled with weight
    • Particularly in med school (plus, they didn’t teach him much)
  • He couldn’t figure out how to lose weight, so struggled to help patients lose weight, too
    • Found a bunch of luminaries like Jason Fung who showed him the way with low carb
  • Has lost tons of weight personally
  • Recently has begun recommending keto diet to his patients
  • Doctors in med school take things that they learn at face value
  • It is NOT the patient’s fault most of the time that they struggle to lose weight
    • So much easier to think a drug fixes it, etc.

BS Health Bars and Dr. Drew’s Birthday – Episode 1144

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1144 – Anna Vocino and Leah Richardson join Vinnie today, and the two discuss Vinnie’s upcoming guacamole judgeship, Dr. Drew’s birthday party, BS health bars and no-carb drinks, ketone monitors and more on this Monday show!

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DR. DREW’S BIRTHDAY

  • Vinnie wasn’t going to go because Vinnie is not really a party guy
  • Megan talked him into it
  • He had to drive so he couldn’t drink
    • Vinnie is an excellent fake-drinker
  • Was a big, awesome event
  • Vinnie met Gina’s boyfriend who is awesome
  • Drew remained NSNG at the party!
  • People went up to Vinnie and were introducing themselves because they knew him/listen to the show

BS HEALTH BARS

  • Leah bought a “Think Thin” bar
  • There are so many of these types of bars
  • They’re all awful for you
  • They look healthy and sound healthy at first, but they AREN’T healthy
  • This bar has 21g of sugar alcohol alone
    • This WILL hurt your stomach!!!
  • Nutrition facts that focus on calories being low are usually BS
  • Has tons of ingredients she can’t pronounce
  • Soy is NOT good for you and gives you a lot of inflammation
  • Sugar alcohol won’t cause an insulin spike but it is not good for you
    • Can spark hormonal response to make you want to eat more sugar, get tired, etc.
  • Your body was NEVER meant to eat chemicals
  • Natural flavors can include some anal juices from beavers