Vinnie Tortorich

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NSNG 101

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 600 – Vinnie and Anna get back to the basics with an updated NSNG 101 episode.

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NSNG 101

  • Back to the basics

  • Fruit
  • Vegetables
  • Grains
  • Protein
  • Dairy
  • Nuts
  • Etc.
  • Vinnie and Anna elaborate on what exactly NSNG is, and help folks figure out what they should be eating
  • Some people’s metabolisms can deal with the occasional sugar or grain, but it is best to start out totally sugar and grain free
    • Metabolic Syndrome does go away when folks truly commit to NSNG
  • If you have any more questions, please e-mail Vinnie or schedule a phone call

Peak and Optimal Heart Rate

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 599 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast to discuss peak and optimal heart rate, and for night workers, when is the best time to work out.

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ANDY THE CELEBRITY

  • Andy is starting to feel like a bit of a celebrity
  • People who call with help for PVC are often shocked and happy that they get to talk to Andy on the phone and such!
  • People recognize Vinnie from the book or from Adam Carolla sometimes now
    • Vinnie doesn’t like to take credit, but is always flattered
    • People recognize Vinnie even at races

PEAK AND OPTIMAL HEART RATE

  • Vinnie’s peak heart rate is in the 180s at his age and fitness
  • He likes to train and race in Zone Two (that is optimal)
  • How to calculate YOUR Zone Two heart rate: 180 – your age
    • That being said, if you are very fit you can raise it a few (5-7)
    • Between 70-79% of your max heart rate is your Zone Two
    • This calculation is efficient enough and free and easy!

BEST TIME TO WORK OUT

  • When should night shift workers work?
    • Before or after work
  • Depends on WHAT you are doing work-wise
  • Try both ways and see which you have more energy when doing
    • What is important for night workers is maintaining energy

Sugar Trigger

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 598 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk to comedian Nikki Bailey about comedy and feeling good by eating properly, and the two also discuss The Biggest Loser, and “sugar trigger”.

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TRUMP

  • Vinnie was talking to Andy (who is super liberal) about how this happens
  • Vinnie thinks that people behind Trump are the fried twinky crowd
  • While neither Vinnie nor Anna like Trump because they think he is hateful and does not have good concrete policies, they do have friends / listeners who support Trump and they realize that

NIKKI BAILEY & FEELING GOOD

  • Stand-up comic
  • Has done some of the same shows and classes as Anna
  • Vinnie is a huge fan of hers
  • The Improv on May 10th!!! Check her out there
  • Wednesday May 25th at the Comedy Store
  • Check out one of her performances here 
  • Has a confident and natural style
    • She has sparkle
  • Nikki does have weight to lose, but she doesn’t care about her appearance as much as she cares about just feeling better
    • Trouble sleeping, weird rashes, achiness
      • She went to doctors and they didn’t know what to tell her
      • She had been on every diet and just losing weight never REALLY made her feel better
    • Now she is NSNG and most of that has gone away
  • Did weight watchers 4 separate time
    • Did lose the weight but then slowly gained the weight back and never really felt good
  • Emotional component to eating
    • Nikki had done therapy to talk about eating issues
  • Nikki feels like she really gets to eat with NSNG and her emotional issues and physical issues are largely resolved

SUGAR TRIGGER

  • This week’s stripper in “Stripper vs. NFL Player”

THE BIGGEST LOSER

  • People are trying to ‘win’ this game, and they are starving themselves
  • They had to have doctors watching contestants because the contestants are in starvation mode and are incredibly dehydrated, for the most part
  • Pretty much EVERYONE on that show gained the weight back and got even more emotional issues with food as a result of the show
  • Caused permanent ‘alteration’ to their metabolisms
    • alteration is negative
    • also trashes endocrine system

Managing Sickness with a Ketogenic Diet with Andrew Scarborough

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 592 – Andrew Scarborough, patient advocate and health and fitness expert, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday episode to discuss his story and how he is managing sickness with a ketogenic diet, in a very interesting way!

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ANDREW’S STORY

  • Background as a fitness trainer and has a master’s degree in Nutrition
    • In university, he was told to not think about calories, but rather think of a low carb diet
      • Rare for universities!
  • Was diagnosed 3 years ago with anaplastic astrocytoma and suffered a brain hemorrhage
    • Malignant tumor, has brain cancer induced epilepsy
  • Started lowering his carb intake, started feeling better

HEART FUNCTION & CHOLESTEROL

  • Doctors tell you to lower cholesterol by not eating fats
  • We NEED cholesterol to function
  • We don’t need statins for the most part
  • Our body will make cholesterol if we do not eat enough
  • Magnesium acts as a natural statin

MANAGING SICKNESS WITH A KETOGENIC DIET

  • Andrew replaced his seizure medicine with magnesium supplements
    • He was told to increase medication but instead went off of it
  • Doctors thought that because he had brain tumor related epilepsy, a ketogenic diet wouldn’t help
    • They were wrong
    • Adults have metabolic flexibility too
  • Has done 9 day fasts with just water and various salts
  • His metabolic approach is hopefully changing the markers in his scans
  • Ultimately, he is on a low carb high fat diet that allows him to feel better, and hopefully make his cancer more manageable and ultimately help cure it
  • Ketogenic diet is anti-inflammatory

EDIBLE BUGS

  • Andrew eats edible insects because they are very nutrient dense
    • Consumes various larvae
    • Breeds bugs to manipulate feed and environment to manipulate the nutrients within
  • Cut out all plants and many things on a ketogenic diet
    • Bugs were the best option!
  • He also consumes organ meats because of their nutrient-density and lack of carbs
    • Eats brains and sweet-breads, etc.

Saving Lives with NSNG

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 591 : Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber host this Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss saving lives with NSNG, and listener Jody’s journey.

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VINNIE’S SNACKS

  • Vinnie doesn’t snack terribly often, but when he does, it is always NSNG
  • Loves a handful of nuts or some salami
  • There are some Donald Trump supporters who are not Fried Twinky Eaters …
    • Although neither Vinnie nor Andy support Trump nor will they, they do have friends and fans who do who are healthy and educated

SAVING LIVES WITH NSNG

  • Listener Jody started dieting on January 1, 2015, was 6’2 and 325lbs+
  • Quit drinking beer and was watching calorie intake
  • Stalled at 285 in July 2015
    • Thought he was destined to be fat
  • Heard Vinnie on Chris Laxamana’s show and started listening to this podcast
  • Jody stopped counting calories and started dropping lbs
    • Read all the books Vinnie recommends
  • He is now, thanks to Vinnie & NSNG, down to 215 and sees under 200 in his future
  • Vinnie & NSNG both changed AND saved his life
  • These stories are the reasons why Vinnie podcasts and works in the public eye
  • Hear Jody on an upcoming Wednesday show!

Ketosis vs. Fat Adaptation

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 590 – Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich host this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast where the two talk about recent listener questions as well as tabatas and “ketosis vs. fat adaptation” discussion.

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MEDICATIONS

  • In Louisiana, Vinnie figured out that the people he talked to were on average on 5 medications
  • A statin, a type 2 diabetes medication, high blood pressure pill, antidepressant, etc.
  • People were surprised when Vinnie told them he wasn’t on medications

NEW BOOK

  • Vinnie and Dean self-published the first book
  • Vinnie has written a second book
  • Trying to work out how the next book will be released
  • Anna also decided to self publish because it is often an economically superior choice

KETOSIS VS. FAT ADAPTATION 

  • Can be fat adapted without being in Ketosis
  • Cannot be in ketosis without being fat-adapted
  • Dietary ketosis IS NOT THE SAME as ketoacidosis
    • Dietary ketosis DOES NOT LEAD to ketoacidosis
      • Ketoacidosis can kill, dietary ketosis does not
  • Dietary ketosis = body using fat as fuel instead of glucose
    • Restricting so much sugar that your body has to use fat stores
  • Fat adapted you can eat a bit more carbs but your body still processes things better
  • Just because you are in dietary ketosis, does not necessarily mean you will lose weight
  • The line is quite fine

TABATA

  • Ruins Vinnie’s gym time
  • Tabata circles tie up lots of instruments that Vinnie wants to use
  • Empty machines are being ‘used’
  • Tabata is not bad, interval training in the gym that takes up equipment frustrates Vinnie
  • Also, a lot of the time you do this you are in zone 3 or zone 4
    • Zone 2 is better for a lot of people

NOTE: Image of low carb steak dinner provided by Deb Nystrom, https://goo.gl/s4zzWn