Vinnie Tortorich

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Cognitive Dissonance and a Low Carb Diet

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 517 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino speak about cognitive dissonance and a low carb diet with guest Steve Park on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

  • The “Orient” vs “Oriental”
  • Vinnie is not always the best at being PC
  • Can’t say “black”, must say “African American”, but what if they are African English?

AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK

  • Katie Miskell won (Trey will also win by association)
  • She does lots of shopping through the banner ad and her shopping through Amazon has doubled
  • She loves putting some coal in the fire
  • Buy through the banner, submit what you bought, and win a shirt or a hat

NSNG MEET UP

  • The Beauchamps, some other listeners, Andy, Anna, Serena, Vinnie all worked hard to put it together
    • Many people gave up their whole weekends
  • Next year this will happen again, but probably for a small fee

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

  • At Princeton, Vinnie’s seat on the panel was empty
    • They got Vinnie to the panel late
    • It wasn’t his fault — he always runs early!
    • He didn’t know what was going on, who else was on the panel, etc.
  • One dietician on the panel said eating more carbs (using them to exercise etc.) will burn fat
    • She was PUSHING a high carb diet
    • Vinnie likes the lady, but did not like what she was pushing
      • Ever since the conference, she has been looking into high fat-low carb and has started to agree with it and ask questions!
  • Once you know information and can’t un-know it, but still have to push what is wrong, THAT is cognitive dissonance
    • Same thing happened to Kate Thompson when she was working for Weight Watchers
      • She had to quit once she realized the truth was not what Weight Watchers was preaching

POOR AMAZON REVIEW

  • Although most reviews are good, there are some people who don’t like Vinnie or the book
  • DP Brown
  • Heard Vinnie on Adam Corolla show
  • Said you will only get 8 minutes of info per episode, rest is bologna
    • Listen to ANY Friday show with a Doctor to see how wrong that is 
  • Says book says nothing meaningful

STEVE PARK

  • Knows how to get lean
  • Believes that eating high carb is the best way to sabotage your figure and your health
    • Not only does it hurt your figure, but that is just poor nutrition
    • Eventually, eating poorly will catch up with you
  • Used to eat a lot of grains and sugars, now is low carb
    • Developed a lactose intolerance

Losing the Last 5 Lbs

by Vinnie Tortorich

Lee Buxbaum, a loyal listener, joins Vinnie on this Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer where they discuss getting off that last bit of weight that seems the most stubborn.  Although Vinnie thought this podcast was coming out after the New Year, he was mistaken, so enjoy this early holiday gift!

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LEE BUXBAUM

  • From Maryland
  • Irish, but doesn’t drink
  • Found Vinnie through a friend from work who listened to the podcast
  • Avid Facebook group user
  • Great full head of hair that Vinnie is jealous of
  • Has been Zone 2 running, 3-4 times a week, 5-6 miles a pop
    • 13:30 mile, but will get faster with time

THE LAST 5 LBS

  • Lee is middle-aged and has a bit of a beer gut (even though he doesn’t drink) and wants to get rid of that last bit
  • 5’9 & 170 (he has lost 10 lbs effortlessly NSNG )

WHAT DOES LEE EAT EVERY DAY?

  • He meal preps on Sunday for the week
  • Breakfast: 3 eggs and 2 sausage patties, coffee with heavy cream (usually 2 cups)
  • Lunch: Chicken breast/thighs and vegetables
  • Snacks: nut butter (almond), almonds and cashews
  • Dinner: meat and vegetable

VINNIE’S ADVICE

  • Once you plateau, the weight comes off very slowly
  • Vinnie often advises those who plateau to cut out the nut butters and watch the dairy
  • You can start throwing dairy back in your coffee once the weight comes off

Sugar and Cancer

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 515 – Dr. Thomas Seyfried from Boston College joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast to discuss Sugar and Cancer.

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VINNIE AFTER CANCER

  • After leukemia (and during) people kept telling Vinnie he needed to do certain things
    • Eat macro-diet and micro-diet, juice everything, have wheatgrass, etc or he would die
  • He went to his hematologist and asked how much of it was the truth
    • His incredibly intelligent hematologist simply said “Stay away from sugar!”
      • Everything is pointing towards sugar as one of the things that cancer loves

SUGAR AND CANCER

  • Sugar does not cause cancer, but cells that make tumors and such are fermentors
    • This means they will gain energy from glucose fermentation
      • Sugar feeds them
    • This is a prime fuel, but not the only fuel
  • Our red blood cells are constantly making a little lactate
  • Tumor cells have defective mitochondria so they make lots of lactate

WHAT CAUSES CANCER?

  • Radiation
  • Chemicals in the environment
  • Chronic inflammation
    • ex: Lung cancer comes from lung inflammation which is worsened by smoking
  • Age
  • Mutations in genome that we inherit
    • People are pre-disposed to cancers
    • genome is your set of genes and differences / mutations in them

India, Exercise and Fitbit

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 514 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. They discuss mall observations, the trip to India, and Fitbit.

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SHOPPING

  • Vinnie hates shopping, but when he goes shopping, he notices that many people are fat
  • People are always eating pretzels, fro-yo, drinking ice blendeds, etc.
    • Super accessible, food court, it is everywhere
  • Andy went to A-16, amazing store! (Adventure 16)

TRIP TO INDIA

  • Vinnie, Andy, and Serena went to a part of northeastern India to educate people about exercise and nutrition
  • The government of the state was a co-sponsor
  • Eco-Challenge 10k hike through one of the most amazing places
  • The people are excited as Vinnie is a celebrity fitness trainer, and Serena is a bond girl
  • Near 1000 people at this hike
  • Vinnie and Andy had to buy all new gear for this

FITBIT

  • Tracks calories, heartbeat, sleep, distance
  • Vinnie thinks these are unnecessary because he can tell when he exercises and sleeps well and doesn’t need to calorie count
    • We don’t need another screen
  • For some people, it allows for motivation which is great!
  • For someone like Howie Mandel, not a great idea
    • He has become a slave to it, tries to get in extra steps
      • He’s in great shape, doesn’t need this!!

 

Listeners and Recipes with Chris Laxamana

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 513 – Chris Laxamana joins Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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CHRIS LAXAMANA

  • He is the reason Vinnie was on the Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew podcasts
  • Hosts podcast, “Resume”

PARIS ATTACKS

  • This podcast recorded after Paris attacks
  • ISIS takes responsibility
  • Horrible, and never ends up well for ISIS members either
  • Very sad and needs to stop

AMAZON WINNER 

  • Go through the Amazon banner on the vinnietortorich.com website and buy through that link!
  • Listener John bought presents for his wife, a photographer, for Christmas
  • Winner gets free NSNG shirt!

LISTENER ANDREW

  • Andrew, an outdoorsman and food technologist, in the UK emailed Vinnie and Anna
  • He says that the WHO report about the process meats industry is not real, just as Vinnie and Anna say
  • Consumers are tired of people saying that their food is killing them
  • People who eat the most processed meats also smoke and drink the most– THAT is what causes the cancer!

RECIPES

  • Steak recipe
    • Very seasoned
  • annavocino.com
  • Chicken breast – organic, thin cut
  • Ginger root, lemon, cilantro, olive oil to marinate fish

Genetic Risk Assessment & Restaurant Eating – Episode 512

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 512 – Karen Parrott joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday listener’s question Angriest Trainer podcast and asks questions about eating out and knowing genetic risk.

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KAREN PARROTT

  • Came to the inaugural NSNG meet up
  • From Carlsbad, CA, just 100 miles away from LA
  • Meet up was just a bunch of people wanting to know more about the lifestyle
    • Went out to eat, meditated, worked out with Vinnie
    • Karen highly recommends!
  • Karen used to be overweight, but has lost 70 lbs and kept it off!
  • In ~2002, had a nutritionist tell her grains and sugar were hurting her

DOES KNOWING ONE’S GENETICS HELP WITH DISEASE RISK?

  • Knowing can be dangerous because then you have a big excuse not to try
    • For example, if you know you have obesity genes in your family, you will just say you’re predisposed and can’t help it, and eat junk food!

WHAT ARE SOME OF VINNIE’S FAVORITE THINGS TO EAT OUT?

  • Vinnie and Serena eat at restaurants a lot now that Tallulah is at college
    • Lunch is always out and now dinner is always out
  • They go to nicer restaurants because they get better food
    • Vinnie loves Marmalade Cafe because he gets good fish, or a bun-less hamburger
  • Loves broccoli!
  • Hipster-type gastro-pubs are really big but have NSNG options
  • Goes to Chipotle, gets a bowl without rice and without corn
    • Chicken/beef, beans, sour cream, cheese, lettuce, salsa, guac
    • This is a good fast food option
  • The Counter is also very good
    • Made-to-order burgers are a good way to go (just don’t get a bun!)
  • If you can’t eat gluten, make sure that your vegetables at restaurants aren’t cooked in pasta water or anything like that