Vinnie Tortorich

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Overcoming Eating Disorders with Dietary Ketosis – Episode 1382

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1382 – Listener Jill Rieder and her mother, Judy, join Vinnie on this Saturday edition of the podcast to discuss Jill’s weight loss and health journey, overcoming eating disorders with dietary ketosis, food obsessions, cold-turkey, and more.

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OVERCOMING EATING DISORDERS

  • Jill has been on the show before here
  • Her mother, Judy, joins her
  • The three met at KetoCon
  • Jill has lost a lot of weight via NSNG®
    • She had tried everything
      • Eating disorders, CICO, exercise, etc.
        • None of it helped her with sustainable weight loss
  • Judy watched her daughter living life morbidly obese
    • Didn’t feel like there was anything she could do
    • Judy had done an Atkins type diet previously
      • Never gained weight like her daughter, could lose weight easily
  • Jill married young, didn’t feel like she was living up to who she should have been
    • Binge ate, struggled with bulimia
      • Continued this until she was 38
  • She still has issues, but now that she’s deep in dietary ketosis, her brain function remains normal
  • Jill attests that she’s seen the reversal of her T2 diabetes through NSNG®
  • Food has been a big part of their family’s life
    • Judy did not have the addiction in the same way
      • Felt she could walk away from unhealthy food – many people struggle with this
  • Jill believes going cold turkey and not using subs is the way to go
  • She’s lost tons of weight, no longer has health issues
    • Changed her life completely

Avoiding Complications from Type 2 Diabetes – Episode 1377

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1377 – Listener and previous guest, David Casebeer, joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss his long distance walk, avoiding complications from Type 2 Diabetes, the paradigm shift around low carb diets, and more.

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COMPLICATIONS FROM TYPE 2 DIABETES

  • He’s been on the show before
  • Lost about 45 lbs from this lifestyle
  • Since his last appearance, he walked from Houston to Austin via San Antonio
    • Walk in early October, trained all through the summer
  • When his mother passed away from complications from Type 2 Diabetes, he realized he had to change his lifestyle
    • He supports the part of Vinnie’s film where he shows an amputation
    • He’s also had to move his father into assisted living, partly because of his Type 2 Diabetes
  • His weight has been stable for the past two years or so
  • Part of why he did the walk was to prove you can eat low carb and still have a lot of energy
  • Thinks he has inspired at least 200lbs of weight loss among his friends, family, and peers

Getting Type 2 Diabetes in Check – Episode 1372

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1372 – Dameon Welch-Abernathy joins Vinnie on this Saturday show to discuss his NSNG® story, getting Type 2 Diabetes in check, health improvements from a low carb diet, the Facebook group and more.

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TYPE 2 DIABETES

  • Has the voice Vinnie wishes he had
  • Dameon is successful on the internet also
  • He is 5’7″, at one point he weighed 330 lbs (3 or 4 years ago)
    • Had horrible migraines and other various health issues
    • Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes (7.9 A1C) etc.
      • Sent to diabetes nutritionist afterwards; bad advice
        • Said he had to eat tons of carbs per meal
          • Dameon realized there was something wrong with this advice
  • Did Atkins in 2003ish, got down to 250 lbs
  • Found The Obesity Code by Dr. Fung and started low carb to tackle his weight and Type 2 diabetes
    • Goal was to get blood sugar down
    • He didn’t tell his doctor when he started low carb
      • His A1C lowered, then he told his doctor
        • 5.4 now
        • Wants to keep making progress
    • He’s also lost weight
      • No Sugar, No Grains, no seed oils
  • Feels better sticking to real foods
  • Quit his statins as well
  • Dameon believes there is a different path for everyone via low carb
    • Some people should get off of meds, others should not (always consult with your doctor)
    • The FB group is a great way to explore various NSNG® avenues

Life-Saving Weight Loss – Episode 1367

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1367 – On this Saturday show, low-carber Jeff Davis joins Vinnie and the two discuss his 350+ lbs life-saving weight loss journey, the carnivore diet, love and fat, and more.

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LIFE-SAVING WEIGHT LOSS

  • Jeff doesn’t necessarily do NSNG®
    • He is a low-carber
  • Doesn’t know Vinnie super well
  • He is 47, 5’11.5″, and weights 314 now
    • In 2001, he weighted 679 lbs
    • Obviously still has a ways to go
  • Jeff was a chubby kid, and got fat fairly quickly
    • Played football and other sports
    • In 8th grade he was 275 lbs
      • Heavy-weight wrestler
    • Fairly active as a kid and teen
  • Once he lost a good amount of weight, he looked in the mirror and didn’t know who was looking back
    • Hard to explain, totally mind-boggling
    • Looks like “a fit dude spreading out of a fat person”
      • Still doesn’t feel that he looks like him
  • When he lost a lot of weight, his marriage did come to an end
    • He freaked out, and got some wandering eyes from new attention
  • Found someone else that is also trying to lose weight
    • They get to go through this journey together
  • When he started his serious weight loss, he cut out some bread and other stuff
    • Lost about 200 lbs
      • Then got serious about low carb/keto and felt better and lost more
  •  In 2001 he had gastric bypass
    • Got back up to 600+ lbs after this surgery
  • Carnivore diet appealed to him
    • “Biggest bang for my buck”
      • Feel that he’s lost 80-100 lbs this way

 

Treating Epilepsy with a Ketogenic Diet – Episode 1357

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1357 – Jennifer  joins Vinnie for this Saturday listener show, and the two discuss her struggle with seizures, treating epilepsy with a ketogenic diet when no other medication worked, her weight loss along the way, resistant doctors and more.

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TREATING EPILEPSY

  • Jennifer is in her 40s
    • Has an awesome boyfriend who Vinnie gets along with
  • Lives in Seattle, WA
  • Jennifer’s handle on Twitter was SeizureSalad
    • Caught Vinnie’s attention
    • She’s had seizures since she was 12
      • Partial complex absence seizures
      • Didn’t realize they were seizures, didn’t connect it with epilepsy
  • Diagnosed with epilepsy at 20
    • Prior to then, had no pharmaceutical help
    • Her brother developed bad epilepsy in his 20s
      • For her brother and her mom, medication controls them
  • She had seizures in clusters
    • Affected her memory
      • Couldn’t remember what she looked like, where she was, etc.
        • Passes after a few minutes
    • Reacts violently during the seizures to anyone touching her
  • Medicine did not work for her epilepsy
      • Her hormones did not help her case
        • Developed uterine cancer and realized she had endometriosis
    • Medicines actually affected her badly
      • On one medication, her co-workers thought she was having a stroke
  •  Started a ketogenic diet to treat it instead
    • Was sick of being a guinea pig with new medications, etc.
    • Found the Charlie Foundation (featured in the Fat Doc)
    • Her doctor did not recommend it but she knew she had to try
    • Began with a two day fast
    • Within the first couple of months, she had no seizures or auras
  • After 6 months, she had not had any seizures
    • First time in her life
    • Also lost weight, her insomnia faded, etc.
    • She came off of her medication during this time
  • Jennifer has also lost 140 lbs!
    • Got up to 287 at one point
    • She is a totally different person – health wise, and psychologically

Sustaining Weight Loss & Beating Cancer – Episode 1352

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1352 – Listener Chris Cornell joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two discuss his health journey, cutting his soda habit, sustaining weight loss with NSNG®, his recent battle and victory with cancer, BMI BS, and more.

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SUSTAINING WEIGHT LOSS

  • Has been following Vinnie on Twitter for a long time
  • 55 years old, 6’4″
  • 278 lbs at his heaviest
  • Put on weight after college and could not figure out how to sustain weight loss
    • He’d lose weight and gain it back
  • Around Thanksgiving a couple years ago he realized he had to do something
  • First had to kick his sugar beverage (soda) habit
    • Quickly got him down around 15 or 20 lbs
  • NSNG® has been the answer for him in terms of continuing weight loss and keeping the weight off
    • When he cut calories instead to lose weight, he felt cold and sick
    • Also tried veganism which did not work
    • Finally found Gary Taubes, and it stuck
    • He has felt great with NSNG®
  • He is now down to 184
    • Possibly partly because of a cancer treatment he recently underwent, though prior to that he was 195
      • He now has no sign of cancer!
        • Still has to go back for 5 years to make sure
  • Anecdotally, he is convinced that his diet helped him survive his treatment
    • It put him in a great position health wise prior to starting treatment in terms of weight, etc.
    • His doctors back this up
    • Vinnie feels his diet has helped make sure his leukemia doesn’t come back, too