Vinnie Tortorich

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Eating Real Food – Episode 1317

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1317 – Kerri Hines joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her NSNG® journey, the difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis, Vinnie’s Catholic school experience, eating real food, getting control of her health, and more.

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EATING REAL FOOD

  • Kerri has been NSNG® for a very long time!
  • Super active on Facebook (and Twitter, too)
  • Discovered keto before NSNG®
    • Her daughter is a Type 1 diabetic and didn’t find out for far too many years
    • She was in the hospital, and Kerri was told to be scared of keto
      • Realized this was confusion between ketones and ketoacidosis
      • Ketones kept her daughter going when she was incredibly dehydrated
        • Her sugar was too high and her body was trying to dump it
  • Had her first grandchild right after this show was recorded!!!
  • At one point in time, was working out and starving herself (CICO)
    • Didn’t work well
  • After she learned about ketones, she realized ketosis would be a great option for her own health!
    • Involved eating real food
  • Used to do more of the fad-ish ketosis before she discovered NSNG®
  • Kerri has lost weight and inflammation
    • Looks much better
    • Was previously on her way to lifelong medication at 33
    • Now she is a bit older and feeling much better
  • Around 144 lbs now
    • A good, healthy weight
  • Found Vinnie via another podcast

Common NSNG® Mistakes & Caster Semenya – Episode 1314

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1314 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday and the two talk Anna’s new cookbook, Eat Happy, Too, common NSNG® mistakes, working for others vs. yourself, Caster Semenya and hormones in sports, and more on this episode.

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COMMON NSNG® MISTAKES

  • Karen, a super active NSNG®er, called in recently
  • Began to plateau, couldn’t understand why she wasn’t losing weight
  • Was drinking bulletproof coffee too often
    • Eating eggs is better
  • Intermittent fasting is also not necessary, but a lot of people feel they need to do it
  • Karen asked about UCAN, too
    • It wouldn’t give you a big glycogen load
    • Now, they’ve added chemicals and sweet flavorings to it
    • This is a company that steals good intentions
    • Don’t fall for their BS
  • Trying to serve too many kings
  • Doing everything all at once (fasting a little bit, having things like UCAN a little bit, etc) doesn’t work
    • Especially when you only have a little to lose
  • Weight loss normally slows down the more you lose!
    • You have to stick with it
    • Try to get into good shape and continue to lose weight slowly
      • This is healthy
      • Slow and steady, especially for those with sicknesses like Type 2 Diabetes
  • Don’t try to lose weight super quickly
    • That’s not always how it works!

CASTER SEMENYA

  • Semenya is one of the best women runners in the world
  • She has really high testosterone levels
  • Now being kept from competing unless she takes medication to lower her natural testosterone levels – this is wrong
  • This is such a slippery slope
  • Let her run! She has unique body conditions, but this is natural!

Preparing to Succeed – Episode 1312

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1312 – Listener Sheila joins Vinnie for this Saturday show, and the two talk Sheila’s NSNG® journey, preparing to succeed, the many health issues she has overcome, being raised on grains, and more.

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PREPARING TO SUCCEED

  • Sheila is from Kentucky!
    • Vinnie is pretty familiar with the area
  • Found Vinnie through the Carolla effect
    • Big fan of Gina Grad, she identified with a lot of what Gina was talking about in regards to NSNG®
  • Had been so convinced grains were good
  • So sick and overweight, she blew her knee out
  • 5’3″, top recorded weight was 280
    • Long list of health issues
    • Starting to have chest pains at that time
  • Started NSNG® at 46
    • Read the book, went over the PDF
    • Planned, went through cupboards, became prepared not to fail – planned how she could succeed
  • Now she is 48, coming up on her 2 year anniversary
  • She didn’t go cold turkey
    • First week, had artificial sweeteners
    • Second week, cut those out
      • Hardest week ever!!!
      • Artificial sweeteners are as bad as drugs like cocaine
        • Sheila had cravings for months
  • Now Sheila hovers around 170
    • Lost over 100 pounds in under two years
  • Her life is totally different
    • Used to hate leaving the house – has much more confidence now
  • Can walk without pain

Getting to Peak Performance – Episode 1310

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: Episode 1310 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday and the two talk amazing fans (like Brett), getting to peak performance, coffee conventions, weight loss, and more.

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PEAK PERFORMANCE

  • As you may know, Vinnie has been training very seriously for Mont Blanc
  • He didn’t want to just skirt by
  • Wanted to make sure he was truly ready to do very well
  • He’s been training for months
    • Probably could have started now and gotten by
  • The event that you’re training for is just the icing on the cake
    • Journey to get there is what really matters
    • Do your best to train well and be over-prepared
  • Set goals and stick to them in training
  • You can get to this ‘peak performance’ without carbs
    • Vinnie is totally fat adapted
  • Vinnie doesn’t look different now than he did in 7th grade!

Differentiating Diabetes & Overweight Prison – Episode 1309

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1309 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie and the two talk Twitter craziness, differentiating diabetes types, living in an overweight prison, leptin and grelin, and more on this Monday show.

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DIFFERENTIATING DIABETES

  • People are upset when diabetes types are conflated
  • For example, parents with kids with Type 1 hate when diabetes is generalized
  • There is no cure for Type 1 like there is for Type 2
  • Type 1 is not developed through eating badly like Type 2 is
  • Not eating sugar won’t solve Type 1 problems
  • Important to make this distinction
  • It’s a different type of thinking when your body can’t make any insulin
    • Anna does have a friend who does keto
    • but she sometimes has to wake up in the middle of the night and drink a juice to get that blood sugar up

OVERWEIGHT PRISON

  • Can be sad to see people gain tons of weight
  • They start hiding in pictures
    • Only posting pics of their kids and not them, etc.
    • Now their loved ones don’t have pictures of them
  • Get insecure
  • This is hard to watch
  • People feel trapped like they are in prison
  • You can find that key and get out
    • It’s a mental transition
    • This can be simpler than you think
    • You will have to fight a lot
    • But it is worth it
  • You’re one meal away from starting on the right track

Throwback: Discerning Unsupported Studies – Episode 1308

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1308 – On this Sunday School episode, we bring back an old but super important one that we have recently received a lot of questions about. How can we tell which studies are legit, and which are largely unsupported studies? The two also discuss overweight athletes, and more.

The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School, and the two talk badly supported studies, overweight athletes, and new perceptions.

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UNSUPPORTED STUDIES

  • Lots of articles with crazy bold headlines
  • These tend to be BS
  • Lots of “meat heavy, low carb hurts your lifespan” articles
  • See who funded the study
  • Lots of these are paid for by companies like Barilla
  • They are salacious

OVERWEIGHT ATHLETES

  • While some sports, overweight can be a positive thing, perception is changing
  • Now, people who are overweight in sports where athletes have traditionally NOT been overweight, it’s becoming the new normal
  • Example – the overweight paddle boarder
  • While body shaming is not the goal, the change of perception is interesting
  • You can be unhealthy and still be considered in athlete’s shape