Vinnie Tortorich

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How To Fix Morbid Obesity – Episode 1189

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1189 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday to talk the podcast’s new sponsor, FBomb, Topsy’s passing, the wildfires, potential solutions to morbid obesity, the proposed meat tax, and more.

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HOW TO FIX TO MORBID OBESITY

  • More morbid obesity in rural areas
  • So much Bojangles, everything is breaded and fried and made with unhealthy oils
  • Vinnie was in Mississippi trying to find something he could eat
    • No Starbucks, nothing like that
  • He was so saddened by how many people were almost fake-looking they were so fat
    • Some couldn’t even walk
  • Health care won’t help these people, we need to CHANGE WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE TO EAT
    • This is the only way we can begin to solve the problem of obesity
    • We also need to make sure healthy foods are affordable

MEAT TAX

  • Meat tax really looks like propaganda
  • So ridiculous, too much so to pass
  • Filled with holes
  • Proposed for England
  • Read CNN article here
  • MEAT IS NOT BAD FOR YOU
  • The proposition is so misinformed
  • The writer of the CNN article also writes on how oatmeal is good for you…

Selling Lies and Stealing Good Intentions – Episode 1187

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1187 – Vinnie goes solo on this Saturday show. He talks about how both razor companies and weight loss companies are selling lies to well-intentioned consumers – ingrown hairs and weight-gain are cut from the same cloth.

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SELLING LIES

  • Gillette had a double blade razor
    • “Better than the best”
    • They were selling crap
    • Vinnie’s dad bought into it
  • Now, they’re up to a bunch more blades
  • Vinnie found that the razors with more blades actually hurt his skin
  • These expensive razor companies are just selling lies
    • People wanted to do what was best for their skin, so they overpaid for these overrated razors
  • Robert Haas wrote a book called “Eat To Win”
    • Carbing up was the big lie
    • It’s still being propagated
    • “Don’t eat fat, fear it”
    • These lies sold because people wanted to get healthy
      • Good intentions totally stolen
  • Getting fat is kind of like growing ingrown hairs
    • Figure out what went wrong
    • It was the lies you were sold that caused it

 

The Keto Guido with Vinny G – Episode 1186

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1186 – Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino, the Keto Guido, joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk growing up Italian, Jersey Shore, the benefits of a low-carb, ketogenic diet, and more!

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VINNY G

  • Vinny is Sicilian, like Vinnie
    • His mom born in Sicily,
  • Named Vincent, rather than Vincenzo, trying to Americanize it
  • Now, his family is going back to Italian names
  • Both he and Vinnie were not “Vincenzo”
  • Still had traditional Italian family values
    • Family meals, etc.
  • Vinnie is the reason Vinny got into low-carb/keto
  • Vinny was the more balanced person on Jersey Shore
    • Overall, calm, nerdy (comparatively), college-grad, law school-bound, guy to counterbalance the crazy on the show
  • Jersey Shore was TONS of work
    • Between filming and PR, it was nuts
    • Spent lots of time in night clubs
    • Paid to show up places

KETO GUIDO

  • Check out his Instagram here
  • Vinny has had a ton of success with a low carb diet
    • Lost a lot of weight himself
  • In 2015, he got really into it
  • Went down the rabbit hole
  • Got a keto cookbook
  • His friends thought it was weird, but now his Instagram has almost 600k followers
  • He says he’s not an expert, he’s someone with anecdotal evidence
  • It takes guys like Vinny to spread this around because people listen to him!
  • He is amazed by the same luminaries that Vinnie has on this show
    • Nina Teicholz is one of those people

 

Keeping On Good Weight – Episode 1182

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 : Episode 1182 – Listener Nick T. joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk living with diabetes, keeping on good weight, alcohol, the self-serving JDRS and more.

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KEEPING ON GOOD WEIGHT

  • Nick has been a Type 1 diabetic for over 20 years
  • Grew up eating a diet that resembled NSNG
  • Actually at a point where he tries to gain weight
  • When he eats sugar and grains, he loses weight
  • He needs to increase his fats
    • Avocado, eggs
  • Increase protein and workouts
  • He has to balance protein intake before during and after workout to make it have an effect
  • Insulin pump has to go into fat areas
    • He has trouble finding them – sometimes has to give his body a break
    • Prefers pump over injections
  • Put on three or four lasting pounds in a couple of weeks
    • Increase in protein made a big difference
  • Still feeling a bit fatigued — likely should up fats a little, may get better when more fat-adapted
  • Even though he’s always trim, he feels the difference when he’s being healthy or not
    • Does not drink alcohol – makes him feel awful as a diabetic when he drinks
  • It’s tough to be a diabetic
    • You can indulge, but a treat is a treat, not a staple
    • Must have good willpower

Age is Just a Number for Athletes – Episode 1177

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1177 – Listener and boxer Glenn Barras joins Vinnie from Louisiana to talk about how a low-carb diet allowed Glenn to lose weight and feel better, and the fact that age is just a number for athletes like Glenn and Vinnie.

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AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

  • From the Baton Rouge area
    • Vinnie could tell by his accent and phone number
  • Former Air Force guy
  • 54 years old and a boxer!
    • Boxing is all adrenaline
    • Age is largely but a number
    • Old does not mean you shouldn’t keep doing things like the sports you love
    • Part of why Glenn still does it is because he still can!
  • He has had several consults with Vinnie
  • Glenn wants to stay active and inspire others to stay active
  • Keep the weight off and what you can do is pretty limitless
    • Many of Vinnie’s high school and college classmates gained TONS of weight
      • This partly made him exercise more because he didn’t want this for him
      • Glenn had a similar experience
        • Gained a lot of weight when he stopped playing rugby
          • Had trouble reaching down to tie his shoes and he hated it
  • Did the ‘good’ low fat thing and exercise and still gained weight
    • Wasn’t eating fat, but his trigs were still up – this did not make sense to him
    • The “conventional wisdom” did not work — switched over to Low Carb
    • Found NSNG because he was researching
      • Could feel that the low fat wasn’t working and was wrong
      • Knew he had to get off the sugar
  • Low carb/NSNG revolutionized Glenn’s life
  • Glenn (and Vinnie) had to battle the Southern culture that says they ‘live to eat’

Energy Gain From NSNG®- Episode 1174

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1174 – Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk energy expenditure and energy gain from NSNG®, the fact that gastric bypasses are a bad option for sustainable health benefits, vegans, the progress being made on the Fat Doc, and more on this Monday show.

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FAILING

  • Failure is no longer a thing
  • Everyone is a winner
  • Nobody has motivation to do well becaus everyone is treated like they do well even when they don’t
  • For Vinnie, his motivation to do well in Theology class was to get to play football
  • Failing is a good thing, and we should be able to fail
  • It’s a great motivator
  • Not everyone is a champion
  • We learn from failure!

ENERGY EXPENDITURE

  • Many people say they can’t get off the couch because they have no energy
  • One of the men who spoke to Vinnie recently said before low carb, he had no energy
    • Didn’t play actively with his kids
  • Eventually, started going to the gym
  • Now he has lots of energy and always wants to take it to the next step
  • A lot of it is hormones
  • If you are obese and eating lots of carbs your brain still treats you like you’re starving because of your diet
    • You need to break this cycle, have your brain feel fulfilled and ready to work
    • Low carb allows for this
  • Fat is the best energy!
  • The high fat part of NSNG®, is just as important as the low carb
  • The energy change will follow the dietary change
  • You will need to get moving because of all the energy you have!