Vinnie Tortorich

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Overcoming Eating Disorders And Unhealthy Weight Loss – Episode 1172

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1172 – Loli and Saro join Vinnie this Saturday to talk Loli and Saro’s amazing stories, overcoming eating disorders and unhealthy weight loss, and more.

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LOLI AND SARO & OVERCOMING UNHEALTHY EATING

  • Loli and Saro had dinner with Vinnie and Serena
    • They were incredibly generous and donated a big sum to the Fat Doc
    • It was Serena’s birthday!
  • Saro has done a consult with Vinnie previously
  • Both have lost a ton of weight
  • Saro has lost 40 lbs off of 5’10”
  • Loli lost 173 lbs
    • Only 5’1″
    • She lost a whole person
  • She got married very young, had two kids
    • Got to 280 lbs on a starvation diet
    • She really previously bought into all the BS slogans
    • “Eat less move more”
    • “Low fat and healthy grains”
    • She went vegetarian, and it just made her mean and hungry
    • Had bulimia and anorexia
    • Has gained and lost a lot of weight
      • Eating emotionally, eating crap
    • FINALLY, she found NSNG
      • It was sustainable and made her feel so much better
      • Got back into meat with NSNG
      • Tried bacon and couldn’t do it
        • Tried chicken, and she still felt weird but stuck with it
        • Made her feel better, and she got too ambitious and tried a pork chop
        • Then went back to chicken – have to go slow when you come back from being a vegetarian!
  • Both Vinnie and Saro stayed in ketosis after their meal, even having maybe a bite of ice cream and carby veggies
  • Loli overcame heart palpitations, hair loss, skin problems, liver issues, eye pressure issues, and more with NSNG
    • Completely changed her health

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Your Body & Sugar – Episode 1168

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1168 – Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School, and the two talk The Godfather and sugar guidelines, how your body and sugar interact, and more.

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YOUR BODY AND SUGAR

  • The government says it’s okay to eat 12 tsps of sugar a day
    • 53g
  • You DO NOT need this much sugar
  • Even if you eat fruit, your liver will still just see sugar
  • Liver does not discriminate
    • Sugar is sugar
  • You need LESS THAN TWO TEASPOONS in your body
  • If all you ate was broccoli, you’d have enough sugar
  • Vinnie would rather see people get their carbs and sugar from veggies and fruits like berries sometimes

Make Weight Loss Simple with NSNG®- Episode 1167

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1167 – Listener Rebecca Alcorn joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk Rebecca’s weight-loss journey where she lost 150 lbs by making weight loss simple with NSNG®, her work as a hair dresser, falling in love with what she could do, and losing the emotional attachment to food.

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SIMPLE WEIGHT LOSS

  • 5’6″
  • 34 years old
  • At 15 years old, weighing in over 200 lbs
  • Was over 300 lbs, then right before she started her health journey, she was at 299
    • Low point was right before having her second child
  • Her doctor advised bypass, but she knew that wasn’t the answer
    • She knew it had to do with how she ate
  • Her sister in law showed her the NSNG® Facebook page two years ago
    • She lost over 100 lbs, too!
  • This journey has saved her!
  • Only did it half way at first
    • Lost weight this way because she had so much to lose, but realized she had to do more
  • Rebecca wanted to be an athlete, this is what inspired her to go full-in
  • Rebecca’s lost 150 lbs
  • Her husband, everyone around her has lost weight
  • She feels like she escaped a nightmare
  • Now she’s an athlete and a whole new person

Getting Type 2 Diabetes in Check with NSNG® – Episode 1165

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1165 – Trey Beauchamp (of the infamous Beauchamp brothers) and Amber Peri join Vinnie to talk Amber’s getting Type 2 diabetes in check with NSNG®, their upcoming wedding, Trey’s weight loss, and more this Saturday-turned-Wednesday show!

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TREY AND AMBER

  • Trey is an NSNG® oldie
  • He and his brother went out of pocket to start the NSNG®
  • meet-up trend
    • First in LA, second in Kansas City
  • Trey made hot pink Vinnie look-alike pants and memorized the Vinnie-Oprah speech
    • Amber was the helping hand that allowed for this to happen
  • Amber and Trey are engaged to be married!
    • Amber is out of Trey’s league!
  • The two met through the NSNG®
  • Singles Group!
  • Their wedding is coming up this month!
    • Sadly, Vinnie cannot attend
  • Trey lost 104lbs mostly driving with NSNG®

GETTING TYPE 2 DIABETES IN CHECK

  • Amber’s lost 50 lbs and gotten her Type 2 Diabetes in check!
    • Has a friend in the group, which is how she found NSNG®
    • Her friend looked not only thin, but young and healthy
    • Amber had gained weight over the past year though she grew up thin
    • March 1st, 2017
      • Before this, she dabbled but was eating a lot of fruit and potatoes because she took no SUGAR no GRAINS too literally
      • On this day, she found out she was a Type 2 diabetic
        • It was pretty bad
        • She went cold turkey NSNG®
  • After doing NSNG®
  • for awhile, her A1C went down like 6 points
    • NO medication

 

Question Authority and Change the Medical World – Episode 1164

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1164 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk Gina Grad’s ankle and Don Coddington’s daughter, Vinnie’s previous shoulder issues which have kept him from this kayak trip, the fact that nurses and doctors in training can change the medical world, health-food lies, and more.

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DOCTORS AREN’T ALWAYS RIGHT

  • It’s healthy to question authority
  • Not all doctors finish at the top of your class
  • If something your doctor says sounds weird or wrong, call them on it
  • If they can’t explain the reasoning behind something to you, that should be a red flag
  • Don’s daughter was told to take a ton of Advil
    • This, however, could cause stomach issues
    • Don will be speaking to the doctor as a result

VINNIE’S SHOULDER

  • Vinnie had issues before he played college football
    • Just aggravated those issues with that and a lot of his lifting afterwards
  • By Vinnie’s 33rd birthday, he was on his second surgery
  • He could not raise his right arm at all
    • Had to shake hands with his left
    • Hardly could ride a bike at all
  • His arm basically atrophied in his forties
    • No muscle, could basically see the bone
  • Had a ream and run surgery
    • Different from any other shoulder replacement
    • For the worst of the worst shoulder injuries
  • Vinnie is still recovering from this surgery
    • It takes years to build a bit of cartilage back
    • He had also forgotten how to use his shoulder muscles in that arm
  • Part of why he hasn’t done this kayak trip is because he rushed the recovery to try and do the trip too soon and hurt his shoulder
    • He is training slowly for it
    • He WILL get this done
  • Now, Vinnie has kayak friends!

Vinnie in Kayak

CHANGE THE MEDICAL WORLD

  • Vinnie and Anna love hearing about podcast listeners in nursing and medical school
  • However, the limited nutrition lessons that teachers give are often focused around the SAD diet
  • A nurse-in-training’s teacher told her fat calls diabetes
    • Don’t believe everything your teachers tell you
  • Gary Fettke was persecuted for trying to save his patients’ limbs
    • He recently had his name cleared, but it was a long battle
  • When you become a nurse or a doctor, spread the truth
    • It is YOU who can change the world
  • There are doctors and nurses doing the right thing out them
    • Join them in this quest to keep people healthy, not just keep people from dying

HEALTH-FOOD LIES

  • It’s hard to imagine foods we have been told are healthy are unhealthy
  • Ex: veggie juices seem healthy, but they’re just straight sugar
  • Green tea frap is plain sugar
    • The ‘good’ from green tea does NOT outweigh the bad
    • Has 50g of carbs in 12oz
      • In no world is this good for you!
  • Naked Juices are misleading – NOT good for you

The Carbing Up Myth & Weight Watchers – Episode 1159

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1159 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich this Monday (recorded on Vinnie’s birthday!), the two talk carb and protein pre-workout myths, Vinnie’s workout routine, Weight Watchers’ new advertising BS, and more.

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THE CARBING UP MYTH

  • Eating carbs before a workout is not necessary
  • Vinnie will have four or five egg yolks before a big work out
    • That’s plenty!
    • He gets rid of the egg white because the protein can affect blood ketone levels
  • If you’re NSNG®, you don’t need the carbs before or during a big exercise
  • That we need so much protein before a workout is also a myth
    • Especially if you’re getting some protein for lunch afterwards

WORKOUT ROUTINE

  • Vinnie is going more for endurance than for the extreme
  • He doesn’t do anything too crazy
  • LOTS of warmups and getting loose, especially if you are stiff like Vinnie is because of his injury history
  • Then, he’ll move into squats or deadlifts
  • If you have so much weight that you can’t do 8 reps, you should TAKE OFF weight

WEIGHT WATCHERS

  • They changed their name to WW Freestyle
  • It’s their new branding
  • “Weight Watchers” makes people think of their parents and bland diets
  • “Don’t have to track or measure” everything anymore
  • Still eating sugars and grains
    • Won’t help your metabolic issues
  • It’s still calorie-in calorie-out
  • They maybe are reducing carbs a little, but it’s still low-fat and medium-to-high carb
  • Not good for you, and not sustainable
  • Really have not done anything but change the name