Vinnie Tortorich

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Filming the Fat Doc & Chubby Chasers – Episode 1137

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1137 – The amazing Megan Tritsch joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her work for Vinnie this summer, and the two talk filming the Fat Doc, Megan’s weight loss journey, chubby chasers, and more.

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FILMING

  • Megan has been around for this whole project
  • She has seen all of the work
  • Lots of filming has been going on
  • In Vinnie’s house, in San Diego, and elsewhere

MEGAN

  • Megan was at one point 170 when she was married
    • Only 5″2
    • Her marriage fizzled out once she lost the weight
  • Her husband was a chubby chaser
  • Megan is now a more healthy 139
  • She would rather be healthy than be married to him

Saturated Fat Lies with Nina Teicholz – Episode 1136

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1136 – The esteemed Nina Teicholz joins Vinnie for the third time on this Friday show. The two talk her participation in the Fat Doc, the “come-from-behind” story

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NINA TEICHOLZ

  • Nina is one of Vinnie’s favorite people
  • She is a top luminary in the field
  • Male version of her is Gary Taubes
  • She’s been interviewed for the Fat Doc
    • Actually took time off of her family vacation to shoot her part in Vinnie’s living room
  • An author of many books

SATURATED FAT LIES

  • Nina wrote a book on this – check it out here
  • Since the 1960s, people have been following the advice not to eat sat fats
  • In the last 50 years, scientists have looked at this data
    • There have been tons of meta analyses that show that even this data is BS
    • Not linked to your risk of heart disease or heart attack
  • Yes, they may raise LDL but that’s not inherently bad
  • Many Harvard studies funded by vegetable oil industry –> biased
  • Coconut oil is NOT BAD for you
    • In fact, it is good!
    • Entered US market in the 50s
    • Soybean and other vegetable oil corporations were angry about this
      • A stunt to keep out foreign competition
      • Case to be made that the sat fat lies are due to a trade war
    • Good to use in manufacturing and don’t cause inflammation like many others do!
  • It’s awful because this trade war has made so many unhealthy
  • Many who have decided these are bad for you find they can’t go back on it because of the psychology of going against your life’s work
    • Effort to shore Ancel Keys’ work up in an effort to make themselves feel better
  • Studies also use too small a sample size for those who are low carb
  • If people are still fat after 60 years of following these dietary guidelines, maybe it’s the guidelines that are the problem

Young And Obese – Episode 1135

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1135 – Andy and Vinnie host another Wednesday show from the road, and the two talk their experience watching young and obese women having a girls night out order drinks and food, and more.

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YOUNG AND OBESE

  • Vinnie and Andy saw a big table of women (12-15)
  • Having a GNO
  • About 10 morbidly obese
  • Not even 30 years old
  • All of these women had super large sugary drink
    • Had several
  • Lots ate lobster mac n cheese
  • Mini-tacos
  • All high carb and totally grains
  • Injecting a straight line of sugar and carb-loading on top of that
    • First, glucose spike, then glycogen load
  • Vinnie and Andy had meat and veggies
  • The women all eat more carby entrees, too
    • Salmon was maple bourbon glazed and had candied bacon — yuck!

Dr. Drew’s “Guns” – Episode 1134

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1134 – Anna joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk complexities of gender, the upcoming Nina Teicholz show, the fact that money lies, controlling hormones, Dr. Drew’s NSNG arms, and more!

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MONEY LIES

  • People like Walter Willett who make their money from making people unhealthy will try to deny what we are putting out
    • Just because he researches at Harvard doesn’t mean he is right
  • He has money and he will try to “prove” Vinnie is wrong
  • However, we will use our strength and numbers to make sure this film is a success and it reaches many people
  • The campaign to make fat look bad was the result of folks spending a lot of money to make sure they make more money
  • The money Vinnie makes, on the other hand, just goes to keeping this show running
  • Vinnie DOES NOT make money from this show

CONTROLLING HORMONES

  • Anna has had issues with her hormones
  • She has had lots of problem with her thyroid
  • Had to go on a low dose birth control
  • NSNG has made controlling her hormones much easier
  • However, hormone imbalances can also prevent weight loss
    • If you are plateauing a lot

DR. DREW

  • Drew is finally NSNG
  • He eats Pili Nuts and all of it
  • His arms are massive, too
  • Check out the picture in the podcast above!

Cars, Podcasting, Pop Culture and the Outdoors – Episode 1132

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1132 – Brian joins Vinnie for this Saturday listener show, and the two discuss Mary Tyler Moore and relevant political conversations, video games vs. the outdoors, the fact that humans are part of the food chain, Brian’s podcasting, Fat Doc, and more.

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THE OUTDOORS

  • Vinnie was an outdoors guy
  • Brian enjoyed both
  • Now, kids only care about video games
  • Hayden, Vinnie’s nephew, did try chopping some wood
  • Being present in the outdoors is so important
  • We are on the food chain — being in the outdoors in the forest or in the ocean, you realize it again
  • If house cats were the size of lions, they would kill us

BRIAN’S STORY

  • Brian has a radio/podcast history
  • Runs his High Voltage Radio
  • Brian found Vinnie via the Carolla effect
  • He says Vinnie is his Adam Carolla

Low Carb USA with Doug Reynolds – Episode 1131

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1131 – Founder and CEO of Low Carb USA Doug Reynolds joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss the filming of the Fat Doc, the amazing conference Doug run’s, Low Carb USA, and more!

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LOW CARB USA

  • Vinnie attended this event to film for the Fat Doc
  • He spoke out of turn in the form of a joke about this event
    • Vinnie was wrong, and publicly apologizes
    • This event is amazing
  • Vinnie heard from everyone in the low carb community that he was wrong
  • Doug and his wife work hard to make this event as amazing as it is
  • Prior to the age of 40, Doug could work out and eat whatever he wanted
    • Eventually, he packed on a few pounds and no matter how much he exercised, he couldn’t get it off and he found himself hurting
    • He found low carb/keto diet, and it helped not only his running but he lost those extra pounds
      • It beat the insulin resistance he had developed
  • Governmental dietary policies of 1977 totally screwed this country over
  • Doug is trying to make right all that has gone wrong because he knows low carb works
  • He has tons of doctors and experts in the field come and speak at this event
    • He takes his own money out of his pocket to make it work
  • Each year, more and more people attend
  • Most of the speakers have CME credits
    • “Continued medical education”
    • To make sure they keep up with the latest education and knowledge
    • These folks submit abstracts and the like which they have to get approved
    • This makes sure the speakers are properly vetted and knowledgable about the subject
  • Doug wants to provide doctors with the right environment
    • Eventually, low carb will become the standard of care
  • We need to flood the market with events like Low Carb USA and products like Vinnie’s movie and the F Bomb