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Jill’s Amazing Weight Loss Journey – Episode 1037

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1037 – Jill Rieder joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two discuss Jill’s amazing weight loss journey, speech impediments and bullying, alcohol, and more.

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JILL RIEDER

  • Works in the financial industry
  • Jill drinks olive oil!
  • She’s listened to his audio book
    • She started crying upon hearing the book
    • Also a big podcast fan
    • Go get out the audio version, even if you’ve already read the paper version
  • Jill felt that Vinnie is speaking directly to her via his book and his podcast

AMAZING WEIGHT LOSS 

  • A large part of Jill’s weight loss was cutting out a lot of her drinking
    • Cocktails are so sugary, and beers so wheat-y
  • Jill’s lost circa 100 lbs
    • She had social issues largely because of her weight
    • Looks like a totally different person, and is dealing with those social issues as well
  • Found Vinnie via the Carolla effect
    • She had had an emotional breakdown after having a surgery, and her husband had an injury and broke a hip
    • So overwhelmed and knew she needed to do something
  • Jill was pre-diabetic at this point
  • Her life is now completely turned around
    • Helps her be a great mom to her daughter, too
    • Many of her chronic issues went away
  • She went from existing to truly living

 

Read more about Jill’s transformation and see all the transformation Real Before and After Stories here

Harmful Health “Gurus” – Episode 1014

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 : Episode 1014 – Vinnie and Anna talk harmful health “gurus” like Jillian Michaels, Dr. Oz, and a number of Doctors who continue to perpetuate health and nutrition myths on this Monday edition of the show.

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HARMFUL HEALTH “GURUS”

  • First of all, Jillian Michaels is often wrong
    • Vinnie and Anna, and most people in health and fitness, do not like or agree with what she puts forth
    • Jillian Michaels is one of those people who is naturally ripped with a great body
    • Just casually became a trainer
      • Didn’t study it in school like Vinnie did
    • She went to auditions, and she’s hot, so she ended up on Biggest Loser
    • She posted something on Twitter comparing ketogenics to serial killers
      • Pretty messed up given the fact that a ketogenic diet can be great and incredibly healthy for many people
    • She should not have a voice in the health and fitness industry
    • The AHA and people like Jillian have the blood on their hands
  • Dr. Oz is another one of these guys
    • 80% (at least) of what he says is BS
    • No science to back it up
    • He changes his mind a million times
      • Contradicts himself constantly

VINNIE’S CALCIUM RESULTS

  • Vinnie eats fats on fats on fats
    • Red meat, olive oil, avocados, etc.
  • Vinnie’s number is both 0 and normal looking at risk of heart disease
    • Anna’s is the same
  • His afib is normal, too
  • Blood flow is great, too
  • Basically, everything on his test is the best it can be
    • Serena’s was too
  • Both of them and Anna eat the opposite of how people like the above “gurus” and the AHA/WHO/etc. eat, and they’re scores are amazing

Diet Change Is All It Takes – Episode 1012

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 : Episode 1012 – Listener Stacie Mack joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her amazing NSNG journey which just utilized a diet change to lose so much weight.

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STACIE MACK

  • Stacie is 32, 5’5″
  • She just reached her goal weight!
  • Lost 85 lbs!
    • Now weighs 130
  • Started January 1st 2017

DIET CHANGE

  • At first was using artificial sweeteners, but that wasn’t working for her
    • Gave it up and it was smooth sailing for her
  • Stacie neither exercised nor took vitamins
  • She has signed up to run a marathon, so now will begin exercising/running
    • She will ease into aerobic shape

 

Healthy Meat Eaters with Dr. Shawn Baker – Episode 1011

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: Episode 1011 – Dr. Shawn Baker joins Vinnie for a second time this Friday, and the two incredibly healthy meat eaters discuss all-meat diets, hate mail, the myth that we need carbs, and more!

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MEAT EATERS

  • Shawn has only had coffee a handful of times
    • Tried Vinnie’s coffee, his first coffee in the last 15 years
  • Shawn is a doctor (a surgeon, in fact), and also quite the athlete
    • Bit of a world famous rower
      • Broke an indoor rowing record recently
      • Continues to beat Concept 2 records
      • He is 51 and the 20-somethings have trouble keeping up with him
    • 772 lb dead lift
      • Drug free organization
      • About 20 years ago
    • Discus/track & field champion
  • Agrees that you do not need to carbo load before working out or competing
  • Shawn eats meat – ALL the time!
  • Also tries to fight Bro Science in nutrition and sports
  • Those who say “don’t eat too much meat” are well-intentioned but misguided
    • This research is based on bad science
    • Ignore the fact that CARBS might be making these peoples’ health bad
  • Shawn has muscles for days
    • He is also in peak health condition
  • Part of the “zero carb” movement
    • Extreme ketosis
  • Shawn definitely does receive hate mail
    • It’s pretty polarizing, but he tries to laugh about it
  • If you tell people we should eat meat like we have been for the last millions of years, people attack you!
  • The epidemiology that says eggs and meat will give you disease is awful work
    • The research that “supports” such hypotheses is cherry-picked and ignores variables that actually cause disease, such as sugar intake and the like
    • No direct association
    • Ex: you get a sunburn from eating ice cream
  • Our bodies do not require carbs
    • Our body can turn fats and proteins into glucose
  • Fiber is also not a necessity
    • Can be helpful depending on what your diet looks like
  • Fun fact: Shawn has smaller bowel movements, as do most who are low/no-carb because you are using up more of your nutritious food, and there is less waste!

LCHF Health with Dr. Sarah Hallberg- Episode 1007

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: One on One Wtih – Dr. Sarah Hallberg joins Vinnie today, and the two discuss the Aspen Institute, LCHF health, reversing type 2 diabetes, and more!

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DR. SARAH HALLBERG

  • Sarah is a doctor
  • Medical director at Virta Health
  • Also director and founder of program at IU: “Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program”
  • Check out Sarah’s awesome Ted Talk here:
  • Recently, Sarah has been chosen to be a Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow
    • Leaders worldwide, in all different fields
    • She has some amazing company
      • 19 of the most innovative and fantastic people in health care
      • She is the only in low-carb
  • Specializes in Type 2 Diabetes
  • She and Nina are working together now
  • Sarah has one great paper out now and another coming out soon
    • Studies of hundreds of patients

LCHF HEALTH

  • LCHF = Low Carb High Fat
  • More and more studies show that fat and heart disease are not directly correlated
  • Sarah’s own research (and her study of others’ research) has shown that people on LCHF diets have better cardiac and metabolic health
  • LCHF can also save folks money by getting them off various medications
  • Sarah and her family are also LCHF
  • There is so much misrepresentation out there about how we should eat
    • LCHF is a growing community
  • In Sarah’s study, they looked at people on insulin
    • 94% of her patients who went LCHF had decreases in insulin they took
    • Each person in the study got their own health coach
      • Can make the difference to have that support and encouragement
      • Sarah could make safe medication adjustments this way as well
  • New paper shows results after a year of strict LCHF for type 2 diabetes patients
    • Absolutely amazing results

 

No Sugar No Grains #NSNG – REAL Before and After Stories-BJ Moore

by Vinnie Tortorich

BJ Moore says “..learning about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) Lifestyle on The Adam Carolla Show saved my life, I know it!” BJ weighed 316 lbs in November 2015, he made the decision to not be fat when he turned 40 years of age and committed to the NSNG® Lifestyle……today at 41 years of age BJ rocks at 199 lbs.

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Billy Jack Moore from Arkansas learned about the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle while listening to his favorite podcast The Adam Carolla Show (ACS) and over a two year period lost 116lbs…….”Since hearing of Vinnies approach to diet and nutrition, I have been a healthier, stronger, more confident man than I can remember since my 20s. At 39, I heard about your No Sugar No Grains way of eating, I was 316 lbs, at 6’1″. By following your advice on Adams show, I lost 95lbs and weighed 220 lbs by the time I turned 40…and now, at 41, I’m as fit as I was in my 20s, and tip out at 199 lbs. I lost a total of 116 lbs! Vinnie you helped me find my health again! Thank you so very much. I think you’ve saved my life.”

No Sugar No Grains Billy-Jack-Moore-(B&A)

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