Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Sleeping Dogs and Valentine’s Day – Episode 759

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 759 – Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich host this Valentine’s edition of the Fitness Confidential podcast. The two talk sleeping, natural sleep aids, dogs, and Valentine’s Day.

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SLEEPING

  • Sleep is the most important thing for your health
    • More important than power lifting and cardio
  • If you don’t sleep enough, all the exercise in the world will not be enough
  • The body regenerates when you sleep
    • Muscle builds the
  • Vinnie changed his sleep after leukemia
    • Sleeps a lot more these days
  • Vinnie takes some melatonin before bed (1mg)
  • Sleep will help you perform loads better at the gym
  • Magnesium is also a good sleep/relaxation aid
    • (Check out PVC)
  • When it is close to bedtime, get off technology!

 

VALENTINE’S DAY

  • Valentine’s Day can become a competition about who is the most loved
  • Can make many feel inferior
    • “Betsy’s husband wasn’t as good as Julie’s husband”
  • Valentine’s Day menus are such a hassle
    • A good way to rip people off
  • Vinnie treats Serena to a Valentine’s Day surprise a week or two before, and he gives her real, practical gifts

 

Vitamins and Gender Identity

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 627 – Co-host Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday on the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss gender identity, tonsils, vitamins, and Vinnie’s upcoming appearance at the Pasadena Icehouse.

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GENDER IDENTITY

  • Vinnie is supportive of people making their own decision about their gender identity
  • However, he was just surprised that a child that young could realize their feelings regarding that
  • Andy goes on to explain how that works
    • He just had this instinctual feeling that he was not attracted to girls
      • Didn’t have to do with the sexual mechanics
  • Kids figure this out at their own pace
    • Some kids can figure out what their comfortable identity is at 5, others at 10 or 11 or older
  • Sexual identity is VERY different from something like changing food preference
  • Vinnie is just wondering where all this was when he was a kid
    • Andy believes the difference now is children are less shamed and less afraid to share their feelings
  • Caitlyn Jenner has had a role in changing the public’s idea of gender identity

Children’s Lunches and NSNG Coffee

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 626 – Co-host Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich today to talk about children’s lunches, sugar, coffee, and obesity.

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PURE, WHITE, AND DEADLY

  • Dr. Yudkin
  • 1972, book written about the dangers of sugar
  • Cool thing is back in the early ’60s there was a war between Dr. John Yudkin and Ancel Keys
    • Ancel argued yes carbs, Yudkin argued sugar and carbs are bad
    • K ration in war is still based off of Keys
    • Keys only pushed sugar because it helped his wallet
      • Keys himself did not eat high carbs
        • “cereal is for the little people”
  • Sounded the alarm back in the 70s
  • Check out interesting article and also Lustig’s speech here! 
  • Yudkin was ridiculed and shamed, but posthumously it is making a comeback
  • Gladiators would stuff themselves with grains to get a layer of fat so when they fought they had something to protect them

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NSNG COFFEE

  • Your body treats fake sweeteners and honey and stevia the same as it does all sugar
    • Agave syrup is sugar!!!
    • Causes a reaction in your liver
  • Vinnie puts one of three things in his coffee:
    • Coconut oil, for a little extra energy
    • HWC or some whole milk
    • A little bit of kerrygold butter
  • Coffee in and of itself is a flavor — if you don’t like how it tastes, then don’t drink it
    • “Just put some coffee in your coffee”
    • Remains bitter but eventually once you stop eating sugar and processed crap it won’t be so bitter
    • Same goes with all ‘bitter’ things — your taste buds will change and you’ll miss out on less
      • The fact that sugar changes your tastebuds is disconcerting enough

CHILDREN’S LUNCHES

  • Anna would rather see you pack a sandwich with hard boiled eggs and fresh veggies and such than something like a Lunchable
    • So processed and chemical-y
  • At the very least, nothing should be a processed food in a package
  • Carrots, cucumbers, nuts, apples, peanut butter, eggs, etc.
  • Just because food is from somewhere with healthy options doesn’t mean it is healthy
  • Kids having a knowing within them if you start to awaken it

 

 

NSNG Success

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 625 – John Wanglin joins Vinnie Tortorich today to talk about his NSNG Success.

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LISTENER JOHN

  • Heard about Vinnie via the Carolla effect
    • Has been really great for Vinnie — he loves Adam!!!
  • Since finding Vinnie in October, John got on the NSNG train and went really strict, then fell off the wagon, and got back on after the New Year
    • Since then, he has lost 60lbs
    • This is the first diet change that he has enjoyed
      • It has become a new lifestyle for him — not like any other ‘diet’ he has been on
  • John is under 300 lbs for the first time in forever!
    • Feels so much better, as well
  • His wife also jumped on board and has lost weight and feels so much better

NSNG SUCCESS

  • After losing so much weight, John feels worlds better
  • He went back to the doctor without fear, and is waiting to hear back about his numbers
    • Re: his liver and triglycerides, blood pressure, etc.

 

Controlling Hunger with Dr. Ludwig – Episode 624

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 624 – Dr. David Ludwig joins Vinnie Tortorich today on the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss controlling hunger and the obesity epidemic.

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DR. DAVID LUDWIG

  • PhD and an MD
    • Attended Stanford and is a professor at Harvard
  • Professor of Nutrition
  • Director of New Balance Foundation of Obesity Prevention

CONTROLLING HUNGER

Taking the Right Vitamins

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 623 – Co-host Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday on the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss taking the right vitamins and how you can do that with Pure Vitamin Club.

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THE RIGHT VITAMINS

  • Vitamins don’t ‘expire’ – if it ain’t working, it ain’t right
  • PVC Vitamins do not have any “other ingredients” other than those blatantly listed in quantities on the label
  • We have 4-5 more PVC products on the way
    • Including electrolyte supplement
    • We take our time with our formulas so all you get is the right stuff