Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Male Implants

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 579 – Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber explore the world of male implants, and the topic of cosmetic enhancements in general.

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MALE IMPLANTS

  • Men recently have been deciding to get chest, bicep, calf implants
  • Vinnie thinks that you are the way you were born
    • Be happy with what you have!
    • Many pro athletes appear to have small calves, but they are still super muscular
    • Rich Roll has HUGE calves, but this doesn’t make him a sprinter
  • Andy saw a guy he used to date getting implants in a video recorded before they dated
    • Chest implant just pushes OUT the muscle so you feel the muscle when you touch
  • Andy has had hair transplants
    • He believes we should all be happy with what genetics gave us
    • However, if we can do something to improve ourselves without risking health, OK!
    • Hair transplants are not foreign bodies
      • Your hair is moved from one place to the next
  • Having a foreign body being introduced inside of you is a very strange thing
  • Once people get to a certain age, it is clear they have been enhanced
  • Necessity and vanity are two different animals
  • Ultimately, if it will make you feel better, just understand the risks before you dive in
  • Other people need this for their career (actors)

Blood Sugar and Intermittent Fasting

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 578 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss fasting blood sugar and the health pros and cons of intermittent fasting, as well as how NSNG can affect a woman’s hormones and therefore her menstrual cycle on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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NEW ORLEANS

  • Home to many special characters
    • Vinnie worked with some crazy people
    • He had some corporate clients in the early 80s
      • Set up gyms at big businesses
        • He worked at a big law firm
          • The lawyers would come down and work out with him during their work days
  • Nicest people in the planet
  • People in New Orleans put LIL every day

VINNIE’S SPEECHES

  • Vinnie has now done a bunch of speeches at different places such as at Princeton University, or in New Amsterdam
  • He has a short compilation of his speeches in a video online
  • He wants to do a Ted Talk but has not been asked to!
  • Speaking of Vinnie speaking, schedule a phone call with him!

PROTEIN BARS AND PROTEIN POWDER

  • Only good protein bar are Epic Bars
  • Vinnie does not like protein powder, but will use it every once in awhile sparingly
    • Don’t use Whey powder!
    • Anna uses Bovine Collagen in her coffee
      • She will add cinnamon and some full fat coconut cream
      • No sugar or anything in there!

BLOOD SUGAR AND NSNG MEALS

  • Her fasting blood glucose has gone up a bit, but unsure why because she is NSNG
  • All of the following recipes are in her cookbook
  • In a day she eats:
    • Last night for dinner she roasted a chicken
      • White meat, dark meat, chicken skin
      • 3 inch circle serving
    • Made a salad with her own salad dressing
      • Ratio: 3:1
        • 3 part oil to 1 part vinegar
        • Fresh herbs
        • If you want creamy dressing, you can use dijon mustard or a teaspoon of NSNG mayo
    • Green beans with garlic and salt
    • Has olives and salami for snacks
      • Careful with carrots because they are pretty sugary
  • Her Intermittent Fasting was causing the cortisol levels to get very wonky
    • For some people, IM Fasting does not work, for others, it really does work!
      • Tread lightly
      • Also, if you are super low carb like Anna was, the tiniest thing like a baby carrot can throw you off
  • Vinnie is not SUPER low carb nor does he Intermittently Fast, and he has really low fasting blood sugar
  • In general, IM fasting is good for those with metabolic syndrome, and those who are very overweight, etc.
    • We all should look at how much we eat though
    • It is good to do to reset, but for Anna, it was not good to stay on

MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND NSNG

  • When you are eating processed foods, your hormones are affected
    • For Anna, she had 21 day cycles with awful cramps and heavy flow
      • Once she cut out processed foods, her cycle was more regular and her pain went away
  • So, when a woman eat NSNG and eat natural, it is likely her menstrual cycle can improve
  • NSNG also helps you sleep better and stress less, also affecting (a woman’s) hormones
  • Dr. Sara Gottfried talks about this in detail 

RU EL’S POUND COUNTER

  • Ru El has made a spread sheet where you can insert the amount of weight you have lost on the NSNG facebook page
    • Go check it out and contribute!
  • That being said, don’t worry about checking your weight all the time, etc.
    • Weigh in maybe once a month, not too often

Charles Tortorich, Crohn’s Disease and NSNG

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 577 – Charles “Frankie” Tortorich, Vinnie’s brother is an NSNG success story. He and Vinnie reminisce about their Glory Days in HS sports, Charles’ Crohn’s disease and NSNG, and how Charles started listening to what Vinnie says about nutrition.

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CHARLES TORTORICH & FOOTBALL

  • Vinnie’s younger brother
  • Was a good athlete, but not a college D1 athlete like Vinnie
  • Used to work really hard with Vinnie
  • Football in the south is the talk of the town
    • Vinnie was a town celebrity
  • All sports are a huge deal
  • Mark, the youngest brother, was the best at playing all-around football
    • Unfortunately, he did not follow through with that path
  • Vinnie had to beef up in highschool to put on muscle for football because he is only 5’11-6′
    • Neither of the Tortorich parents were athletic; just super academic
  • In highschool, life revolved around football
    • The whole family would attend!

CROHN’S DISEASE AND NSNG

  • Charles figured out he had Crohn’s disease when he was a teenager
    • They didn’t know much about the disease other than the fact that he would sit on the toilet and bleed a lot
    • Spent about 2 months total in the hospital as a teenager
      • He couldn’t eat or drink
  • Charles now follows NSNG, although he didn’t use to listen to Vinnie because he is his brother
    • His coworkers came around and made him listen
  • Charles was overweight with borderline high blood pressure and realized he had to make a lifestyle change
    • He didn’t want to take medicine for something he could change/avoid
  • He initially was baby-stepping for NSNG
    • Ex: for breakfast, he wouldn’t eat grits (polenta, straight grains with some butter)
  • Charles has found he feels much better, has better blood pressure, and his Crohn’s does not flare up as much
    • He doesn’t even follow it to the T but has still lost lots of weight
    • Overall, he cut down a lot and lost ~26 lbs

 

Vinnie’s Energy Shake

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 574 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss Vinnie’s Energy Shake, a go-to meal that Vinnie whips up in his nutribullet for healthy, tasty, long lasting energy. The two also talk about ‘healthy’ energy bars.

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VINNIE’S ENERGY SHAKE

  • Vinnie’s ‘fat’ shake is now in Anna’s cookbook
  • Here’s a quick thing Vinnie whips up:
  • Lots of coconut oil
  • Kale
  • Chia seeds
    • Vinnie lets chia seeds sit in the water so that they get gooey and ‘slurpy’.
  • Fresh ginger root
  • Half of a 3 inch jalapeno
  • Water to help it blend
  • Berries are optional (only a few)
    • Anna likes it with blueberries

VINNIE’S AEROBICS & MARATHONS

  • Vinnie loves to run!
  • Now that his shoulder is way better, he can do much more aerobic work
  • Ran with Serena, a total of 2 hours
  • Check out: “Barkley Marathons” on Netflix
    • Only 14-15 finishers in this Marathon
      • It is crazy! Like a prison-escape
      • Runners who can run Badwater don’t even attempt this

AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK

  • Dave Dolak won this week!
  • He bought through the Amazon link on the website
  • He is a super fan
  • Getting ready for an ultra-kayak race (100 miles)
  • Bought a urine-bag and sunglasses for his race
  • He will win some NSNG Carb

‘HEALTHY’ ENERGY BARS

  • The only bar that Vinnie really endorses is EPIC Bars
  • Kind Bars are basically deconstructed Snickers bars
    • 19-23 grams of sugar in a Kind Bar
    • 3/5 top ingredients are sugar
  • Not awful in an emergency situation, but try to avoid if possible
  • “Diet” products are also awful for you because they are straight chemicals which compensates for the lack of calories (maybe even makes it worse)
    • Your body still registers this as sugar

Hidden Sugars In ‘Healthy’ Smoothies

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 573 – Listener Juanita and Vinnie discuss the hidden sugars in ‘healthy’ smoothies and sauces. Also, Vinnie demonstrates using Juanita’s examples how low-calorie diets do not result in fat loss.

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JUANITA PAGE

  • In Kansas City, Missouri
  • Had a mini-stroke which made her very health-conscious
  • Bought a nutribullet and did the whole smoothie thing
    • Worked out 6 days a week
    • Lost inches, but not a pound
  • Used to have an incredibly fast metabolism
  • Trying to get back on the wagon
  • Eating clean for Juanita meant no junk food, fruit from sugar
    • Would have a smoothie with spinach, pineapple, banana, strawberries, flax seed
  • Low cal type of eating didn’t work for her really
  • When you give up sugar and incorporate more fat makes you flatline but eventually will be good

HIDDEN SUGARS IN ‘HEALTHY’ SMOOTHIES

  • When you put fruit like pineapple and banana in a smoothie, then it is practically straight sugar and very high carb
  • The nutribullet emulsifies the fiber into almost nothing
    • Basically you end up just getting a glycogen spike
    • You don’t get the good fiber anymore

DECIDING BETWEEN FATS

  • How do you decide between good and bad fats?
    • Really the only bad fat is processed fats
      • Try to avoid trans-fat
  • Sat-fats are NOT heart-stoppers
  • Vinnie eats a super high fat diet and it is what keeps him healthy
    • No cancer
    • No cholesterol or triglyceride problem
    • He is perfectly lean
    • Great blood!

Weight, Relationships, and Body Image

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 572 – Marni Kinrys & Kristen Carney from the Ask Women podcast join Vinnie to discuss weight, relationships, and body image.

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KRISTEN AND MARNI

  • They have a show on Playboy Radio called “Ask Women”
    • Vinnie was on their show recently
  • Their show is largely about men becoming good with the ladies
    • Help men attract women with HONEST advice
      • A lot of Vinnie’s callers also ask for help with the ladies
  • Their podcast fills a niche, making it successful
  • Check out Marni’s website here

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WEIGHT, RELATIONSHIPS, AND BODY IMAGE

  • A lot of men who are overweight lose weight and think they will be a ladies magnet
    • However, physical is not NEARLY as important to women as men
      • Men need to work on their personalities and who they are as a person instead of obsessing over body image
  • Many people lose the weight, then ask “now what”
    • They want to go back to their old diet but that will put the weight right back on
  • In high school, Kristen struggled with her ‘image’ as she had a crossed eye and thick glasses
    • She was bullied and had a negative body imagine from the start
      • She changed schools at 17
      • Vinnie relates to this because he was really picked on (he was deaf/speech challenged when he was little and it carried all the way through high school)
  • Marni felt awkward and shy, although she was more outgoing than she gave herself credit for, but she did have to deal with lots of bullying
  • The bullying that the two endured still affects them to an extent although now the two have great self worth
  • Many beautiful women are insecure because they were bullied and brought down when they were younger
  • Both tried to be healthy by eating less and then binge-eating, which actually hurt their weight
    • Going to the gym made them ‘bulk up’ which caused them to obsess because they wanted to be lean