Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Why Vitamin B12 Helps Give You Energy

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Wednesday episode of The Angriest Trainer.  Today, Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber discuss essential vitamin B12…why it is important, why vegans run a deficiency risk and the best way to take it as a supplement…

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WHY VITAMIN B12 IS IMPORTANT

  • One of the essential vitamins
  • Deficiency is serious…affects blood cells and energy
  • Plentiful in animal foods

VEGANS AND B12

  • Vitamin B12 does not occur naturally in any plant-based food
  • The only exception are organisms that attach themselves to plant-based food

FORMS OF B12

  • Vast majority of supplements come in the form of cyanocobalamin
  • Vitamin is bound together by cyanide molecule
  • It must be converted to methylcobalamin in liver
  • And it takes energy to flush out of liver

 

The Mindset of a Super Athlete

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Monday edition of The Angriest Trainer Podcast.  Today’s guest is superfan Joanne Baxas who has co-written a book,  With Nick Cicerchi,  “The Macca Model“, based on triathete Chris “Macca” McCormack’s philosophy on triathlons and how they related to everyday life.

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MACCA…AMAZING ATHLETE…TRIATHLON’S BEST

  • Never paid like a pro
  • Won the Hawaii Ironman twice
  • No real endorsements like pros
  • Never made a lot of money

THE MACCA MODEL

  • 7 principles
  • What is the mindset in becoming a super athlete
  • How does it relate to everyday outlook

ACT LIKE A PRO

  • Triathletes give back a lot
  • Train so hard and are so dedicated
  • Can seem arrogant
  • Have to work hard…triathletes train 8-10 months a year

The Truth About Fruit, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Saturday edition of The Angriest Trainer Podcast.  Today, Vinnie takes a question from long-time listener, Lonnie Beauchamp who attended the First Annual Los Angeles NSNG Meetup.   Lonnie’s question has to do with his Diabetes and fruits…

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HIGH GLYCEMIC FRUITS

  • When Lonnie eats high glycemic foods or fruits such as bananas, cantaloupe or watermelon, his blood sugar shoot up over 180 and stays that way for a while.  What should he be eating?
  • Veggies should be your mainstay.  Fruit is okay if it is low glycemic but stay away from fruits and foods that give you a blood sugar spike

 

The Important Difference Between Eating, Blending & Juicing Fruit

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Wednesday episode of The Angriest Trainer with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber.  Before Andy went pure NSNG on January 1, 2015, he had the same juice everyday…apple, carrot, beet, ginger (without the beet greens).   He has a juicer that does not pulverize the fiber and just disposes of it out the back of the juicer.  Is this ok?  What to do?

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JUICERS THAT DON’T PULVERIZE AND INCLUDE FIBER

  • You are drinking a glass of sugar
  • Extracted juice has some nutrients
  • Next to sugar cane, we get our sugar from beets

IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO JUICE?

  • If you can use a high speed blender, still retain fiber
  • But, is fiber being pulverized so much that it is no longer valuable?
  • Still a question
  • Try and use veggies and fruits with a low glycemic index

The Fast Diet with Actress, Andrea Anders

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Monday edition of The Angriest Trainer Podcast.  Today Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk with Andrea Anders.  Andrea is an actress known for her roles on “Joey”, “The Class” and “Better off Ted”.  They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of low-carb diets, fasting days, 500 calories diets and what information the public is getting.  Listen and learn…

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500 CALORIES A DAY

  • Andrea read about this in Michael Moselys book, “The Fast Diet“
  • Does it work?
  • Curbed Andrea’s cravings
  • But does it work?

WHAT INFORMATION IS THE PUBLIC GETTING

  • People tend to believe what they hear
  • They get caught up in “diet train” craziness
  • Have to be careful

LOW CARB

  • You can go too low
  • Not always good for women
  • Being in deep dietary ketosis is not healthy long-term

HYPOTHYROIDISM AND WEIGHT LOSS WITH NSNG

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Saturday episode of The Angriest Trainer podcast where Vinnie goes One-on-One with listener Kristal Thomas and answers her question about NSNG, exercise and her hypothyroidism.

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KRISTAL HAS HYPOTHYROIDISM

  • NSNG really clicked in for her about 6 months ago
  • In that time she has lost 33 pounds
  • It has helped her insomnia
  • First diet that has really worked for her

GOING OFF MEDS

  • In process, with doctor’s okay, of going off meds and controlling hypothyroidism with NSNG
  • What will be the result?