Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

In Search of Hidden Sugar

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Wednesday show with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber.  Today Andy living “No Life Into Living” during the NSNG 100-day challenge, he has lost 21 pounds since January 1st.  Now what?

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HIS GOOD INTENTIONS WERE STOLEN

  • Andy was 100% NSNG, but at the airport he accidentally had sugar
  • Why?  Because he bought a container of tuna salad and afterward found out it had High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Since when does tuna need sweetening
  • This is how Americans eat…everything needs sugar

HE HAS REACHED HIS GOAL WEIGHT OF 172 LBS AT 6’5″… NOW WHAT?

  • Continue on with NSNG lifestyle!
  • You will continue to look and feel great
  • You will not keep losing
  • Your body will maintain at the weight it needs to be

Vegans vs. Paleo and Plantpower with Rich Roll – Episode 378

by Vinnie Tortorich

Today Vinnie welcomes Rich Roll…Plant powered Wellness advocate, vegan best selling author, ultra athlete and host of the Rich Roll Podcast.  He is also a partner in JOi Restaurant.  He’s been on the show before, so we welcome him back.  Listen in as Vinnie and Rich talk about diet and lifestyle.

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THE PLANTPOWER WAY

  • Rich Roll and His wife, Julie Piatt’s new book…”The Plantpower Way“
  • A plant-based cookbook and lifestyle guide
  • Just want people to make better choices
  • Everyone can agree that it is better to eat more greens

VEGAN VS. PALEO

  • There is a happy medium between the two
  • We are the most prosperous country and also the sickest
  • 1 out of 3 Americans will die of heart disease and diabetes.
  • Obesity is a national disaster

WELLNESS AND HEALTH

  • Eating well is more affordable than people think, regardless of socioeconomic condition
  • People tend to see wellness as elitist, that it’s not for the masses
  • That prevailing notion is not true
  • It takes more work…it certainly is easier to just pick up fast foods

INDUSTRIALIZED STATE OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

  • The way we raise animals is broken
  • There is huge water waste, environmental implications, land use
  • Not a vegan issue…then how do we raise them?
  • Grass-fed beef is expensive.  Also looked on as elitist

 

The 8 Types of Vitamin B

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Wednesday show with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber.  Today they will be discussing the reason for eight Vitamin B supplements.  What are they are how did this happen?

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THE 8 TYPES OF VITAMIN B

  • Vitamin B1 – Thiamine, Vitamin B2 – Riboflavin, Vitamin B3 – Niacin, Pantothenic Acid (historically known as B5), Biotin, B6, B12 and Folic Acid
  • When they were originally researched, they were all understood to be one vitamin – B
  • As they were broken up, they were kept in the B family but renamed

Fast Food, Obesity, Documentaries and Fat Head with Tom Naughton

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Friday One-On-One show with Vinnie Tortorich.  Today’s guest is Tom Naughton who directed and starred in the movie, Fathead.  The movie questions the claim in the movie Super Size Me that fast food is responsible for the rampant obesity in this country.  Listen and learn…

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TOM’S THOUGHTS ON SUPER SIZE ME

  • He thinks Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, and the movie itself are very entertaining
  • It’s obviously a setup
  • The nutritionist in the movie berates Spurlock for eating 5000 calories a day
  • We never saw his food log.  You would have to eat fast food and extra food

THE GOVERNMENTS ROLE

  • Government should not be in food business or diet recommendation business
  • The government will throw millions of dollars behind wheat, soy and corn
  • They have GMO in their back pocket

VEGANS

  • Tom agrees with Vinnie that it really isn’t good for your health
  • Vegan’s health improves because along with giving up meat, they also give up sugar, white bread, processed foods and probably alcohol.  They give up a lot of poor habits
  • Ethical reasons for going Vegan are another story
  • Initial weight loss is also related to cleaning up your diet

BEING CARB-PHOBIC

  • Unnecessary…rice used to be a side dish and pasta used to be a side dish
  • Today at  home and in restaurants, carbs like rice and pasta are the main dish
  • 70 years ago, the focus was not on “no carbs”, it was on balance…don’t eat too many starches
  • In the 40’s, the recommended starch per day was 2 servings….like one piece of bread or one potato.
  • Today the food pyramid suggests 11 servings

 

Nutrition, Carbs and Training for a Marathon

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to our Saturday show where Vinnie goes one-on-one with a listener and answers their questions on air.  Today’s guest listener is Phoenix Lam and she has been NSNG for over a year.

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PHOENIX SHARES WHAT A DAY OF NSNG LOOKS LIKE

  • Breakfast can be eggs, bacon or sausage or maybe chia seed pudding with nuts and seeds
  • Morning snack at work can be fruit and greek yogurt or some meat and cheese
  • Lunch will be a meat and veggie and sometimes rice on the side
  • If she has an afternoon snack, almond butter with an apple
  • Dinner will be protein with veggies

IS IT EFFECTIVE TO WORK OUT BEFORE YOU EAT?

  • There’s no reason to work out without eating
  • Cyclists sometimes do it before a race to lose weight
  • More effective to eat and get your metabolism moving
  • Exercise is a poor way to lose weight…you are going to have to replace calories you burned

WHEN YOUR ARE INTERVAL/ANAEROBIC EXERCISING, CAN YOU EAT MORE CARBS?

  • It is also ok to up your carbs especially if you are training for an event
  • Get the carbs from veggies first, then fruit
  • Ok to have a carb like a potato…but keep track.  If you start craving sugar…pull back

COFFEE, SWEETENERS AND AMATEUR ATHLETES

by Vinnie Tortorich

Hey everyone…welcome to Monday’s podcast with Vinnie and Anna.  This coming weekend is the first annual NSNG LA Meetup.  There will be surprises for everyone!  It is supposed to be in the high 80’s and even 90 degrees … so leave sweaters and snow gear at home and bring plenty of sunscreen.  Lots to talk about today, so let’s get going…

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EUROPE VS USA

  • In Europe remaining active is not about losing weight…it’s about enjoying life
  • They eat healthy there because that is how Europeans were brought up
  • There is a healthy relationship with food
  • Not as attached to food as Americans

BULLET PROOF COFFEE

  • Check out GlutenFreeAnna.com for a  dairy-free bullet proof coffee recipe
  • Don’t need sweetener
  • Start with some cream if you need to
  • After you get used to it, you will rebuild taste buds and start to taste the coffee

JOHN OLIVER PIECE ON THE NCAA

  • Vinnie says NCAA is a form of legal slavery
  • Everyone makes money but the players
  • The March Madness season brings in 1 billion dollars of ad revenue
  • Players have to “squeeze in” education