Vinnie Tortorich

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Discussing Obesity with Dr. Sean O’Mara – Episode 2061

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2061 – On this Friday show, Dr. Sean O’Mara joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two discuss his research, discussing obesity, fighting chronic disease, cutting out processed foods, types of fat, and more.

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DR. SEAN O’MARA

  • Dr. O’Mara is a doctor, and also attended Villanova for his JD!
    • He attended Temple for med school.
  • He focuses on the optimization of health.
    • We can optimize people to a new level.
      • This isn’t anything he considered as a doctor initially.
  • Dr. O’Mara had severe disease himself, until he realized how his diet and lifestyle could affect his health.
    • Now, he is all about how we can make ourselves the best, healthiest, and fittest versions of ourselves.
    • Much chronic disease can be eliminated with diet and lifestyle.
  • Additionally cutting out processed foods was the most important thing for him.
  • Check out his website here.
    • https://www.drseanomara.com/about

DISCUSSING OBESITY

  • Dr. O’Mara believes in body positivity, as does Vinnie.
  • Fat shaming does not help anything.
  • However, both feel discussing the health implications of obesity are very important.
  • Most with obesity suffer from other diseases.
  • With obesity often comes other health conditions.
  • Thus, it’s important to discuss the health implications of obesity and how we can combat those.

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Unhealthy ‘Natural’ Products – Episode 2060

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2060 – On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk Expo West, unhealthy ‘natural’ products, ‘reinvented and reimagined’ foods, Unmeat, and more.

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UNHEALTHY ‘NATURAL’ PRODUCTS

  • Vinnie and Andy attended Expo West.
  • Every product was ‘reinvented and reimagined.’
  • There were hundreds and hundreds of tables.
  • Vinnie and Andy were in the ‘hot products’ section.
  • The other products that Vinnie and Andy saw were far and away not ‘all natural’ like they claimed.
    • Very few had as few ingredients as PVC, PCC, and NSNG® Foods’s food.
    • The other products that were really ‘all natural’ were things like pie and popcorn.
      • But, this is of course all sugar and all grains.
      • There was a good charcuterie place! They sold a lot of great meat. And some good coffee, too.
  • Lots of jerky places had sugar and other crap in the meat.
  • Vinnie saw a booth selling ‘fasting bar,’ which is a contradiction. 
    • There were tons of things like this.
  • Lots of brands with names like ‘nonmeat,’ ‘unmeat,’ ‘meatless,’ etc.
    • Unmeat really struck Andy!
      • “Fish free, tuna-style flakes in sunflower oil.”

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  • This is Vinnie’s third documentary in just over three years.
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Drug Lies And TV Ads – Episode 2059

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2059 – On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk cigarettes and TV ads, cholesterol misinformation, drug lies, crazy side effects, and more.

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TV ADS

  • Sometimes Vinnie’s Hulu movies have ads.
  • This is really the only time he gets to see TV ads.
  • Vinnie thinks of cigarette ads in the 20th century.
    • Doctors were smoking.
    • Nowadays, they can’t actually drink in beer ads and everything comes with a warning.
      • But it’s not all good news.
  • They would say in these ads that smoking ‘makes the air softer.’
  • They’d even show women with black eyes in the ads.
  • But now, we see lots of ads for drugs that people do not need.

CHOLESTEROL LIES

  • Now ads largely focus on selling drugs.
    • Vinnie plays a Lipitor ad.
  • Companies need folks to stay sick to sell more drugs.
  • Of course, talk to your doctor.
    • But take these ads with a grain of salt — at best.
    • Vinnie thinks that many of the things these drugs say they will treat may be treated better with diet — but he is not a doctor, so consult with yours.
  • Never forget: ads used to tell us that cigarettes were healthy.
    • Ads don’t always speak the truth.
  • Vinnie hears misinformation about cholesterol all of the time.
    • Doctors are spewing one thing on a commercial and another on YouTube or in the office.
      • Vinnie would advise that you don’t go to a GP for cholesterol- and heart-related questions.
  • These drug companies also make taking the drug look attractive.
  • The ads tell you subliminally to get on the drug ASAP.
    • Think of the Jardiance ad.
  • Vinnie and Anna look at the numbers and they show that these drugs don’t often work.

KETOCON 2022

  • Vinnie and Anna will be there this year!
  • It takes place July 8 to July 10 in Austin, TX.
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  • We’ll talk about this more soon.

PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE

  • The documentary launched this week on January 11!
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  • This is Vinnie’s third documentary in just over three years.
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Improving Mental Health – Episode 2057

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2057 – On this Saturday show, Brett Lloyd joins Vinnie and the two talk his awesome health journey, including improving mental health, medical marijuana use, the carnivore diet, his recent lab work, and more.

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IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH

  • Brett has been NSNG for some time.
  • He is now 60, and weighs 180.
  • At his heaviest, in 2015, he was 289.
    • He was also on multiple medications for depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
      • The medicine only made him feel crazier and more obese.
  • Breaking it down, Brett lost 94 pounds over three years low carb, and lost the last 22 when he switched to a carnivore diet in 2018.
  • Overall, prior to NSNG, Brett felt deluded, unhappy, and angry.
    • He couldn’t carry on conversations with people, he was unemployable, and each day was tough to get through. 
    • Brett is so grateful to his wife for sticking with him when he was sick and crazy.
  • Brett also found that medical marijuana helped his mental health.
    • A few days in, he saw that he was so overweight, had pale and gray skin, and he began low carb and walking then.
    • Consult your doctor!
  • He titrated off of all of his medications.
    • Please consult with your doctor if you are hoping to do the same!
      • Vinnie thinks this is especially important for medicines that deal with your mental health and stability.
  • Brett has been carnivore for over 1300 days.
    • He feels his life has never been better!
    • Quite literally, he only eats meat and drinks water.
    • Vinnie doesn’t do this, but he understands why it works best for some!
      • Vinnie will still eat dairy and veg (on occasion), for example.

LAB WORK

  • Brett has gotten some bloodwork done in 2019 and this year so that he can compare.
  • In 2019, his cholesterol was 174 with trigs at 63.
    • Three weeks ago, it was 158 and his trigs were 51.
    • These numbers look great, especially when you break them down.
  • The rest of his lab work also showed incredible improvement, and he thinks his commitment to carnivorism plays a big part!

PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE

  • The documentary launched on January 11!
    • Order it TODAY!
    • It’s doing really well, including on Amazon.
      • This is the most important platform at the moment.
      • Please give the film a good review if you like it. 
  • This is Vinnie’s third documentary in just over three years.
  • Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video!
  • Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): 
  • Share this link with friends, too!
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Setting Records in Rowing with Dan Lynch – Episode 2056

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2056 – On this Friday show, Dan Lynch joins Vinnie Tortorich, and the two talk Don Coddington, Mont Blanc, fighting sugar addiction, setting records and falling in love with rowing, and more!

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DAN LYNCH

  • Vinnie knows Dan through Don Coddington.
  • The two have known each other since childhood.
  • They were athletes together!
  • Don was the perfect example of ‘you can’t outrun a bad diet.’
    • He was the fittest obese guy Vinnie knew.
    • One of the wakeup calls for Don, according to Dan, was going on a climbing trip and worrying he was going to be cut based upon his size.

FIGHTING SUGAR ADDICTION

  • Dan knows how big a control sugar can have over us.
    • Don showed Dan this lifestyle several years ago.
    • He was raised in an era where because he was active, he could get away with whatever.
      • There was no class on nutrition and fitness.
  • Eventually, it caught up to Dan.
    • He began to gain weight and his joints hurt.
  • Dan still struggles to accept the fact that he has a sugar addiction.

SETTING RECORDS

  • Dan has been on the show before.
  • He fought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and then was out of commission because of Covid-19 for a year.
    • He was in the hospital several times for coronavirus.
    • Dan could not believe the effect the virus had on him.
  • His recovery didn’t really begin until May or June of last year.
    • At the start, he would spend only 10 minutes on his rowing machine.
    • He still has permanent side effects, like scarring in the lungs.
  • At 59, Dan did achieve the record of most consecutive rowing days.
    • He did 1086 consecutive days of rowing prior to coming down with coronavirus.
  • But, he’s now working once again to achieve his rowing records.
    • Dan is a superb athlete!
    • He’s at over 350 days now.
  • Rowing is fabulous exercise and everyone can do it.
    • It becomes addictive.
    • You can do it for 10 minutes or 90, and you can do it every day (like Dan) or incorporate it with other things like Vinnie suggests.

PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE

  • The documentary launched this week, January 11!
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  • This is Vinnie’s third documentary in just over three years.
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Trying to Help Family – Episode 2054

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2054 – On this Monday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk rock singers, trying to help family, unsuccessful gastric bypass, reasonably priced coffee, home renovations, unhealthy ‘healthy’ snacks, and more.

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TRYING TO HELP FAMILY

  • Vinnie will on occasion receive frustrating phone calls from his family members.
  • All he cares about is trying to help those he loves.
  • But sometimes they have their minds made up before they come to Vinnie for help.
  • His relative recently called him about gastric bypass.
    • He wants this relative to live for a long time and is worried gastric bypass will be like another failed diet.
    • And he worries about the motives  of the doctor his relative has seen.
  • Vinnie would recommend that his family members go and read stories from others on the FB page.
  • Gastric bypass is essentially a starvation diet, and many people gain ALL of the weight back. 

UNHEALTHY ‘HEALTHY’ SNACKS

  • You see lots of products marketed as healthy that are nothing more than sugar and grains.
  • Think of Kind Bars!
    • Registered dietitians for major corporations are pushing these sorts of snacks.
  • Kind Bars are just nuts, seeds, and chocolate — and many variations also have grains.
  • Don’t fall for this. 
    • Eat real, whole foods. 

KETOCON 2022

  • Vinnie and Anna will be there this year!
  • It takes place July 8 to July 10 in Austin, TX.
  • Get your tickets now! 
  • We’ll talk about this more soon.

PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE

  • The documentary launched this week on January 11!
    • Order it TODAY!
  • This is Vinnie’s third documentary in just over three years.
  • Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video!
  • Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): 
  • Share this link with friends, too!
  • Link to the film on Amazon Video:

Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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