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The Dietitian’s Dilemma with Michelle Hurn – Episode 2026

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2026 – On this Friday show, Michelle Hurn joins Vinnie to discuss her relationship with food, her work as a registered and licensed dietitian, challenging norms, her book, The Dietitian’s Dilemma, and more.

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MICHELLE HURN

  • Michelle is a registered and licensed dietitian and has been for over a decade.
  • In 2019, after following a typical low-fat diet, she realized her health was in shambles.
    • She embarked upon a journey where she ate a low carb, high fat diet.
      • This restored her health. Now she would never advise her clients anything else.
  • At 12, Michelle nearly died from anorexia.
    • She was then admitted to an in-patient treatment center.
    • Even at 12, they fed her horribly unhealthy food and taught her all the wrong things.

THE DIETITIAN’S DILEMMA

  • When Michelle became a dietitian, Kellogg’s, Unilever, and more funded the dietitian’s association.
  • Additionally, in 2021, it was funded by many including the National Confectioners Association — they literally promote the sales of candy!
  • Michelle could not unlearn the truth once she realized this was the right way of living.
    • However, it did make sense to her that those who struggle with blood sugar should not be eating 75g of carbs per meal!
  • Ultimately, she found out everything she had been taught was not true––and that’s a tough pill to swallow.
  • Now, she’s learned that Type 2 diabetes is almost always reversible.
  • You can, quite simply, turn your health completely around with a low carb diet.
  • Previously, as a dietitian, she was taught to accept amputations as a reality of diabetes.
    • But then, she learned this doesn’t have to be the case.
  • Since, she has learned a lot and has begun teaching the truth.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Improved Oral Health And Recommitting – Episode 2024

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2024 – On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk growing a fanbase, improved oral health, BS supplements, no ‘quick fixes,’ listener Lee makes a special appearance to talk recommitting to NSNG®, and more.

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IMPROVED ORAL HEALTH

  • Your mouth can reflect your general health.
  • This includes inflammation!
  • Go see your dentist — see how it’s going, see what’s improved since you’ve changed your lifestyle.
  • Vinnie hears from many people that their oral health has improved.
    • Anna went from 4 ratings and 5 ratings to 1 ratings and 2 ratings.
      • This was a huge difference!

BS SUPPLEMENTS

  • Some supplements are good; others, not so much.
  • Anna found one called Sugarbreak that supposedly helps break addiction.
  • Really, it sounds to Vinnie like chewing gum.
  • Vinnie thinks it would probably be BS.
  • They also have gummies. When you hear gummy, run!
    • Usually, these are filled with chemicals and/or sugar.
  • In this case, they have white mulberry leaf extract which supposedly helps with glucose response.
    • But this is not what reverses Type II diabetes.
      • Nutritional lifestyle changes can, however.
  • They also have several different kinds of sugars in them!
  • Go to page 2 or 3 of the internet to get past the marketing BS.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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The Ills of Fat Shaming – Episode 2023

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Episode 2023 – On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk Vinnie’s journey to the Carolla Show, the ills of fat shaming, proper motivation, and more.

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JOURNEY TO CAROLLA

  • Many listeners found Vinnie through the Carolla Show.
  • This is how he and Gina linked up, too.
  • Vinnie’s now been on the show 86 times, and he still goes on periodically. 
  • Howie Mandel mentioned the show to Vinnie, but it took him awhile to meet Adam and make his way to the show, via Dr. Drew and others.

FAT SHAMING

  • Most recently, he was on a couple of weeks ago.
    • They spoke about fat shaming, and how it simply will not work.
      • Those who are morbidly obese and feel sick do not want to feel that way.
  • It’s okay to love your body, and accept who you are and where you are without glorifying it.
  • Morbid obesity isn’t healthy, but shaming people is wrong.
  • Inspiring people and showing people they can live healthily with relative ease is the way to go.
  • Different people have different breaking points — but making people feel bad isn’t what gets people there.
    • For Scott King, for example, he reached his breaking point when he realized he couldn’t run into the street to bring his child back to safety.
      • Now, he’s lost quite literally hundreds of pounds and is a triathlete.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Finding the Truth in Health And Fitness – Episode 2022

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2022 – On this Saturday show, Don Haller joins Vinnie and the two talk Don’s health journey, finding the truth in health and fitness, falling off the wagon completely, getting back on, cycling, making time for exercise, and more.

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FINDING THE TRUTH

  • Like Vinnie, Don is 59!
  • He found Vinnie around 2013 — he was following Abel James. 
    • It resonated with him and he listened to Fitness Confidential several times.
    • Then he became a die-hard podcast listener. 
  • In 2013, Don was around 265 lbs at 5’8.5″. 
    • He was not happy, his dad had just passed, and he did not want to end up like his father who was in poor health at the end.
      • His father, who was not very overweight, did have inflammation and ended up having a massive heart attack that killed him.
  • It took Don awhile to find the truth — but once he did, it changed his life.
    • Don appreciated that Vinnie quoted doctors, brought on experts, and the like.
      • Then, Don could analyze the information for himself and make an educated decision.
  • He ended up choosing NSNG®.
    • At a point, he gave it up and ballooned back up to 300 lbs.
      • Then, he got it all under control again.
      • In part, he thinks it was because of his involvement in beer brewing.
      • But he became emotional — how did he get back to this point?
  • Don then went back to the basics and went in 100%.
  • In 2017, he was in ketosis, intermittent fasting, and the whole shebang.
    • Now, he’s not trying to stay in ketosis, but he’s stable and feels much better.

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  • The documentary launched this week on January 11!
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Phony Food Articles, Hormones, & More – Episode 2021

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2021 – On this special Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie to talk about phony food articles, the keto flu, hormones and diabetes, our new hats, and more!

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PHONY FOOD ARTICLES

  • Some alleged news channels give terrible nutrition advice.
  • CNN claimed popcorn was a great pre-dinner snack.
    • This simply isn’t the truth.
  • You have to make sure you’re finding the real science.
    • Not opinions, or the like, but science-based fact, with no funding from the sugar or grain lobby.
  • Articles like this are misinformation, and they make things fluffy and dumb.
  • Turning something that should be an occasional treat to a ‘healthy snack’ is simply wrong.

HORMONES

  • Carbs mess with your ghrelin and leptin.
  • And hormonally, causing your blood glucose to spike and mistreating your body with sugar and grains can make you insulin resistant.
  • Messing up these hormones is what can lead to type 2 diabetes.
  • Making sure you control these hormones is therefore very important.

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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Filling Meals & Personal Training – Episode 2020

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Episode 2020 – On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk aerobics, filling meals, one-on-one phone calls, personal training, Playboy, and more.

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FILLING MEALS

  • When you’re fat adapted, you can go all day without eating.
  • Sometimes, you don’t even notice you haven’t eaten, for instance.
  • For Vinnie, he’ll get to the afternoon — or even to dinner — and realize he is hungry and needs to eat.

PERSONAL TRAINING

  • Vinnie isn’t still a personal training per se.
  • However, he still does his phone consults.
  • He does this because he wants to continue to train people in some capacity.
  • For decades, Vinnie was a personal trainer and that doesn’t just go away.

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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