Vinnie Tortorich

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Unhealthy Veganism And Cycling Accidents – Episode 1662

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1662 – On this Saturday show, Seria Hogg joins Vinnie and the two talk her journey to meat-eating, unhealthy veganism, recovering from a traumatic cycling accident, her upcoming Changing Faces charity ride, and more!

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SERIA HOGG

  • She found Vinnie through Rich Roll.
  • Seria was raw vegan at the time, but really liked what Vinnie had to say and realized she should change her lifestyle.
  • She was focused on doing a triathlon, and had a really bad accident while she was cycling.
    • With Seria stuck in the side of the car, the driver kept driving.
      • She wasn’t conscious.
  • The road to recovery was very long, with so many surgeries, rehab and dental treatment.
  • It’s been about 10 years since her accident.

UNHEALTHY VEGANISM

  • Her health on the raw vegan diet wasn’t as good as she thought it was.
  • Now, she eats mostly meat and some veg, but doesn’t focus on the veg.
  • The issue with veganism is that most vegans eat tons of carbs and processed food,
  • Lots of fruit, too, can be too much sugar.

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A Diabetes Solution with Bethany McKenzie – Episode 1661

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1661 – Bethany McKenzie joins Vinnie for a second appearance on the podcast to talk her new documentary, A Diabetes Solution, treating Type 1 diabetes with a change in diet, trusting doctors, better blood sugar management, and more on this Friday show.

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BETHANY MCKENZIE

  • Bethany has been on the show before.
  • She also was in Vinnie’s documentary.
  • You heard her talking about changing her Type 1 diabetic child’s life for the better with diet.
  • People at first thought she was a little bit of a crazy mom, but now her kid is so insanely healthy and athletic that she’s showed how this lifestyle works.
  • She’s always trusted doctors, so the moment when she realized her diet wasn’t good for her child (or for her) blew her mind quite a bit.
    • Her husband is a doctor, after all!
      • He’s endorsed this wholeheartedly, too, though.
  • Check out her foundation’s website here, too.

A DIABETES SOLUTION

  • She is very proud of her documentary.
  • It is set for release on October 1st.
  • The documentary focuses on treatment of children with Type 1 diabetes.
    • She wants families to be able to make an educated dietary choice for their kids.
  • They started with their own funding, then supplemented to make it the best film they could.
  • The doc’s  Indiegogo page can be found here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/madness-the-cost-of-carbs-a-documentary#/faq
  • We’re calling it A Diabetes Solution because it’s a message full of hope.
  • Her son is a healthy athlete eating lots of meats and veggies and real food.
  • He’s no longer bogged down with carb spikes and the junk.
    • Brittany really believes if she could cook for people herself and show them, they’d be as content.
  • She now uses generic insulin for him when he needs it –– it’s different now.
    • Spikes are much slower, so he doesn’t need fast acting expensive insulin anymore.
    • He’ll always need insulin but it’s more manageable.

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Nut Butters Shipments And Our New Kitchen – Episode 1660

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1660 – On this Wednesday show, Andy and Vinnie talk Nut Butters shipments, our new commercial kitchen, Adam Carolla’s raving review, the UltraFatini, upcoming Fat 2 and more!

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NUT BUTTERS SHIPMENTS

  • Our Ultra Fat has done really well.
  • We made between double and triple than what we were told to expect.
    • Even then, we’ve depleted that source.
  • People love it and are reordering already.
  • Because we ship everything ourselves, shipments are a bit behind at the moment.
    • We’ve actually tried to slow sales down a bit to make sure we can fulfill all of the orders already in.
  • We’ve just signed a lease on a full commercial kitchen.
    • It should take us about 2 mos to finish this.
  • Then, we want to be able to make it ourselves.
    • The whole team will be trained for this.

FAT DOC IS OUT

Health Mindsets, Zone 1, & More – Episode 1659

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1659 – On this Monday show, Vinnie and Anna talk Marie’s recovery, health mindsets, Zone 1 exercise, hospital dietary guidelines, workout tips, and more. The two also play a lot of great music. (Is Shania involved? Stay tuned to find out.)

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HEALTH MINDSETS

  • When it comes down to it, training someone who doesn’t want to put in the work is terrible.
  • You have to want to lose the weight more than anything.
  • This lifestyle is easy once you start –– the hard part is starting.
  • You need to want it badly enough to give up the sugar and get over the addiction.
    • It needs to be your priority, and you have to be ready to listen and learn.
  • Stop saying “well I’ll do that but not this…,” etc.
    • Trying to cheat the system will not work.

ZONE 1 EXERCISE

  • Zone 1 is also effective exercise.
  • It gets your fat stores burning like Zone 2.
  • Up to 69% of your aerobic capacity is Zone 1.
  • House work, pushing your lawn mower, walking your dog are all in Zone 1.
    • Vinnie would argue it’s as heart healthy as Zone 2.
      • Zone 2 just may be more efficient for training and the like.
      • Your CO2 capacity may not grow as quickly, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good.
  • If you’re not at a Zone 2 level, start with Zone 1. It’s still great.

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Sweating, Youth Sports, and More! – Episode 1658

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1658 – On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie and Gina Grad talk sweating, Marie’s surgeries and Vinnie’s relocation, Chadwick Boseman, youth sports, and more.

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SWEATING

  • All people sweat differently.
  • Just because you aren’t sweating doesn’t mean you’re not working out hard enough.
  • If you’re in the cold, it’s normal not to sweat.

VINNIE’S RELOCATION

  • Vinnie’s Mom, Marie, has had some joint replacements.
  • She’s in recovery now.
  • Vinnie is going to head down to Louisiana to stay there indefinitely.
    • He’s going to help her with her rehab and all of that.
  • He got a laptop just for the occasion!

YOUTH SPORTS

  • As a kid, Vinnie played every sport.
  • Kids back then would play a different sport every season.
  • He felt that learning basketball and other sports actually helped with his football, as did baseball (with his hand-eye coordination).
  • Vinnie recommends kids play as many sports as possible.
  • Don’t commit to one thing too early.

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Reversing PreDiabetes & Ergometers – Episode 1654

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1654 – On this Monday show, Vinnie and Anna talk reversing prediabetes with NSNG®,  Marie’s recent fall (with a special appearance by Marie!), medical malpractice resolutions, Pelotons and ergometers, and more.

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REVERSING PREDIABETES

  • Many very overweight people are prediabetic.
    • This is common among metabolically damaged people who are still eating a lot of sugar.
  • There have been many listeners who, under consultation of a doctor, have brought down their A1Cs to non-prediabetic levels with NSNG®.
    • Folks have been dangerously ill and largely reversed it.
  • This is not, however, medical advice. If you have prediabetes or diabetes, talk with a doctor.
  • Diet really does play so much into this. Diet can be everything.

PELOTONS & ERGOMETERS

  • If you can afford a Peloton, great, but they;’re expensive.
  • Any ergometer machine is really excellent.
  • Most of them have cool programs.
  • They’ll have classes, and lessons, and challenges.
    • Vinnie has done some with his Concept 2 rower.

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