Vinnie Tortorich

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The Benefits of Vitamin A

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar112015

Today is Andy Schreiber day!  Welcome to our Wednesday short show.  This is our 7th epidsode and so far, this podcast has been a big hit.  Today Vinnie and Andy are talking vitamins…Vitamin A.

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VITAMIN A

  • Vitamin A is fat soluable which means it needs fat to dissolve
  • The recommended dose is 5,000 IU per day.  There is an UL (upper limit) and you can take too much
  • Find Vitamin A in poultry, fish, dairy and meat (especially organ meat)

LACK OF VITAMIN A

  • Some forms of cancer
  • Vision Problems
  • Depression
  • Real vitamin A deficiency is rare

Heart Disease, Fat Adaptation and Cereal Killers

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar092015

Welcome to our Monday episode with Vinnie and Anna interviewing Donal O’Neill regarding his film documentaries, “Cereal Killers” and “Cereal Killers 2“.  They also ask listeners to get out and vote for The Angriest Trainer Podcast which has been nominated for Podcast of the year in the Health and Fitness category. You can vote once a day until March 24.  Go to PodcastAwards.com and you can use your same email address everyday.  Also, if you are enjoying Anna’s recipes on GlutenFreeAnna.com, please go to the blog and post your comment…it help bump up ratings.

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DONAL O’NEILL

  • Donal produced the film documentaries: Cereal Killers, which follows Donal who tries to avoid walking in his father’s footsteps of heart disease by becoming fat adapted, and Cereal Killers2, which follows ultra athlete, Sami Inkinen and his wife, Meredith, cross the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat on a ketogenic and fat-adapted diet.
  • Having never rowed before, Sam and Meredith rowed from San Francisco to Hawaii in 56 days doing the equivalent of 2 marathons per day
  • They were both fat-adapted and after this huge undertaking, they had no breakdown in body
  • They had no inflammation at all

DR. STEVE PHINNEY

  • Dr. Phinney has been advocating fat as fuel for 30+ years
  • He is the father of low carb and high fat for athletes
  • His findings support no need for sugar or grains for fuel
  • Intermittent power athletes who are fat adapted show positive results

WHY SUGARY SPORTS DRINKS STILL PROMOTED AS FUEL

  • Lots of businesses do not want this information out there
  • They have major financial support and momentum behind them
  • However, the information of low carb/high fat fuel is getting out there
  • Already is being seen in the ultra-running community

Protein Intake and Lifting Weights

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar072015

Welcome to the Saturday show where Vinnie talks to a fan with a question.  If you have something you’d like to ask, go to VinnieTortorich.com and ask it there and we will get in touch with you.  Of leave your questions on the Forum.  Today we are talking to Trey Beauchamp.  By the way, Trey is not Vinnie’s nephew…

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NSNG L.A. MEET-UP 2015

  • March 27 – 29, 2015
  • Going to do clinics, hikes (with beginner-intermediate/advanced levels), workshops
  • Live broadcast with the entire NSNG group on mic
  • Hoping to make it an annual event

TREY’S QUESTION

  • Wants to build strength and muscles
  • How should he tweak diet?
  • May have to up protein to 30% by eating eggs and meat
  • Have to be careful not to have too much protein…what works for one person doesn’t work for another

Weight loss, exercise and getting outside with Dr. John Ratey

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar062015

Vinnie has been trying to get today’s guest on the show for a long time, so he is very excited to have Dr. John Ratey here today. Dr. Ratey is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard and author of 8 books that have been translated into about 14 languages. His most recent book, Go Wild, is an amazing exploration of how our diet and even more importantly, our movement, effect our brain and our overall health.  *Important*…Vote for the Angriest Trainer Podcast in the Health & Fitness category every day until March 24th at www.PodCastAwards.com.  Thanks!

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GO WILD

  • We need exercise/movement for our brains
  • Our brains evolved so we could be better movers and increase our language, social bonding and intellectual capacity
  • A moving brain is a thinking brain
  • When you are moving, you are using more brain cells than when you are doing any other human activity

GRAINS AND SUGARS IN OUR DIET

  • As we became fat-phobic in the 50’s and 60’s and replaced good fat with carbs, mostly in the form of grains and sugars, we saw the beginning of the obesity crisis
  • With this unhealthy diet and lack of movement, living in a sedentary world, we saw an increase of illness such as diabetes

GET OUTSIDE ON A TRAIL AND RUN

  • We have lost touch with nature
  • We need to go outside a lot more
  • Running on a trail is much more beneficial than running on a tread mill
  • We are more mindful outside

FUEL FOR OUR BODIES

  • Humans are hunter/gatherers and meat eaters
  • It is not just about meat and fat…meat used to be full of nutrients
  • Today we are not getting all those nutrients
  • That it why it is important to have a lot of variety in the foods we chose

Improving workout performance with branched chain amino acids

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar042015

Well, the listeners are loving this podcast, so we’re going to keep on doing it. You can listen to a new podcast of The Angriest Trainer every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and our new Saturday show. Oh….very important!!! The Podcast Awards are coming up soon!  Vote for the Angriest Trainer Podcast in the Health and Fitness category every day until March 24th at www.PodcastAwards.com.

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BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS (BCAA)

  • Help performance
  • Used for treating ALS, anorexia, liver and brain disease
  • Stimulate the building of protein in the muscle
  • Possibly reduce muscle breakdown

WHAT ARE AMINO ACIDS

  • Basic component of protein
  • When three are linked molecularly together…they are called BCAA
  • Leucine, Isolucine, Valine are the three amino acids in branched chain amino acid

The importance of breakfast and reducing inflammation

by Vinnie Tortorich

Mar022015

Happy Monday! Vinnie and Anna cover a lot today. The first Los Angeles NSNG Meet Up is happening…March 27-29th. Check Facebook for more details. They also discuss how NSNG can improve the symptoms of inflammatory disease. For more recipes, check out GlutenFreeAnna.com…

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NSNG MEET UP IN LOS ANGELES

  • Both Beauchamp brothers, Lonnie and Trey will be here March 27 – 29th
  • Lots of great activities are planned
  • Plenty of time to explore Los Angeles

NSNG AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

  • Promotes less inflammation
  • Symptoms of disease are reduced
  • Need to reduce the risk of inflammation
  • No turning back…not a cure, but improves quality of life

I DON’T HAVE TIME TO COOK BREAKFAST

  • Cereal was once an occasional breakfast
  • Growing up, Vinnie had grits, bacon and eggs everyday
  • If you don’t have time to cook breakfast, get up 10 minutes early
  • It’s worth it. Do it for your health