Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

The fear of carbs (and why you shouldn’t be carb-phobic)

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb282015

Today is the 3rd episode of the new Saturday Show…One-On-One with a listener question. Vinnie is going to see how this works out because Saturday is historically a wasteland for new podcasts. We now have podcast every Monday – the original show with Vinnie and Anna, Wednesday – our new short show with Andy Schreiber and Friday – Vinnie’s One-On-One podcast. Today’s listener question comes from Lea Crager.

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LEA IS A SUPERFAN

  • Worth the money
  • You can give any amount you want
  • Keeps TheAngriest Trainer going
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QUESTION

  • When Lea started NSNG, about a year ago, she went into ketosis easily
  • But then she started getting carb-phobic
  • She knows the benefits of ketosis…for example, it improves brain function
  • What are the right foods to eat?

VINNIE’S THOUGHTS ON KETOSIS AND NSNG

  • He doesn’t believe you have to be in ketosis to lose weight…it is not a magic bullet
  • You can eat lots of veggies and berries and still go into ketosis
  • Don’t be carb-phobic..just cut out sugar and grains
  • If you are eating real foods, like leafy greens, carbs are not a problem

The benefits of cutting grains from your diet with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb272015

Vinnie’s returning guest, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida School of Medicine. Dr. D’Agostino is a hard core scientist who will be discussing, with Vinnie, his research into nutritional ketosis and a healthy lifestyle. He shares his personal experience with us today to motivate listeners to focus on their own performance and longevity. Listen and learn…

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DR. D’AGOSTINO’S RESEARCH

  • Funded by the Navy for about 10 years
  • Grant was to study the cellular and molecular mechanism of oxygen toxicity seizures
  • These seizures result from the specialized equipment that Special Ops and Navy Seals use
  • Researching why oxygen is toxic to brain in high levels

NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PEOPLE IN SERVICE

  • Acute vs chronically sustained ketosis
  • In the beginning there is decreased performance in physical and mental ability
  • Body needs time to adapt to running off of a different fuel source
  • Fat rather than glucose

MCT (MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES)

  • Easily digested fat found in coconut oil, as well as a variety of other products, and is a very healthy fat…
  • It provides instant and sustained energy
  • Versatile and easy to incorporate into food
  • Use to make salad dressing, whey protein shakes

DIABETIC OR ALCOHOLIC KETOACIDOSIS VS NUTRITIONAL KETOSIS

  • Doctors not taught about Nutrition Science in school
  • Ketones are a bad word…considered metabolic poison
  • People who adapt ketogenic lifestyle and get bloodwork at doctor’s office
  • Seen as a red flag…told to get off diet as fast as possible because they are in a dangerous metabolic state
  • Of course, this is not true

Healthy Weight loss and Vitamin D

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb252015

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Wednesday short show with Andy Schreiber. Today Vinnie and Andy discuss how much Vitamin D we really need and what is a healthy amount of weight to lose per week. Listen and learn…

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VITAMIN D – WHEN IS IT TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?

  • Vitamin D deficiency is an increasing problem especially among older women
  • We just don’t get enough natural sunshine with no sunscreen
  • Also people are eating less dairy and drinking less milk which is fortified with Vitamin D
  • Because of this deficiency, rickets is on the comeback, osteoporosis, muscle weakness and malnutrition

HOW MUCH VITAMIN D IS HELPFUL AND WHEN IS IT TOXIC

  • Most multi-supplements are around 400 iu
  • People are taking 10,000 iu per dose which is 25 times the recommended dose
  • This can cause other problems like liver damage
  • You need to get a blood test to see if you are deficient

HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS IT REASONABLE TO LOSE PER MONTH

  • Andy has lost 10 pounds in one month on the “No Life Into Living” challenge
  • Vinnie says that 1-2 lbs a week is a healthy rate…so 10 pounds per month is on target
  • As you lose weight, the rate will slow down.

Cholesterol and The Plan Trainer’s Podcast

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb232015

Happy Monday morning…today Vinnie and Anna discuss Coca Cola’s exciting new product – milk, news about cholesterol, Anna’s stress fractures, The Plant Trainer’s Podcast and most importantly, my age and my social life…

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FAIR LIFE MILK

  • Coca Cola’s new “Milk Product”
  • Using a proprietary formula to remove lactose 50% less sugar, more protein and calcium
  • This is not milk…it is just Coca Cola trying to invade another part of your “stomach space”

NEWS FROM THE NUTRITION ADVISORY PANEL

  • After 40 years of telling us that cholesterol is bad for us and to stay away from eggs, they have changed their tune
  • There now is no cholesterol recommendation
  • There is no scientific evidence linking cholesterol to heart disease

THE PLANT TRAINER’S PODCAST

  • Adam and Shoshana Chaim have a new Podcast, The Plant Trainer’s Podcast
  • Vinnie has already been a guest on their show
  • Concerned about the cuts in school physical education programs
  • Schools are ignoring the exercise/brain component

Running, Training and Lifting Weights

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb212015

Today is second in our Saturday edition of one-on-one with listener questions. Today’s listener is Mark Thomson from New Zealand and he has a question about improving his running time…

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MARK’S QUESTION ABOUT RUNNING

  • He has been a long-distance runner for 20-30 years and wants to get faster…less than 20 mins for a 5K
  • If you go out to fast, you get exhausted and if you don’t go out fast enough you won’t have a good time
  • What can he do to build up power to be able to improve his time by 30 seconds?
  • Is weight training effective?

WHAT WORKS

  • Varying speeds, for example go from zone 2 to a spring…interval training…is very effective
  • Good to gym exercise…lunge and squats will add power to your legs
  • But to go faster, find a program like Joe Friel’s 5K training routine
  • Gotta run hard and stay relaxed

ONE-ON-ONE WITH DR. STEVE

by Vinnie Tortorich

Feb202015

Vinnie chats it up with Dr. Steve, a repeat guest, and host of his own Sirius Radio show, Weird Medicine, on the East Coast. Fair warning…if you just came here looking for fitness and NSNG advice, don’t listen…come back Monday. For the rest of you, have fun!

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ARE KIDS GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED TO HATE US IN ADOLESCENCE?

  • Dr. Steve thinks that when we were living in caves and came to sexually maturity, we were programmed to get away from family
  • This was to create a greater variety in the gene pool
  • So he believes that teens are programmed to despise us at around 13-15 years old

CHILD REARING TODAY

  • Is the world really a scarier place today?
  • Or is it that we hear of abductions over and over on the news, 24/7?
  • There’s a middle ground between Laissez-faire parenting and being over-protective
  • Stranger abductions are, in reality, very rare

DR. STEVE COMING TO LOS ANGELES

  • He’s going to see Joe Rogan
  • Vinnie tried to get on Joe’s show but was turned down
  • Asked Dr. Steve to find out what the problem is

VAGINAL STEAMING AND FEMALE EJACULATION

  • Thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow, we now know that it involves squatting over a steaming bowl filled with herbs
  • Claims are made that it balances hormones and “flushes out the uterus”, but these claims are bogus
  • Some females actually do experience ejaculation
  • For others it just involves expulsion of urine