Fitness Confidential Podcast
ONE-ON-ONE WITH MARK ALLEN
Mark and I discuss his battle with Dave Scott. And Matthew Fitzgerald does a great job of laying it out in his book, Iron War.
Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
Vinnie and Anna field listener questions about weight lifting, quinoa, and Guam, and then they talk to cousin Cate Guggino about troubleshooting her NSNG diet while endurance training. Find out why whey protein won’t fill you up, how to get truly fat adapted, and why high-fat dairy could be your friend. Stewart Merther’s Vagina makes an appearance.
Books discussed:
ON-ON-ONE WITH BOARD CERTIFIED THERAPIST MELISSA MOSE
I welcome Melissa Mose to the show in a One-on-One interview. Melissa has over 20 years experience as a therapist working with people from all walks of life, from children to adults. We cover several different topics on mental health issues, as I believe our mental health is as important as our physical health. I’m pretty sure that we learn that I am crazy.
Melissa is always recommending great reads to my privately. Her advice on books never disappoints. Check these two out for starters
Vinnie and Anna talk to the inimitable, lovely, kick-ass Dr. Sara Gottfried about hormones. All things DHEA, perimenopause, estrogen, telemeres, PMS, androgens and Kirkland vodka are covered, plus find how Michael Cortisoleone may be keeping you from losing weight.
Go here to take the Hormone Cure Quiz.
Check out Dr. Gottfried’s site here.
Dr. Gottfried’s Bio:
Dr. Sara Gottfried M.D. is a Harvard-educated physician, speaker, yoga teacher, wife, mom of two daughters, and author of the New York Times bestselling book,The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep, Sex Drive, and Vitality with The Gottfried Protocol (Simon & Schuster, 2014). She’s also a board certified gynecologist and the creator of an awesome new online program called Mission Ignition: The Energy Cure. For the past 20 years, Dr. Gottfried has been dedicated to helping women feel back home in their bodies.
After graduating from the physician-scientist training program at Harvard Medical School and MIT, Dr. Gottfried completed her residency at the University of California at San Francisco, where she still teaches medical students. Although she’s on sabbatical and not seeing patients currently, you can work with her online in her novel group health coaching courses on the issues that plague you most – low energy, weight gain, sugar cravings, detox, and moodiness – find those at http://www.saragottfriedmd.com
ONE-on-ONE WITH DR. CATE SHANAHAN | WHERE THE L.A. LAKERS GO FOR NUTRITION ADVICE
Dr. Cate Shanahan is a board certified Family Physician. She trained in biochemistry and genetics at Cornell University before attending Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She practiced in Hawaii for 10 years where she studied ethnobotany and her healthiest patient’s culinary habits. She is currently in private practice in Napa, California and consults for the LA Lakers.
Check out her two books. They are guaranteed to make you rain threes like Kobe Bryant!
Vinnie and Anna talk to Dr. William Lagakos about fat adaption, lessons on mitochondria, the definition of a calorie, and the distinctions between different kinds of calories.
Buy Dr. William Lagakos’ book here: The poor, misunderstood calorie: calories proper (Volume 1)
Buy The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine
Dr. Lagakos received a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology from Rutgers University where his research focused on dietary fat assimilation and integrated energy metabolism. His postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego, centered on obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Dr. Lagakos has authored numerous manuscripts which have been published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as a non-fiction book titled The poor, misunderstood calorie which explores the concept of calories and simultaneously explains how hormones and the neuroendocrine response to foods regulate nutrient partitioning. He is presently a nutritional sciences researcher, consultant, and blogger at www.CaloriesProper.com.
Then Vinnie and Anna talk to Swiss French entrepreneur David Genecand about his new nutrition bar Almondgy. Like Almondgy on Facebook.
Genecand David is passionate about energy and health. He is the founder of Almondgy ® natural energy cube: an energy snack that offers vitality and wellness. He has more than 20 years of local & international experience in the food industry with the company Kraft Foods. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the AVIFED (Welfare Foundation of the Federation of Builders Merchants and Entrepreneurs) and Sportsmile (Foundation for children and adolescents with chronic illness or overweight). He is also an ultra-marathoner who was trained by Stu Mittleman (American Ultra Hall of Fame) in the U.S. He organizes events, lectures and coaching. He holds an MBA in business and administration from the University of Geneva…and he loves to talk about sex.
Anna and Andrea Anders at the premiere of Return To Zero:
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