Vinnie Tortorich

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The Psyllium Lie & Early Podcast Days – Episode 1324

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1324 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the amazing features on early episodes of this podcast, how much time podcasting takes up, how to deal with money and friendships, the psyllium lie, hiking, and more.

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EARLY PODCAST DAYS

  • This show used to be even MORE uncensored than it is now
  • It got raunchier than it does now
  • We had some awesome guests including Howie Mandel and Ben Greenfield
  • You can, for a super small cost, purchase access to every show we’ve ever posted!
  • One of the women who followed for a long time, who was trying to get pregnant, got pregnant after going NSNG®
  • Going on 7 years now

MONEY AND FRIENDSHIP

  • Vinnie has some friends who are really well off
  • His dog began dying and he had to bail on a couple of friends going to ski slopes
  • He was a little surprised they didn’t offer to cover his small share of the rent/asked for the money right away
    • The real issue is how they asked for the money when his dog was so ill
      • Very short, untimely and didn’t seem compassionate
  • That being said, Vinnie thinks it’s important not to take advantage of your rich friends
  • Even when he goes out with celebrities, he will pay a fair amount of the time
  • Don’t always try to be so exact about what you eat and how much it costs exactly
    • Ex: “well, I had fewer fries than you so that’s $1 less for me”
  • When Anna has a birthday dinner, she pays for her friends who come
    • Many of them don’t know each other, she asks them to come out, so it makes sense to pay for them
  • Be responsible without being too terribly cheap

THE PSYLLIUM LIE

  • Psyllium and psyllium husks are not good for you
  • Like eating the husk of corn
  • You do not need this fiber
  • Another one of these lies that has stolen your good intentions
  • Can actually negatively impact colon health/activity
  • A way for companies to make money – that’s pretty much it

Weight, Relationships, and Body Image

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 572 – Marni Kinrys & Kristen Carney from the Ask Women podcast join Vinnie to discuss weight, relationships, and body image.

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KRISTEN AND MARNI

  • They have a show on Playboy Radio called “Ask Women”
    • Vinnie was on their show recently
  • Their show is largely about men becoming good with the ladies
    • Help men attract women with HONEST advice
      • A lot of Vinnie’s callers also ask for help with the ladies
  • Their podcast fills a niche, making it successful
  • Check out Marni’s website here

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WEIGHT, RELATIONSHIPS, AND BODY IMAGE

  • A lot of men who are overweight lose weight and think they will be a ladies magnet
    • However, physical is not NEARLY as important to women as men
      • Men need to work on their personalities and who they are as a person instead of obsessing over body image
  • Many people lose the weight, then ask “now what”
    • They want to go back to their old diet but that will put the weight right back on
  • In high school, Kristen struggled with her ‘image’ as she had a crossed eye and thick glasses
    • She was bullied and had a negative body imagine from the start
      • She changed schools at 17
      • Vinnie relates to this because he was really picked on (he was deaf/speech challenged when he was little and it carried all the way through high school)
  • Marni felt awkward and shy, although she was more outgoing than she gave herself credit for, but she did have to deal with lots of bullying
  • The bullying that the two endured still affects them to an extent although now the two have great self worth
  • Many beautiful women are insecure because they were bullied and brought down when they were younger
  • Both tried to be healthy by eating less and then binge-eating, which actually hurt their weight
    • Going to the gym made them ‘bulk up’ which caused them to obsess because they wanted to be lean

 

What Really Causes Obesity with Dr. Jason Fung

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 560 – Dr. Jason Fung (www.intensivedietarymanagement.com) again joins host Vinnie Tortorich, back by popular demand! The two discuss leptin, cholesterol and heart disease, and cortisol and insulin in relation to obesity on this Friday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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HEART DISEASE & CHOLESTEROL

  • Listener Todd
    • Had serum cholesterol go up, but triglycerides go way down from high fat diet
      • If you eat cholesterol it DOES NOT make your cholesterol go up
      • Eating fat DOES NOT turn into increase in cholesterol
      • If you eat a high fat diet, both bad AND good cholesterol goes up, but triglycerides go down, so it ends up being neutral
  • Cholesterol does not equal heart disease

DR. JASON FUNG & THE OBESITY CODE

  • Dr. Jason Fung’s new book
  • It is about what really makes people fat
  • How did we all decide at the same time that we would all eat more?
    • We DIDN’T, therefore CALORIES are NOT what is causing obesity!!!
  • We are programmed NOT to eat too many calories (Leptin)
  • If calories were the issue, then restricting calories would not make you feel bad and would allow you to shed the weight
    • That is not true
  • You have to figure out what is adjusting your own personal ‘thermostat’, and bring it down
    • Cortisol levels skyrocketing (due to stress, sleep deprivation, etc) can help obesity along
      • If stress and sleep deprivation is what is causing it, you have to change your lifestyle because diet won’t work if that is the case
  • Obesity is not a caloric imbalance, it is a hormonal imbalance
    • Both with insulin and with cortisol (two big factors)
    • Beer belly type fat is usually cortisol, where overall fatness is usually insulin
      • HUGE role with metabolizing glucose
  • Obesity is a multifactorial disease
  • Lypodystrophy
    • Super rare condition that causes dystrophy (breakdown) of adipose tissue

LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

  • When you address proximate cause, it does nothing, must treat the ACTUAL cause
  • When you reduce your calories, you have to burn more than you lose to burn fat, you can’t just address the proximate cause which is reducing the calories 

Cooking with Pre-Prepared Foods

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 551 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Andy Schreiber talk The SodaStream, gay bars, and Andy’s Mexican dinner dealing with pre-prepared foods and ingredients on today’s Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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HOW ANDY CHANGED VINNIE’S LIFE

  • Andy got Vinnie a SodaStream — Vinnie likes his water gassed up
  • Save a lot of money not buying Pellegrino etc even though the gas tanks are $15
  • Favorite appliance behind Vitamix
  • Vinnie made fizzy coffee from cold-brewed coffee
    • He loved his ice-soda coffee

ANDY’S DINNER PRE-PREPARED FOODS (ENCHILADA SUACE)

  • Wanted to make a Mexican chicken casserole-y thing without tortillas
  • He doesn’t always have time to do everything fresh in terms of prep
  • Got a can of El Pato enchilada sauce
    • Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Chili peppers
    • Salt
    • Onion
    • Citric acid
    • Garlic
    • Locust bean gum
    • spices
    • In a rush, this is not a bad pre-preapred food to have BUT tomato puree is risky
      • Not the end of the world if you don’t have an egregious amount
  • Used olive oil, spices, cotija cheese, skinless chicken browned, this sauce put it all in dish, melted mozzarella on top
  • Vinnie isn’t a huge mozzarella fan because it is low in fat and high in carbs for a cheese

Breaking Bad Eating Habits

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 550 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss Steve Vai, breaking bad eating habits, and Vinnie’s brief weight issue on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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STEVE VAI

  • Vinnie’s crush
  • Great body and the best guitarist
  • “Bad Horsie” which plays at the beginning of this show is by Steve Vai

VINNIE’S HARDWARE STORE TRIP 

  • Vinnie was prepping his bike
  • Got a new lithium battery, went to local hardware store
  • Also needed spray paint, but couldn’t grab it off of the shelf
    • It was locked up!
    • Has to be locked up by law 
      • Must be 18+ to get Krylon
      • You can make something a law, but you can’t stop them from doing it
        • Same thing with guns — even if you lock up guns, evil people will get them, and shoot them
        • Same thing with SUGAR AND GRAINS!

PAM’S LETTER

  • The name Pam is dying out, do you think it is because of Pam spray?
  • Pam has gained weight on NSNG but her boyfriend, who is hardly doing it, has lost weight
  • Pam used to be a body builder — this can be bad for a person’s body
    • Many eat and live quite unhealthily
    • Lots of carbing up
    • She has gone away from these ideas, but some of the things still stuck
      • She was still trying to eat all the time and get carbs, even NSNG
      • At the end of the day she was eating 6 times a day
      • IM fasting is good!!!!

BREAKING BAD EATING HABITS AND NOT LYING TO YOURSELF

  • You can make mayo at home!
  • Easy to snack on what your kids don’t finish on their plate
  • Must be honest where hidden sugar and grains may be
  • Have to give NSNG a full 60 days with NLIL
  • Vinaigrette is touchy because lots of sugar
  • Men tend to get quicker results than men
  • Look at other positives that you get from NSNG if weight loss isn’t happening right away, and let that be enough while your body resets
    • Clearer skin, less asthma, less foggy, better sleep, etc
    • If after 6mos of strict NSNG, look at your hormones and everything

 

Dealing with Dairy (& Vinnie’s Emotions)

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 549 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss Vinnie’s past plus NSNG and diary. Different NSNG foods can still affect your weight loss goals negatively. This is the Friday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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VINNIE’S SINGLE TEAR

  • Vinnie shed a tear thinking about the vegans
  • He just loves cheese and meat!!!!
    • Good snacks/light meals
  • Vinnie has a soft heart…
  • Vinnie went to a vegan’s house for Thanksgiving
    • Weird having bean curd shaped as meat

NOTE: Sorry folks, we’re still looking for a copy of Vinnie’s modeling photo of him naked on the beach covered only with a shell. Send us a copy if you have it!

VINNIE’S “ARREST”

  • Vinnie’s car was towed with a gun in it in NoHo
  • He was not allowed to have a concealed weapon without a permit, and got taken in for it
  • He was pretty new to California
  • He was handcuffed on the ground with a boot on his head
    • Cops went through his gym bag and everything
  • Was not given time, although multiple attorneys told him he would
  • Vinnie got the mafia involved and the whole thing went away

NSNG AND DAIRY

  • Some people feel better not eating dairy
  • You can take a blood test to see how much dairy affects you
  • Can cause inflammation, just like gluten
  • Dairy does have sugar in it, especially milk
  • Anna has autoimmune issues, and dairy really affects her negatively
  • A lot of women who have been plateauing have issues with dairy as well
  • If you plateau, consider trying to not eat dairy

HUMMUS

  • Chickpeas
  • Tahini
  • Garlic
  • Lemon
  • Olive Oil
  • That is ALL that should be in your hummus
  • Watch how much hummus you eat, it is a condiment

DIET SODAS

  • Bad because of what they do to your liver
  • Affect you just as much as normal soda

EVERYONE CHECK OUT VINNIE ON THE ADAM COROLLA SHOW THIS WEEKEND!