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Questioning Blue Zones – Episode 2392

Episode 2392- On this Wednesday’s show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about questioning Blue Zone theories, playing semantics, and more.

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Questioning Blue Zones

Gina asks Vinnie to share what he knows about “Blue Zones”. (3:00)
- There’s more awareness about “Blue Zones” based on a documentary.
- However, Vinnie can dispute some of the information in the documentary.
Blue Zones are defined as certain regions that claim to have a record of the most longevity per population.
- The claims tend to advocate for a vegan diet, but Vinnie shares why he challenges the Blue Zone theory.
- He uses two examples that he is most familiar with: Loma Linda, CA, and the island of Sardinia, Italy. (5:00)
They chat about Greece and how Ancel Keys cherry-picked information for his study. (9:45)
A recent two-part interview with Dr. Bill Schindler can be found in these two Fitness Confidential episodes: 2384 and 2387.
- There, you will get more details about what is accurate and which parts are questionable about Blue Zones.
- It is not attributable to just food but to the entire lifestyle.
- At times, the information given for certain studies is about semantics. (14:45)
Speaking of lifestyle, Gina asks Vinnie to recall what he has explained about Roman soldiers and gladiators. (19:00)
They also chat about areas like Japan; again, it should be based on the entire lifestyle and culture.

Check out Gina’s book My Extra Mom. She also co-hosts with Bryan Bishop for @LAmag on the Bryan & Gina Show, which you can find on any podcast platform and YouTube.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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The Dark Side of Social Media – Episode 2382

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2382 – On this Monday’s show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss football foods, the dark side of social media: exploitative videos, stretching exercises, and more.

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The Dark Side Of Social Media, Football Food, An Unboxing, and Recipe Suggestions

Vinnie tells Anna what he’s been working on all day.
- He has been doing interviews; an upcoming one is Bill Schindler.
- Bill is an archeologist who has studied the early human diet and how it has progressed.
- Vinnie shares some interesting points from the interview.
Somehow this leads to some of the shows Anna and Vinnie used to watch.
They share some ideas about “Football Food”. (15:30)
Vinnie shares one of his YouTube videos about grains. (20:15)
Anna does an “unboxing”
They discuss the dark side of social media and certain “mukbang” videos. (26:15)
Some are terribly sad, as the videos exploit obese binge eaters; as a result, Vinnie makes some very valid points about that.
Anna asks Vinnie to give some suggestions regarding stretching, and conditions such as sciatica. (38:45)
- Vinnie gives some descriptions of certain stretches.
- Spend every day doing at least something!
They finish the show with some great recipe ideas.
Don’t forget to check out Anna’s Eat Happy Kitchen Substack, too!

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The documentary launched on January 11!
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Ignoring Health Buzzwords – Episode 1788

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1788 – On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk ignoring “health” buzzwords, unhealthy ancient grains, glucose spikes, and more.

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IGNORING HEALTH BUZZWORDS

There are a lot of “health” related buzzwords out there.
For example, plant-based is one.
Now, “ancient grains” are really kicking.
Just because you hear them a lot and they try to market them as different doesn’t make them different.
Ancient grains are quite simply grains.
Are unprocessed/unmodified grains better?
- Maybe, but they still aren’t good for you.
F quinoa!
Historically, people ate grains because it fattened them up.

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  - Available for both rental and purchase.
  - Here is the link to the iTunes page
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