Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Keto Products, Diet Soft Drinks, & More! – Episode 1494

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1494 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk marathoners, fat camp, keto products, diet soft drinks, sugar and sweetener addiction, Dr. Oz, trickery, and more!

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

KETO PRODUCTS

  • A lot of these “keto products” are sort of cheats.
  • Many are not NSNG®.
  • Be wary of products that advertise as this.
    • They often have sweeteners or hidden sugars, or may technically be low carb but are not good for you!

DIET SOFT DRINKS

  • Many people have trouble getting off of diet coke.
  • This can be a tough addiction to kick.
  • Just because they don’t have carbs does not make them ok.
  • The chemicals in these are not good for you!
  • At the same time, don’t jump down peoples’ throats when they try to say these are ok.
    • People have been lied to. It can take time to unlearn these lies.
      • Sometimes when you jump on people, it pushes them farther from a healthy lifestyle.

FAT DOC IS OUT

  • You can also buy hardcopy or watch online at Amazon.
  • YOU CAN NOW STREAM FOR FREE ON AMAZON PRIME IF YOU HAVE IT!

VINNIE & ANNA WILL BE AT KETOCON 2020! KETOCON.ORG, GO TO BUY TICKETS, AND ENTER PROMO CODE “Vinnie”!

  • Tickets will get more expensive as time goes by

 

 

Angriest Trainer 268: Dr. William Lagakos and David Genecand

by Vinnie Tortorich

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).

Check out Bill’s blog here. 

Buy The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable.

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.

Portraits_24 copy

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:

Anna and Andrea at Return To Zero Premiere

Angriest Trainer 266: Dr. Perlmutter and Grain Brain

by Vinnie Tortorich

Grain Brain by David Perlmutter, MDVinnie and Anna talk to Dr. David Perlmutter, author of the bestseller Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers.

Here are some of the highlights from the interview:

Gluten sensitivity may relate to 30-40% of all people walking the planet who have a significant inflammatory response when they consume this protein found in wheat, barley and rye called gluten.

Gluten induces inflammation and inflammation is the cornerstone of everything you don’t want to get, like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and even cancer.

Your risk of developing type 1 diabetes if you have celiac’s disease is increased by about 300%.

Gluten sensitivity is an issue that goes far beyond a gut and upset stomach … It can cause joint pain, skin issues and brain-related problems like depression and dementia, ADHD, obsessive compulsive activity and even schizophrenia.

People are misled that once they go gluten free they’re going to lose a lot of weight, which isn’t true. Gluten free food still has carbohydrates.

The cornerstone of your meals should be above ground vegetables like cauliflower, kale, broccoli, spinach and Brussels sprouts. Meat should be the side dish, and that should be grass fed beef, wild fish, and free range poultry.

We desperately need saturated fat. We have to revise the whole notion that fat is bad for you.

Humans have been on a high fat, low carb, gluten free diet for about two million years and it served us very we’ll until the government decided to tell us that we need to go on a low fat diet.

There’s this bizarre notion that you need to have your whole grains each day and it just isn’t true.

In 1992 the US government said we should eat a low fat or no fat diet and within 10 years of that doctrine that rate of diabetes rose 300%.

A recent study shows that saturated fat has no relevance when it comes to heart disease whatsoever.

Egg substitutes are detrimental for health but whole eggs are extremely healthful.

Dietary fat is good for the body and good for the brain.

When it comes to dementia it’s all about the carbs, not cholesterol.

The super fuel for the brain is fat, not sugar.

The brain does really well when it’s powered by fat … eating coconut oil, nuts and seeds, olive oil, grass fed beef and wild fish.

When people go gluten free, cut out the carbs and reintroduce fat to the table we see things that are breathtaking … gaining back brain function, reducing issues with ADHD, losing weight, sleeping better, better libedo, and less depression.

Glycation is combination of protein and sugar, which increases the production of free radicals and it turns on inflammation and those are the cornerstones of brain degeneration.

Elevated blood sugar shrinks the brain, and when it comes to the brain, size matters.

Check out Dr. Perlmutter’s site, follow him on twitter, like him on facebook, watch him on the youtube.

Check out Jimmy Moore’s fantastic Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?

Angriest Trainer 175: Basal Metabolic Rate, Fat Camp, and Kendra Barthel

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie and Anna discuss Buttercelli Bakeshop’s NSNG options, the importance (or not) of Basal Metabolic Rate, and talk to Kendra Barthel about counting calories on NSNG.

Check out Vinnie on The Marathon Training Academy Podcast.

Michael Tortorich‘s Angriest Trainer sidebar blog:

Vinnie talks about a guest hosting gig he had on another podcast (link above). Anna then introduces her finds at the Buttercelli Bakeshop. Later, Vinnie explains BMR. Also, Kendra Barthel joins the podcast for an interview. They talk about the secrets of Fat Camps.