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Do Supplements Work? – Episode 2776

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2776 – Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss various supplements and answer the question: Do supplements work?

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Do Supplements Work?

  • What does “ergogenic” mean? (6:00)
    • It is basically anything that enhances athletic performance.
  • There are also “ergonomic” aids specific to equipment.
    • Ergogenic aids are not always worth the packaging they are in. (12:30)
    • However, consuming meat and eggs is ideal for getting protein.
  • There are various other forms of protein powder, but they still aren’t as good as meat and eggs. (17:00)
  • Some clinical trials use injected forms rather than ingested forms. (20:30)
  • There has recently been a lot of talk about NAD (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide). (25:00)
  • The reality is, we don’t fully know the efficacy of these things.
  • Two ergogenic substances we know are helpful for performance are coffee and creatine monohydrate. (30:00)
  • SARMS and peptides. (39:00)
  • A new claim about GLP-1s is that they cause scurvy, which is typically a vitamin C deficiency.
  • SARMS (selective androgen receptor modulator) and steroids are different. (41:00)
  • The reality is that the boring way works. (52:00)
  • Vinnie addresses a recent issue with UltraSalt. (1:02:00)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Another Good Reason to Exercise – Episode 2701

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2701 – Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss tobacco, rebranding “active recovery”, and share another good reason to exercise.

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Another Good Reason to Exercise

  • Smoking, second-hand smoking, and chewing tobacco. (3:00)
  • Zone Zero refers to low-impact exercises, such as yoga and other gentler activities. (23:00)
    • Even housework is good movement.
    • However, to gain muscle, you need to be doing regular strength training.
    • If your job requires loading and moving heavy objects (like farm work), that is often sufficient.
  • They discuss what is meant by “active recovery.” (28:30)
  • The belief that “more is better” is not necessary. You can get in a solid workout with fewer sets. (31:00)
  • They discuss an article that reports how exercise can reverse cancer cells. (35:00)
    • HIIT training seems to help. Chris delineates how the studies were done.
    • The level of exercise can improve immune response through signaling myokines.
  • Reminder: don’t use tobacco products! (46:30)

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  • If you are interested in the NSNG® VIP group, it will be reopening soon. But you can get on the wait list –https://vinnietortorich.com/vip/
  • Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on the Peacock channel. 
  • “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon!

 

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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A Recovering Physicist with Ally Houston – Episode 2312

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2312 – On this Friday’s show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes physicist Ally Houston, and the two discuss brain health, metabolic health, being a “recovering physicist,” and more.

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A RECOVERING PHYSICIST

  • Vinnie welcomes physicist Ally Houston; Vinnie heard of Ally through Dr. Georgia Ede. (2:00)
  • Ally talks a bit about his career and studies as a physicist, and the two briefly discuss the concept of perpetual motion and entropy (look it up). (3:45)
  • They discuss mental health and challenges like OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). (9:30)
    • Getting your metabolic health back with change your life!
  • Ally shares his health background. (14:15)
    • He had been struggling since a child with various autoimmune conditions as well as mental health diagnoses.
    • Ally describes conditions like achalasia cardia, sarcoidosis, and others.
    • They discuss vitamin D, the generalized bad metabolic health in the U.K., and something called the “Glasgow Effect”.
  • Vinnie asks how Ally came to a ketogenic lifestyle. (20:00)
    • Ally came across Gary Taubes and his Good Calories, Bad Calories book; he also discovered other blogs and resources about the ketogenic diet.
    • He started experimenting with his eating and within weeks was seeing a significant difference in his clarity of thinking, healing depression, and more.
    • Ally shares what some of his day-to-day mental struggles were.
  • Ally considers himself a “recovering physicist” and explains why. (25:15)
    • He suspects a lot of highly-educated people in medicine and other areas can become rigid in their thinking.
  • Vinnie and Ally discuss Georgia Ede’s work in studying the effects of a ketogenic diet on treatment-resistant depression. (34:00)
  • The conversation turns to bicycle racing, racer Graeme Obree, and the physics involved. (36:20)

EXPERIMENTING WITH FOOD

  • Vinnie and Ally chat further about how Ally experimented with changes in eating. (48:00)
  •  They discuss how mitochondria are supposed to work in the body and how seed oils do damage to mitochondria.
  • Ally now works alongside Rachel Brown on metpsy.com as a consultant to help guide people to better brain health and physical health.
  • PLUS… Vinnie reveals an NSNG® FOODS special  Promo Code. (LISTEN FOR IT!)
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Preventing Surgery & Mental Health Crises With Dr. Robert Cywes – Episode 1971

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1971 – On this Friday show, pediatrician and bariatric surgeon Dr. Robert Cywes joins Vinnie to discuss preventing surgery with diet, obesity as a substance abuse problem, mental health crises, and more.

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PREVENTING SURGERY

  • Dr. Cywes is a surgeon.
  • He does many bariatric surgeries — gastric bypass surgeries.
  • However, he only does surgeries when they’re necessary.
  • Surgery is not an alternative to a lifestyle change.
  • We can PREVENT surgeries through lifestyle changes, like healthy, low-carb eating.
  • Dr. Cywes does see a good number of children getting gastric bypass-like surgeries.
    • Surgeries *can* be a necessary step for changing one’s life.
  • But really, we’re seeing kids begin insulin resistance at age 5.
    • THIS is what we need to change.

MENTAL HEALTH CRISES

  • Eating carbohydrates and consuming nicotine are used by kids as way to cope with emotional problems.
  • Many kids use these drugs because they are riddled with anxiety.
  • We can help these feelings — drugs like sugar and nicotine are NOT answers, they just do more harm.
  • We need to discuss the mental health epidemic among young people.
  • Obesity is a substance abuse problem.

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HOW TO QUIT SMOKING

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer Podcast with this week’s listener question from Brian  Bonnell of Tucson, Arizona.

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BRIAN HAS BEEN A SMOKER SINCE HE IS 14 YEARS OLD.  HOW DOES HE STOP?

  • Vinnie had a nicotine problem…he was a baseball player and chewed tobacco like all the other players
  • 8 – 10 times more nicotine than cigarettes and highly addictive
  • He went cold turkey and was sick for 3 days
  • You have to just make a commitment to stop