Vinnie Tortorich

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Managing Sickness with a Ketogenic Diet with Andrew Scarborough

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 592 – Andrew Scarborough, patient advocate and health and fitness expert, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday episode to discuss his story and how he is managing sickness with a ketogenic diet, in a very interesting way!

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ANDREW’S STORY

  • Background as a fitness trainer and has a master’s degree in Nutrition
    • In university, he was told to not think about calories, but rather think of a low carb diet
      • Rare for universities!
  • Was diagnosed 3 years ago with anaplastic astrocytoma and suffered a brain hemorrhage
    • Malignant tumor, has brain cancer induced epilepsy
  • Started lowering his carb intake, started feeling better

HEART FUNCTION & CHOLESTEROL

  • Doctors tell you to lower cholesterol by not eating fats
  • We NEED cholesterol to function
  • We don’t need statins for the most part
  • Our body will make cholesterol if we do not eat enough
  • Magnesium acts as a natural statin

MANAGING SICKNESS WITH A KETOGENIC DIET

  • Andrew replaced his seizure medicine with magnesium supplements
    • He was told to increase medication but instead went off of it
  • Doctors thought that because he had brain tumor related epilepsy, a ketogenic diet wouldn’t help
    • They were wrong
    • Adults have metabolic flexibility too
  • Has done 9 day fasts with just water and various salts
  • His metabolic approach is hopefully changing the markers in his scans
  • Ultimately, he is on a low carb high fat diet that allows him to feel better, and hopefully make his cancer more manageable and ultimately help cure it
  • Ketogenic diet is anti-inflammatory

EDIBLE BUGS

  • Andrew eats edible insects because they are very nutrient dense
    • Consumes various larvae
    • Breeds bugs to manipulate feed and environment to manipulate the nutrients within
  • Cut out all plants and many things on a ketogenic diet
    • Bugs were the best option!
  • He also consumes organ meats because of their nutrient-density and lack of carbs
    • Eats brains and sweet-breads, etc.

Saving Lives with NSNG

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 591 : Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber host this Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss saving lives with NSNG, and listener Jody’s journey.

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VINNIE’S SNACKS

  • Vinnie doesn’t snack terribly often, but when he does, it is always NSNG
  • Loves a handful of nuts or some salami
  • There are some Donald Trump supporters who are not Fried Twinky Eaters …
    • Although neither Vinnie nor Andy support Trump nor will they, they do have friends and fans who do who are healthy and educated

SAVING LIVES WITH NSNG

  • Listener Jody started dieting on January 1, 2015, was 6’2 and 325lbs+
  • Quit drinking beer and was watching calorie intake
  • Stalled at 285 in July 2015
    • Thought he was destined to be fat
  • Heard Vinnie on Chris Laxamana’s show and started listening to this podcast
  • Jody stopped counting calories and started dropping lbs
    • Read all the books Vinnie recommends
  • He is now, thanks to Vinnie & NSNG, down to 215 and sees under 200 in his future
  • Vinnie & NSNG both changed AND saved his life
  • These stories are the reasons why Vinnie podcasts and works in the public eye
  • Hear Jody on an upcoming Wednesday show!

Ketosis vs. Fat Adaptation

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 590 – Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich host this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast where the two talk about recent listener questions as well as tabatas and “ketosis vs. fat adaptation” discussion.

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MEDICATIONS

  • In Louisiana, Vinnie figured out that the people he talked to were on average on 5 medications
  • A statin, a type 2 diabetes medication, high blood pressure pill, antidepressant, etc.
  • People were surprised when Vinnie told them he wasn’t on medications

NEW BOOK

  • Vinnie and Dean self-published the first book
  • Vinnie has written a second book
  • Trying to work out how the next book will be released
  • Anna also decided to self publish because it is often an economically superior choice

KETOSIS VS. FAT ADAPTATION 

  • Can be fat adapted without being in Ketosis
  • Cannot be in ketosis without being fat-adapted
  • Dietary ketosis IS NOT THE SAME as ketoacidosis
    • Dietary ketosis DOES NOT LEAD to ketoacidosis
      • Ketoacidosis can kill, dietary ketosis does not
  • Dietary ketosis = body using fat as fuel instead of glucose
    • Restricting so much sugar that your body has to use fat stores
  • Fat adapted you can eat a bit more carbs but your body still processes things better
  • Just because you are in dietary ketosis, does not necessarily mean you will lose weight
  • The line is quite fine

TABATA

  • Ruins Vinnie’s gym time
  • Tabata circles tie up lots of instruments that Vinnie wants to use
  • Empty machines are being ‘used’
  • Tabata is not bad, interval training in the gym that takes up equipment frustrates Vinnie
  • Also, a lot of the time you do this you are in zone 3 or zone 4
    • Zone 2 is better for a lot of people

NOTE: Image of low carb steak dinner provided by Deb Nystrom, https://goo.gl/s4zzWn

 

Beginner Bike Riders

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 589 – Listener Rebecca joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show to ask about beginner bike riders and she also talks about her amazing NSNG weight loss journey.

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LISTENER REBECCA

  • Goes way back with Vinnie and the Lorey’s
    • She had lunch with Vinnie and Serena when she was in town
  • Rebecca went from ~300lbs to 185 lbs
    • Cutting out sugar and grains!
  • Eased herself onto NSNG, first grains then sugars
    • Has had amazing results
  • After losing 110 lbs, Rebecca looks like a totally different person
  • Shooting for 150-160lbs
    • She is 5’10”

TIPS FOR BEGINNER BIKE RIDERS

  • Rebecca has started riding a bike
  • She knows how to bike, does around 10 miles a day
    • Has a cross-bike
  • Had her first crash
  • Vinnie’s tips:
    • You must be very careful and aware of curbs and such
    • Strong core helps bike riding
    • Get tires that are as wide as possible
      • Run as low a tire pressure as possible
      • Better stability and patch
        • Patch = amount of rubber on the asphalt
    • Always use easier gear and spin pedals faster instead of more slowly pushing a harder gear
      • Prevents knee injury
    • If you can afford it, use a professional bike fitter
      • You want the seat to be high enough so that when the pedal is all the way at the bottom, there is still a 10º bend

 

Derek B Loves Yoga Pants

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 586 – Derek B joins Vinnie & Anna to discuss Yoga, Yoga Pants, Quinoa and some other NSFW NSNG topics.

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VINNIE’S RECOGNITION

  • Almost 1100 reviews for his book on Amazon
  • People now know who Vinnie is!
  • He let it get to his head on a run and fell and hurt himself badly
  • Also a little offended that he got onto the Villa Cappelli show second

SQUATTY POTTY

  • Even if you pass regularly, still makes everything so much better
  • Sets up your body to poop right
  • Worth the investment above and beyond!
  • Enter vinnie’s promo code for savings: vinnie15

DEREK B AND YOGA PANTS

  • Sent in a little bit to Vinnie about his love for yoga & yoga pants
  • Derek (and Vinnie) both do not think yoga is REAL physical aerobic exercise
  • Derek wished it was a passing fad
  • 7 years ago, Vinnie wrote in a blog how he did not think it was real exercise and was attacked for it
    • Vinnie went to a POWER yoga class
    • Vinnie wore a heart rate monitor
    • Even when they tried to make it difficult, it still wasn’t
    • His heart rate never went over 90
  • Derek thinks that the way yoga pants hug bodies is phenomenal

Calorie Restriction and Fitbits

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 585 – Listener Mary scolds Vinnie about his Fitbit rant and asks about the high-carb low-fat calorie restriction diet her oncologist recommended.

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MARY HANDLER

  • Long time listener
  • Had a nice chest, but unfortunately was diagnosed with breast cancer and had her breasts removed
    • Is doing well now!
  • Mexican, her family has been her for many generations

FITBIT RANT

  • Mary LOVES her Fitbit and thinks Vinnie was a bit out of hand with his rant
  • Vinnie agrees that if a fitbit motivates you, as long as you aren’t a slave to it, it can be a GREAT tool!
    • Vinnie just doesn’t think it is healthy to become a slave to it
    • Otherwise, go for it!

CALORIE RESTRICTION

  • She is NSNG and does quite well on it
  • In 2010, her oncologist’s office had a diet plan that restricted calories
  • Only 1200 calories a day
    • Really not healthy or long-term sustainable