Welcome to the Saturday edition of The Angriest Trainer with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber. Today, Vinnie and Andy discuss the harmful nature of silica (sand).

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YOUTUBE CHANNEL

• People have watched our sand video on Facebook
• We are starting up a Youtube channel, so look for that in the near future!
• Vinnie did not actually eat the sand in the sand video… intentionally

SILICA

• Sand is mostly silica, but silica itself is purer than sand
• Silicon dioxide — looks like crystally white sand
• Little packets you find in bottles and packages to keep contents dry that say “DO NOT INGEST” contain silica
• Confusion comes from some products marketing silica as a health supplement
  • There is absolutely NO evidence it does anything beneficial, but PLENTY of evidence it is harmful
• Depletes / Blocks absorption of thiamin (B vitamin)
• Hurts digestion

NEW PRODUCT FROM PVC

• New product is currently being researched and looking to be manufactured to our standards
• Other products that are comparable actually BOAST high silica content
• Very close to releasing this new one

Welcome to the Monday edition of The Angriest Trainer podcast with Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino.  Today, Vinnie and Anna talk titanium dioxide, Whole Foods, juice and Coke, Vinnie’s eating, and media portrayal of positive body image.

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TITANIUM DIOXIDE

• Nano-particles are very bad for you
• ANY sunscreen with TiO2 should not be applied to skin
• Use sunscreen with Zinc Oxide instead
• Titanium Dioxide is still found in ‘natural’ sunscreen, so still be careful
• Any vitamin with this in it should not be ingested: lack of TiO2 is part of what makes PVC vitamins so great

WHOLE FOODS

• Vinnie only shops at Whole Foods for a specific coffee
• Serena went to the ready made food section– every single pre-pepared dish had sugar in it
• They at least try to be clear about where there products are from, etc etc
• Vinnie believes Whole Foods is just an expensive scam although Anna quite likes them

JUICE ON A PLANE

• Flight attendant would let every passenger know that if they ordered juice, they were just drinking juice
• He was overly judgmental about it, but the sentiment is there
• Coke is bad too, but a different kind of bad
  • Less sugar content but due to chemicals it’s still horrible for your liver
• People are too easily offended

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

• People spend too much time inside, in front of computers
• Rickets is actually appearing again
• Vitamin D is found in juice, but it doesn’t compensate for the amount of sugar in these drinks
• (PVC can help with vitamin d deficiency)

WHY VINNIE HASN’T HAD LUNCH

• Vinnie hasn’t had time to have lunch today due to clients, vermin, etc.
• He ate on this day: (8am) Coffee, 2 whole eggs, table spoon of coconut oil
• Diets high in fat can hold you longer
• Not great to end the day with a giant meal

BODY IMAGE 

• Fear for women in high fat foods due to the media
• Serena who is so skinny occasionally calls herself fat; bad for the next generation
• When you hear it enough, you start to believe it
• Beauty pageants promote starving oneself, low fat diets, etc.
• Double edge sword: you need to lose weight to get healthier, but you’re also okay how you are
• Fine line between accepting oneself and accepting being fat
• Some models are too thin that they look like they’re dying
• Tweet us: how does the media affect your body image?