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Juice is Just Sugar! – Episode 1534

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1534 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino talk KetoCon, the fact that juice is just sugar, eating nuts, not getting fat from parsnips, the free PDF,   urine strips, and more on this Monday show.

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JUICE IS JUST SUGAR

  • Juice is just sugary water.
    • If you want fruit, eat it whole!
      • Not all fruit is created equally, however.
        • Try to avoid bananas or raisins. Shoot for berries if you’re eating whole fruits. Tropical fruits like pineapple are also particularly sugary.
  • Just because juice has some kale in it or has “no added sugar” doesn’t make it ok.
  • Cold-pressed juice might sound special, but it isn’t.
  • Even if it says “no added sugar,” they may have hidden sugars in addition to fruit such as “maple water.”

URINE STRIPS

  • Just because you are turning those pee strips dark purple doesn’t necessarily mean you’re in ketosis.
    • This could just mean that you’re dehydrated.
    • This goes both ways – you might be in ketosis even if it doesn’t show it.
      • After awhile, your body might be using the ketones effectively so you aren’t peeing it out.

FAT DOC IS OUT

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.
  • Anna’s cooking show portion WILL include a spiralizer!

Life-Saving Weight Loss – Episode 1492

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1492 – Scott King joins Vinnie for this Saturday show, and the two talk gastric bypass, life-saving weight loss, setting yourself up for success, Scott’s fantastic transformation, beating cravings and more!

LIFE-SAVING WEIGHT LOSS

  • Scott is 42 years old and 6’1″.
  • He was over 500 lbs.
    • On the day of his gastric bypass surgery in 2006, he was 552.
      • He got down to 276 at his lowest.
        • However, shortly after gastric bypass he put the weight back on.
    • At one point, he was trying to get a second bypass.
  • For awhile, Scott looked into keto, but he knew he would fail.
    • He knew he wouldn’t prep properly, etc.
  • When he ate lots of sugar and grains, he felt horrible.
    • He developed hypoglycemia after gastric bypass.
  • Since he started this way of eating, he’s lost nearly 160lbs.
    • The rest of his family is eating healthier, too.
    • He’s now under 300 lbs.
  • For awhile, he didn’t think this way of eating would work.
  • He found Vinnie through the Carolla effect.
  • Scott went all in.
    • Within a couple of weeks, the cravings and everything were gone.

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FAT DOC IS OUT

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.
  • We’re also on airplanes now – check it out!

NSNG® 101 – Episode 1489

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Episode 1489 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk steakhouses, Dr. Oz, an NSNG® 101 refresher course, Vinnie’s brother, and more on this Monday show.

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NSNG® 101

  • Around the New Year, we tend to have some new folks listening to the podcast.
  • First of all, No Sugars, No Grains.
    • What does that mean?
      • Quinoa is a grain. So is corn.
      • NO grains, not ‘healthy’ grains (no such thing).
      • Sugars include sweeteners (erithyrol, stevia, etc.)
  • We recommend fully committing for a full 60 days before trying something like french fries.
  • This is about eating real, healthy foods.
  • The goal of NSNG®  is NOT necessarily dietary ketosis.
    • It varies person to person.
      • Vinnie lives in dietary ketosis, but you don’t NEED ketosis to to be healthy and lose weight.
  • Stick to fatty cuts of meets and cruciferous veggies.
    • Main cruciferous veggies: cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, bok choy, etc.
  • Olive oil, coconut oil are both good.
  • If possible, try to stick with non-factory farmed animal products.
  • If you’ve just started, ‘keto flu‘ is normal for the first little bit.
    • Make sure you’re eating lots of salt, drinking extra water.
    • It WILL pass, your body is just flushing out the bad.
    • Drinking pickle juice or bone broth can help.
  • Don’t focus on the scale. Focus on how you feel.
    • Pictures are also better than the scale.
  • Doing before/after blood work can also be good.

FAT DOC IS OUT

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.

For more information on NSNG®:

Weight Loss Tips: No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) 101

BEST OF: Sugar And Brain Health with Dr. Ede – Episode 1442

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1442 – Please enjoy this best-of! We’ll be back with a new Saturday show next week. Psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two discuss biases, variables, epidemiological studies, the relationship between good nutrition, sugar  and brain health, artificial sweeteners and more.

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SUGAR & BRAIN HEALTH

  • Went to medical school in Vermont
  • Did her residency at Harvard for four years
  • Dr. Ede believes that for many, it is easier to believe that saturated fat is what causes fat
    • Not always financial bias
    • Ex: Loma Linda University study (promotes vegetarian diet) found that saturated fats hurt mice (they ignored that also in the higher fat diet was a MUCH greater amount of sugar)
    • Other studies that say meat is bad removed all processed foods at the same time
  • There are no pure studies that say animal foods are bad for your health
  • She believes removing the processed foods is where the money is at
  • Now, Dr. Georgia does not eat plant foods or dairy
    • Fish and other meats
    • Pretty extreme diet
    • In ketosis constantly
  • Insulin has to cross into the brain
    • Your brain can become insulin resistant
    • Then your cells will starve to death when your brain is filled with glucose that can’t be broken down
    • Link between sugar consumption and Alzheimer
  • She agrees that these artificial sweeteners are so similar to sugar that your body can’t really tell the difference
    • They trick the body into thinking carbs are coming, thereby raising insulin levels
  • Coffee, Dr. Ede believes, can be very helpful for those with head trauma, ADD, ADHD, etc.
    • Stimulant is good!
    • Maybe this is why Vinnie does so well with coffee

Staving off Cancer by Avoiding Sugar – Episode 1393

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 : Episode 1393 – On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich discuss some Carolla show characters, staving off cancer, sugar, and more.

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FAT DOC IS OUT

CAROLLA CHARACTERS

  • The Carolla family is just that – a family!
  • Vinnie has gotten to know many of them
  • Gives nutrition advice, etc., to many of them
  • One of them is now reading Vinnie’s PDF, thinking about stopping veganism

STAVING OFF CANCER

  • There are a million different theories on how to do this
  • Some people say juice, some people say veganism, CBD, etc.
  • Not eating sugar has seen the best benefits
    • More and more research into this
  • This is part of why Vinnie started this lifestyle so intensely
    • He’s beat the odds by keeping his cancer away for so long

CICO is Unsustainable – Episode 1392

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 : Episode 1392 – Listener Alyssa joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her weight loss journey, her career, and how CICO is unsustainable, unlike NSNG®, and more.

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CICO IS UNSUSTAINABLE

  • Has had 3 children in 4 years
  • 39 now
  • 5’3″
  • She white knuckled it with CICO
    • Knew that this was not sustainable
  • One of her children had a skull fracture