Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Supportive Partners- Episode 1257

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1257 – Facebook follower Erin Deppe joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss losing weight, supportive partners, the Facebook group, exercise, and more.

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SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS

  • Found Vinnie via the Carolla effect
  • Started NSNG®  a while after that
  • Had issues with sugar but it was tough for her to stick with low carb
  • She had lots of false starts
  • Eventually, she just felt like it got out of control
    • Her supportive partner also got on board
  • 5’7″ and 186
    • Started at 256
    • Trying to get down around to 160
  • Her youngest daughter has ADHD issues
    • She’s now on NSNG® and she’s seen improvement

Dangerously Unhealthy Food Fads – Episode 1203

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1203 – Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk hurt feelings, freakshakes which are the dangerously unhealthy new food fads, sugar in athletics, and more.

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FREAKSHAKES AND UNHEALTHY FOOD FADS

  • These are the new thing
  • Milkshakes stuffed with cookie, cake, other desserts
  • 39 teaspoons of sugar, 1300 calories
    • There are about 164 grams of sugar in this
      • This is about what you should have in a WEEK in terms of grams of sugar
    • This messes up your hormones
    • A lot like frappucinos you get in Starbucks
      • They have PURPLE fraps
        • This is worse than dessert and people have it at 9am
  • Just because you’re drinking it, doesn’t mean it isn’t bad for you
  • If you want to be a world-class athlete, you can’t eat this horrible food!
    • Vinnie tried to teach this to athletes when he worked at a high school (high school the Madden’s attended)

Hormones and Weight Loss – Episode 1197

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1197 – Dr. Brian Lenzkes joins Vinnie this Saturday to talk his podcast with fellow luminaries, Dr. Tro Kalayjian and Jason Fung, Low Carb MD, how hormones affect weight loss, cancer and sugar and more.

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DR. BRIAN LENZKES

HORMONES AND HEALTH

  • Hormones control weight gain and loss
  • Ghrelin and Leptin
    • Leptin makes you feel full
  • If you eat corn chips, the leptin reaction won’t affect you, whereas if you eat a steak it will
  • Too many grains and sugar make your leptin dull, insofar as you need to eat more, and make more to feel full
  • If you keep adding sugar to your system, hard to get better
  • People follow government guidelines, but guidelines don’t pay attention to hormones, true health, etc.
  • Insulin response involves hormones!

Your Body & Sugar – Episode 1168

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1168 – Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School, and the two talk The Godfather and sugar guidelines, how your body and sugar interact, and more.

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YOUR BODY AND SUGAR

  • The government says it’s okay to eat 12 tsps of sugar a day
    • 53g
  • You DO NOT need this much sugar
  • Even if you eat fruit, your liver will still just see sugar
  • Liver does not discriminate
    • Sugar is sugar
  • You need LESS THAN TWO TEASPOONS in your body
  • If all you ate was broccoli, you’d have enough sugar
  • Vinnie would rather see people get their carbs and sugar from veggies and fruits like berries sometimes

Young And Obese – Episode 1135

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1135 – Andy and Vinnie host another Wednesday show from the road, and the two talk their experience watching young and obese women having a girls night out order drinks and food, and more.

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YOUNG AND OBESE

  • Vinnie and Andy saw a big table of women (12-15)
  • Having a GNO
  • About 10 morbidly obese
  • Not even 30 years old
  • All of these women had super large sugary drink
    • Had several
  • Lots ate lobster mac n cheese
  • Mini-tacos
  • All high carb and totally grains
  • Injecting a straight line of sugar and carb-loading on top of that
    • First, glucose spike, then glycogen load
  • Vinnie and Andy had meat and veggies
  • The women all eat more carby entrees, too
    • Salmon was maple bourbon glazed and had candied bacon — yuck!

The Origin of Sugar in the US – Episode 1120

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1120 – Vinnie and Andy talk Tallulah Bankhead stories, the origin of sugar in the US, and Vinnie’s kayak trip on this Wednesday episode.

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ORIGIN OF SUGAR

  • Tallulah, Louisiana was home to a lot of sugar
    • Vinnie’s conspiracy theory: the Confederacy lost because their soldiers were hopped up on sugar
  • Louisiana makes TONS of sugar
  • Hawaii does, too
  • US Sugar Cane Production by State:
    • #1 – Florida
    • #2 – Lousiana
    • #3 – Hawaii (distant 3rd)
    • #4 – Texas
  • Sugar grows in swampy, wet areas
  • Louisiana also grows lots of crawfish, and they’re DELICIOUS

VINNIE’S KAYAK TRIP

  • Vinnie has had to postpone his major trip because his shoulder is taking longer to come around
  • Stellar Kayaks has been incredibly generous in providing kayaks
  • Vinnie WILL make this happen because he wants it so badly
  • Just a matter of “when?”