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Sugar and Brain Health with Dr. Georgia Ede – Episode 1101

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 1101 – Psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede joins Vinnie Tortorich this Friday, and the two discuss biases, variables,  epidemiological studies, the relationship between good nutrition and brain health, artificial sweeteners and more.

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DR. GEORGIA EDE

  • 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

Cancer, Sugar, and Health with Dr. Brendan Prendergast – Episode 1091

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode – Radiation Oncologist Dr. Brendan Prendergast talks being a cancer doctor, the Paleo diet, CrossFit, evil sugars, and more on this Friday show.

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DR. BRENDAN PRENDERGAST

  • Dr. Prendergast is a radiation oncologist
    • This means he uses radiation for cancer therapy
    • “Flips a switch”
  • He is an incredibly intelligent man
  • Practices in Florida
  • Got into Paleo in med school (and crossfit, too!)
  • This really shaped his idea of health and fitness
  • He and his wife started a blog last year
  • Brendan tries to incorporate his idea of healthy living into his work
  • He hated that doctors give sick people crap just because they’re told it’s right!
    • Often, the opposite diet is the right one
    • Giving diabetics low-fat jello is not helping anyone
  • Sugar just fuels cancer – this is easy to see!
    • There is quite possibly a correlation between increased sugar consumption and higher cancer rates

Fat Smart People and Resisting Sugar – Episode 1084

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1084 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday show, and the two discuss our Amazon winner of the week, Vinnie’s smart people theory, holiday eating, fake muscle crap, and more!

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SMART PEOPLE

  • There are plenty of very smart people who are very fat
    • Don is one of them
  • He’s addicted to what sugar does for him
  • Everyone is addicted to sugar
  • Vinnie has two ways to stop the sugar eating
    • 1. He drinks some coffee or espresso at night after having the cake to just go to bed and be done with it
    • 2. He tells people he’s “counting calories” because most people understand that language
  • The issue with sugar, you wake up even hungrier!
  • Try to put your blinders on
  • You must make sure that you get over the sugar-craving hump after you eat it once and don’t get back into the groove of eating lots of it
  • It’s hard for smart people to go against everything they’ve been told for such a long time
    • We are fed lies most of our lives
    • It’s counter intuitive to many that eating fat would not make you fat
  • Commit to 30-60 days of real true NSNG before you consider it all
  • People trick others with bro science and lots of big words
    • Try to make a lot of money off of this BS
    • Bro Science = BS … coincidence? I think not.

Helping Those Who Want Help – Episode 1057

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: Episode 1057 – Listener and Kiwi athlete Mark Thomson joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two talk the new Fat Doc, helping those who want help, Mark’s NSNG story, and more!

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HELPING THOSE WHO WANT HELP

  • People will use an exception to make a rule
  • For example, “Asian people eat rice, why aren’t they fat?”
    • They eat incredibly healthily otherwise!
    • Lots of fish, vegetables, etc
  • If people don’t want to believe something, it’s hard to convince them
  • Vinnie is here to help people who want help
  • Hopefully, his documentary will help others realize they want the help
  • Vinnie is not going to be making money off of his doc, but he feels this message is so important!
    • Many want help but don’t know the truth

MARK THOMSON

  • Mark ate everything growing up
  • He is incredibly sport-oriented
  • He was gaining weight while doing hours of kayaking and biking a day
  • NSNG allowed that weight gain to stop
  • He is now healthier than ever and still kayaking and biking a ton
  • Heard Tim Noakes and it made a lot of sense to him
    • A familiar story
  • Mark sea kayaks!
    • Works on his own boats, as well

Eating Better and Stressing Less with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee – Episode 1056

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1056 – The fantastic Dr. Rangan Chatterjee joins Vinnie in this fantastic luminary podcast, where the two discussDr. Chatterjee’s journey to get to where he is as a doctor, his experience on Doctor in the House, his new book How to Make a Disease Disappear, and more! Dr. Rangan Chatterjee will be a part of Vinnie’s upcoming documentary, Fat.  Please support it here, monetarily, or by sharing it with your friends.

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DR. RANGAN CHATTERJEE

  • Out of med school, he was so excited to help people
    • Attended University of Edinburgh Medical School
  • However, he felt in medicine he was too focused
    • Became a generalist, because he wanted to see how all parts of the body worked together
  • Frustrated that most of his day was filling out prescriptions and handing out pills
    • This didn’t even help most of his patients!
  • His son, as a baby, nearly died from Vitamin D deficiency
    • He thought, “how did this happen to my son, and how did I, a doctor, know nothing about it?”
    • Many babies have this deficiency, and doctors don’t talk about it relatively often
    • This started his mission to figure out how to permanently fix his son
    • He ended up reading so much info that could help others, too!
  • He finally understood the root causes of conditions
  • Found himself with a TV show called Doctor In The House
    • He has helped people reverse panic attacks, type 2 Diabetes, fibromyalgia, etc.
      • A woman went from in the type 2 Diabetic range to normal in around a month period
      • She also lost a good amount of weight in the process
      • He did this by cutting out sugars and grains and processed foods
      • Many of these diseases come from inflammation
    • He didn’t want the fights on TV, but he also wanted to help as many people as possible
      • Some tried to sway him from his ultra-successful approach
      • People got scared from the other (wrong) sources even though his results were amazing
      • Social media is fortunately allowing for the rapid exchange of info, so more people are learning about the good
  • Main factors for our health –
    • Four pillars:
    • Sleep more
    • Move more
    • Relax more
    • And we need to cut out these junk, processed foods!
  • Just released a new book, How to Make a Disease Disappear
    • Already a bestseller, and one of Vinnie’s must-reads

 

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News from the Mail Bag- Episode 1055

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1055 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two chat the Fat doc (and it’s Indiegogo funding campaign found here – please donate!!!!), and they read some complaints, praises, and questions from PVC and PCC’s mail bag.

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VINNIE’S CRAZY WEEKEND

  • Vinnie had the craziest weekend
  • He has been promoting this documentary campaign
  • Running all over town constantly to get exposure for the campaign
  • We need to make it happen, please support
  • Nothing Vinnie and Andy do is passive
    • Passive income does not exist in this world!
  • We want to get this funded without any special interest group help, because we don’t want to have to answer to anyone but ourselves
    • Answering only to ourselves is the best way to keep this honest and real!

MAIL BAG

  • We get a lot of questions
  • A lady was having trouble with the website
    • We walked her through the steps
    • She threatened to “tell Vinnie”
    • It is all a team around here
    • We will continue to help!
  • People praise our customer service, as well
    • We pride ourselves on great customer service
    • Work really hard to serve everyone
  • Received some mail about how much the Vitamin D has helped someone’s sleep
    • After just a couple of weeks, totally changed her sleep quality for the better
    • She figured she got enough Vitamin D from sun, but it seems she wasn’t!