Vinnie Tortorich

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Brain Health with Max Lugavere – Episode 1051

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1051 – Filmmaker, writer and health journalist, Max Lugavere, joins Vinnie today to discuss his work in filmmaking (Bread Head), book writing, podcasting, health journalism, and more on his work in brain health research and publication on this Friday show.

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MAX LUGAVERE

BREAD HEAD

  • This film was crowd funded
  • Lots of blood and sweat went into this film
  • Max is still figuring out distribution
  • Many symptoms may be mitigated, and progress slowed through a particular diet
    • Cutting out basic things like bread, giving the film its name, can make a huge difference
  • Ketones are good for the brain
  • Lifestyle change has to start years and years before potential onset of any neurodegenerative disease
  • No one-size-fits-all approach, but generally advocates limiting carbs and only taking in certain types of carbs
    • Ex: sweet potatoes every once in awhile

Fighting Cancer with NSNG – Episode 1003

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1003 – Listener Kristy joins Vinnie this Saturday, and the two discuss fighting cancer with NSNG, and more!

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FIGHTING CANCER

  • Kristy was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (for a second time)
    • Her two kids were part of this t0o
  • Her doctor said first cut out sugar, then grains to fight the cancer
  • She thought she’d just be eating salad for the rest of her life
    • Her brother-in-law had found Vinnie on Adam Carolla so she had already heard about it
      • He had Eat Happy
    • The two of them committed to NSNG
  • She and her brother-in-law went in cold turkey
    • He cut out tons of Diet Mountain Dew
  • Then, her husband went all in, too
  • She and her husband use clean eating to heal their bodies now
  • For her it was easy because it was a matter of life and death
    • Went on FB, saved videos and recipes
    • Ordered Eat Happy herself
    • For most people who say they’ll do anything to lose extra weight, they are too addicted to stop
      • People need to take on this attitude to get into it
  • Once you get into NSNG, it becomes less and less difficult
  • Kristy lost 50 lbs as a great side effect of NSNG
    • Went from size 12 to size 4
  • Now that Kristy is HEALTHY again, she is still doing NSNG
    • She loves Vinnie’s coffee, too!

Master Your Diabetes with Mona Morstein ND, DHANP – Episode 974

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 974 – Dr. Mona Morstein ND, DHANP joins Vinnie today to discuss the similarities between naturopathic and general medicine, and ways to master your diabetes with naturopathic medicine such as diet.

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MONA MORSTEIN

  • Has been practicing naturopathic
  • Your body has great healing powers
  • Naturopathic medicine tries to stimulate your body’s ability to heal after addressing the illness / symptoms initially
  • Can prescribe most of the same medications that a general practitioner can prescribe
    • Not ADD and amphetamines
  • Different rules for different states
    • She is in AZ
  • She personally takes an interest in helping those with metabolic disorders and diabetes
  • Cows, by eating grains, lose essential fatty acids that are good for us to consume
    • Grain-fed cows can lead to insulin resistance and other problems

MASTER YOUR DIABETES

  • Check out Dr. Morstein’s book Master Your Diabetes
  • She goes over a low-carb diet in the book
  • Vegetarian and vegan diets as well
  • Patient chooses the option that they feel best resonates with them
  • Spend more time telling patients what they can eat than what they can’t
    • Makes it seem more reasonable and doable so people do not shy away
      • This can be a problem when people, for example, realize they have to cut all of the grains out
  • There are lean people with type 2 diabetes
  • GAD 65 marker can help determine whether it is type 2 or another related issue
  • Type 1: eating, drinking, peeing a lot, lots of lethargy, weight loss, etc., in children
  • Type 2: harder to pinpoint with symptoms, though people tend to be pre-diabetic for years
    • Some physicians just wait until patients move from pre-diabetic to diabetic so that they can treat them
    • Deals with A1C levels
    • Adding years of damage to the body before they are even diagnosed

Amazon link to Master Your Diabetes book.

Whole Foods Breakup & Other Rants with Jonny Bowden – Episode 969

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 969 – Author and nutritional guru Jonny Bowden PhD, CNS (@jonnybowden) joins Vinnie to rant about his breakup with Whole Foods, the revised edition of his bestseller The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, his favorite foods, What the Health and so much more!

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JONNY BOWDEN

  • Check out his website here
  • Commonly known as “The Nutrition Myth Buster”
  • Doesn’t buy into the diet propaganda the government puts forth
    • Another cholesterol skeptic
  • Much like Vinnie he broke up with the “healthy” Whole Foods aka Whole Paycheck
  • He is another big Los Angeles health guru
  • Author of a number of great books
  • “Eat fat to lose fat” proponent
  • Has been featured on tons of TV shows, in tons of articles, etc.
  • One of the most widely known names in terms of low-carb proponents

 

 

Why I’m Breaking Up With Whole Foods

What The Health… WTF??

 

 

Ketogenic Diet and Longevity – Episode 955

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 955 – Dr. Susan Masino joins Vinnie to discuss research on the ketogenic diet and longevity, as well as treating autism, certain pregnant women and even pets with seizures.

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DR. SUSAN MASINO

  • Has appeared on this podcast a number of times
    • Be sure to check out our other shows with her
  • She is a professor of Applied Science at Trinity College
  • Has been conducting research there for two decades
    • Has been doing research, in general, for even longer!
  • Focus is adenosine and its effects on homeostasis and metabolism
    • Regulator of cell function
  • Her real passion is brain health
    • She is now connected to the ketogenic community and the brain health community

KETOGENIC DIET AND LONGEVITY

  • More and more studies prove that a ketogenic diet is correlated with increase longevity
  • Diet commonly used to help those with epilepsy, now including animals!
  • Also a great diet for pregnant women
  • Ketogenic diet works largely by reducing inflammation
    • This decreases pain, brain disfunction, improves quantity of good, helpful molecules and the like
      • Alleviates symptoms of many diseases and disorders
  • Recently, Dr. Masino has been focusing work on autism
    • How can ketogenic diet help?
    • Adenosine may be the key here
    • Also important because many with autism experience seizures
    • Studies started on mice that exhibited symptoms of autism
  • Here is an interesting case to check out on this subject
    • 4 year old with autism who responded well to metabolic changes
  • Ultimately, you wanna live longer?
    • Try a ketogenic diet on for size!

2 Articles from Cell Metabolism magazine, September 5, 2017

Ketogenic Diet Reduces Midlife Mortality and Improves Memory in Aging Mice

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Ketogenic Diet Reduces Midlife Mortality and Improves Memory in Aging Mice

Ketogenic Diet Reduces Midlife Mortality and Improves Memory in Aging Mice

 

A Ketogenic Diet Extends Longevity and Healthspan in Adult Mice

A Ketogenic Diet Extends Longevity and Healthspan in Adult Mice

A Ketogenic Diet Extends Longevity and Healthspan in Adult Mice

Sugar Industry Kills – Episode 949

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 949 – Vinnie & Anna talk about cord-cutting and rant about some outrageously-priced holiday gifts, Gwyneth Paltrow’s ass, Robert De Niro’s cut physique in Cape Fear, and the strong possibility that the sugar industry is complicit in the deaths of millions.

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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

  • Thanksgiving is finally over, so now Christmas songs can play with impunity
  • Holiday gifts becoming more and more expensive
    • The most useless things cost hundreds and thousands of dollars
  • Get your family something useful, or something homemade and more thoughtful
  • Marketing gets all this stuff to sell but it is ridiculous
    • For example, Neiman Marcus is grossly expensive
      • “Needless Markup”
    • Their holiday catalog contains things like advent calendars of socks, and it is $475… WHAT??!?!?

SUGAR INDUSTRY

  • Millions and millions have died at the hands of the sugar industry
    • Industry knows what it is doing yet continues to do it
  • A mass murderer, driven by the big exec’s want for economic gain
  • Help fund government studies which posit a diet that leads to our health issues and some folks’ deaths
  • Until the real science comes out and people start to speak up, this will continue to happen
  • We need to hold the industry responsible and stop buying the cr@p!

Robert De Niro in Cape Fear