Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2388 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss how to keep moving forward, how sugar feeds cancer, and more. [libsyn_podcast id=28126607] PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - How to Keep Moving Forward Anna shares a wise reminder that applies to most things, including fitness and health: This Too Shall Pass. (2:00) Vinnie discusses a recent consult with “Judy” and what things were happening that have stalled her weight loss. (2:30) He doesn’t like the word “plateau,” because your body is always doing something. What it does depends on whether you are doing negative or positive things. So you need to keep moving forward! Anna brings up Bulgarian Split Squats and they discuss how to improve them. (6:00) She also brings up other fitness challenges that are happening, especially during menopause. Vinnie still works out to failure and loves the calm feeling it brings. They chat about sleep, too; as a result, they talk about ho

Episode 2387 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Dr. Bill Schindler to continue their discussion about raw milk, Blue Zone lifestyles, reconnecting with your food, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/reconnecting-with-your-food-with-dr-bill-schindler-episode-2387 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Reconnecting With Your Food Vinnie welcomes Bill back for another episode since they were just scratching the surface in the previous episode. Vinnie asks Bill about raw vs. homogenized milk. (4:00) Bill says most milk in any grocery store has been adulterated. He explains the human digestion of milk, to help clarify why he advocates for raw milk. But he also explains why it can be dangerous under certain conditions. They explain the various fermentation processes of dairy. (11:45) The problem with dairy isn’t the milk itself, but the system of handling it. (21:00) Pasteurizing doesn’t make bad milk good; it makes bad milk not lethal. Bill sh

Episode 2386 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about the war on fat, the myth of six meals a day, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/the-war-on-fat-episode-2386 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - The War on Fat Gina opens the show with a question to Vinnie about eating 3 meals daily. (2:30) Now that she has been NSNG® for a while, she feels like 3 meals a day is a lot of food for her. They also discuss some of the other changes happening to her since being NSNG®. They discuss where the idea of 6 meals a day comes from, and why it’s B.S. (7:00) It started with the war on fat, which led to eating more carbs. She shares what she has seen in women’s fitness and weight loss Facebook groups. (16:00) The topic is usually about plateaus and how to break them; not surprisingly, the advice she hears is off the mark. Vinnie sorts the B.S. from facts. Cheat meals are nonsense. Vinnie shares an example of a common struggle he hea

Episode 2385 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss what is gilding the lily on NSNG, damaging DNA with genotoxic artificial sweeteners, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/gilding-the-lily-on-NSNG-episode-2385 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Gilding the Lily and Damaging DNA Vinnie and Anna chat a bit about some celebrity and movie talk. (2:00) Vinnie describes why many celebrities were so successful following his guidance. (8:00) They discuss a common issue Vinnie hears during consultations. (10:00) People try to “gild the lily”, meaning adding things that can be too much. You can’t eat with impunity; it is possible to still have too much food. People want a magic number or an amount to work with, but there isn’t one. This is why the consultations are so helpful because Vinnie can customize advice for your situation. Anna shares an item she received from a listener. (20:00) It’s about a rice cooker and the c

Episode 2384 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Dr. Bill Schindler, Archaeologist, and they discuss ancestral evolution through tools, fire, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/evolution-our-ancestors-dr.bill-schindler-pt-1-episode-2384 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - EVOLUTION OF OUR ANCESTORS Vinnie and Bill open up the dialogue with a discussion about “Momentum in the Mountains”, co-hosted by Steven Fullerton and Somors Stephenson. (2:00) They’re doing fantastic work trying to bring information about healthy lifestyles to their small mountain community. Bill is the author of the book “”, which helped launch the Paleo movement. (8:00) Bill shares his background growing up and how he transitioned into his current lifestyle. He was a heavy kid who got picked on a lot. He later became an athlete but had an unhealthy relationship with food. As he got older he became aware of the link between hunting and his background in archeology.

Episode 2383 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about insulin responses storing fat, how perseverance gets results, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/perseverance-gets-results-episode-2383 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - PERSEVERANCE GETS RESULTS Gina tells Vinnie how she has continued to lose weight and is down 16 pounds! (2:00) She shares what she thinks may have been slowing her progress a bit, including a lot of stress. Gina’s body changes have helped her expand her range of activities. This has made her more confident overall. Gina shares how a friend who still follows an older “diet mentality” got their bloodwork back and was shocked. (7:00) They found out their low-fat, limited “points” approach was negatively affecting their bloodwork. So Vinnie explains what is happening in the body during an insulin response and fat storage. (10:30) He recommends reading “” by Gary Taubes. Vinnie recalls a good visual desc

Episode 2382 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss football foods,  the dark side of social media: exploitative videos, stretching exercises, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - The Dark Side Of Social Media, Football Food, An Unboxing, and Recipe Suggestions Vinnie tells Anna what he’s been working on all day. He has been doing interviews; an upcoming one is Bill Schindler. Bill is an archeologist who has studied the early human diet and how it has progressed. Vinnie shares some interesting points from the interview. Somehow this leads to some of the shows Anna and Vinnie used to watch. They share some ideas about “Football Food”. (15:30) Vinnie shares one of his YouTube videos about grains. (20:15) Anna does an “unboxing” They discuss the dark side of social media and certain “mukbang” videos. (26:15) Some are terribly sad, as the videos exploit obese binge eaters; as a result, Vinnie makes some very valid points a

Episode 2381 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Eddie Fackler and they discuss Eddie's recent medical incident and how training saved him, mental perseverance, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/training-saved-him-Eddie-Fackler-episode-2381 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - TRAINING SAVED HIM Vinnie welcomes Eddie back to the show; Eddie gives his backstory and how he found NSNG®. (4:00) Eddie lost 100 lbs in 6 months! He became a long-distance runner and discusses some of the challenges with that. He describes his recent medical incident and his amazing journey through that. He had an aortic dissection happen in his heart! This event is unrelated to heart attack, cholesterol, or stroke. He explains more of his journey—the man is a fighter! They chat about Eddie’s previous running goals and how he’s adjusting them. (13:00) Vinnie shares some thoughts on this as well. Eddie’s consistent training saved his life. They talk about Edd

Episode 2380 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about several things including trends and nonsense in the "biohacking" world, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/trends-and-nonsense-episode-2380 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - TRENDS AND NONSENSE Gina shows Vinnie a photo she took and the conversation touches on a bit of “lagniappe”. (4:00) Vinnie describes the process and time it took to get a customized shotgun for skeet shooting. (6:00) It’s a very long process to get it right—and it’s a metaphor for regaining your health. You have to do what it takes, as long as it takes. This leads to talking about what countries do and do not know how to do certain foods, especially coffee. (15:00) Vinnie has a story about being in Italy and a very special espresso. Gina has some questions for Vinnie and wants to know about some diet trends she's seen on social media. (25:00) These are biohacks she found on TikTok: lettuce water

Episode 2379 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss positive versus negative messaging, morbid obesity, doing what you can to get a leg up, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/doing-what-you-can-episode-2379 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - DOING WHAT YOU CAN  Listen for the SPECIAL PROMO CODE FOR NSNG® Foods that is for ONE DAY ONLY! Code is ONLY available on the website and podcast apps! Vinnie is fired up today, and he and Anna chat about the movie Rocky and how it was so uplifting in a difficult era of American history. (2:00) This brings him to the topic of "The Whale" with Brendan Fraser; he shares his frustrations about the movie. He summarizes parts of the film and feels like the message of the film is negative. Anna asks how Vinnie would help those who may feel they are in the same place as the movie's main character. (16:00) Vinnie and Anna give shout-outs to various NSNG® folks who have overcome their m

Episode 2378 - On this special Friday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino replay a YouTube LIVE discussion where they address real questions and answers about NSNG®, intermittent fasting, being fat-adapted, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/09/real-questions-answers-episode-2378 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel - REAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS  You can watch the replay of this YouTube LIVE but going to . Vinnie talks about an upcoming promo that is ONLY for one day.  Vinnie mentions a recent Instagram post and some unsavory comments he gets from “keyboard cowboys”. (3:00) An upcoming guest on the show is Dr. Bill Schindler, an archeologist, and chef, who will be talking about how humans were meant to eat. (6:45) Vinnie and Anna answer some real questions during this YouTube LIVE event: Does Vinnie approve of intermittent fasting? (9:45) Can NSNG® improve joint pain? (31:45) Anna has some thoughts about NSNG® and menopa

Episode 2377 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about not being as self-conscious, how "we lie to us" about certain foods, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/we-lie-to-us-episode-2377 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - WE LIE TO US Vinnie and Gina talk a bit about denim fashion. (2:30) Gina shares a recent Instagram post in which she realized she doesn’t need to be as self-conscious in her swimsuit as she used to be. She’s seeing and feeling all kinds of benefits of NSNG®. They discuss how back in the 1990s soda was taken out of school vending machines but then replaced with “healthy” fruit juices. (16:30) Vinnie tells Gina he possibly has a new project brewing and he blames Gina. (18:30) Gina mentions an Instagram account where the creator occasionally takes junk food and rebrands the packaging to look like “health food.”(23:10) They discuss how so many things like protein bars and trail mix are misleading, but the real i

Episode 2376 - On this Monday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss PubMed and the NIH "backing out of the room," grocery merchandising, informative youtube videos, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/backing-out-of-the-room-episode-2376 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel - BACKING OUT OF THE ROOM  Anna and Vinnie spend a few moments talking about Anna’s pumpkin marinara and how she is taking pre-orders. (2:00) This leads to s discussion of Halloween, candy, and trick-or-treating stories. Then somehow this segues to Richard Simmons and nude-colored stockings. Anna brings up an article entitled, “Carbohydrate-based diet may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: A pooled analysis of two prospective cohort studies.” (24:00) The link is to the PubMed website . Vinnie feels vindicated but feels that government agencies are “slowly backing out of the room”. Vinnie and Anna agree that those agencies can’t co

Episode 2375 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes chef Mike Keen and they discuss everything about Mikes's adventure and experiments while kayaking up the coast of Greenland, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/adventure-experiments-with-mike-keen-episode-2375 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - ADVENTURE & EXPERIMENTS Vinnie welcomes Mike, who is a chef and has lived and adventured all over the world. (2:30) They discuss how all kinds of jobs can be fulfilling that don’t require a college degree. Mike found his path through being a chef. Many times the best education is travel and exploring cultures. Mike tells Vinnie how he got started in cooking and culinary school. (12:30) Vinnie asks about the story behind the Adventure Chef’s kayaking trip up the coast of Greenland. (17:00) Mike describes his trip and the specific goals he had. Gather seal poop samples (to test for microplastics). And to learn about the Inuit ancestral way of eating.

Episode 2374 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about opening up horizons to new flavors, body mass index, companies "moving the goalposts", and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/opeing-up-horizons-epsiode-2374 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - OPENING UP HORIZONS Gina opens up the show by telling Vinnie about how excited she was that her “Kidboy” made great food choices, all on his own, during a recent visit to a Brazilian steakhouse. (2:40) They talk about trying different foods to open up horizons and widen the flavors your palate enjoys. (5:00) Except for olives—Gina just can’t. And Vinnie just can’t understand how Gina just can’t do olives. Gina mentions that what she thinks helped Kidboy be open was a youtube show called “Romeo Eats”. (12:05) Let your kids open up horizons for various foods and flavors. (12:30) Vinnie and Gina share some of the foods they’ve tried, like frog legs, gator, and others. (13:30) Gina then re

Episode 2373 - On this Monday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss Restaurants 101 and how to navigate dining out, pay tribute to special family member George, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/restaurants-101-episode-2373 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel - RESTAURANTS 101  Vinnie and Anna have surprise guest Leona (aka, “Lois”) on the show today. (2:00) After a bit of discussion about music and doppelgängers, Vinnie asks Leona a couple of questions. (15:00) Vinnie has had consults with Leona before, so he asks her for updates on how her exercise is going. He chats with her about Spartan races and gives her a new challenge to go for. The discussion focuses on Restaurants 101, to help you navigate how you can eat while dining out. (21:15) Vinnie gives some blanket statements about eating at restaurants. Anna gives suggestions about various ethnic foods to help you find selections that can be NSNG®. They

Episode 2372 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes chef James Barry and they discuss organ meats, bad labeling, having a healthy purpose, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/202/08/healthy-purpose-with-james-barry-episode-2372 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - A HEALTHY PURPOSE Vinnie and Barry met at the recent event “Momentum in the Mountains.” (3:00) Barry is a chef and has come up with a product using organ meats. Vinnie hates liver, but he tried and loved it—there was no organ meat flavor. They share some thoughts, both pros, and cons, about some of the health conferences they know about. (4:00) They also discuss how a lot of companies misrepresent their product because of lax rules on labeling standards. (15:45) People don’t understand they are being duped. James shares some of his concerns with labeling; for example, whether “organic” is truly organic. Vinnie has some additional insight through some of his own research. James is concerne

Episode 2371 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about abs over age 40, judging yourself too harshly, being open to learning, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/open-to-learning-episode-2371 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - OPEN TO LEARNING Gina is calling Vinnie out on his “false modesty”. (2:30) She’s referring to Vinnie’s recent Instagram that shows his abs. Vinnie is posting workout videos on his youtube channel. (5:00) He recently posted “”. Stopping being active is what leads to things like “dad bod”. Gina advises others to not judge themselves harshly. (9:50) There are others who would love to be trading places with you because they see you as an inspiration. Vinnie receives a lot of heartwarming stories of success from listeners, which makes him feel great. Vinnie finished his Learn to Row class and he tells Gina about it. (17:20) It started slowly but really picked up. He talks about his experience during clas

Episode 2370 - On this Monday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino chat about various topics including youtube, giving credit where it's due, recipe ideas, answering questions, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/credit-where-its-due-episode-2370 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel - CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE  First, there is an in-depth analysis of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." (2:00) They chat about how well Vinnie's youtube channel is doing and what some upcoming content will be. (15:55) Anna and Vinnie take a few minutes to discuss the very sad passing of raw vegan influencer, Zhanna D'Art. (17:40) It has been reported that her cause of death was "starvation and exhaustion." If you or anyone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, please get professional help. Vinnie attended "Momentum in the Mountains", which is a health retreat. (18:40) There were several speakers, including Nina Teicholz and Dom D'Ago

Episode 2369 - On this Friday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino give you a Grocery 101 course on how grocery stores work, saving money on meat and produce, how to best shop for keeping NSNG®, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/08/grocery-101-with-anna-vocino-episode-2369 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS You can watch this episode on Vinnie's Fitness Confidential YOUTUBE channel - GROCERY 101  Vinnie and Anna start with some history about how the grocery stores of today got established, thanks to cardboard and the Piggly Wiggly. (You’ll see what I mean!) (2:00) They have done several “101”-style episodes that you can listen to that are available on Vinnie’s website. (11:50) This episode will focus on grocery shopping and how to streamline your shopping and help you save money, too! Vinnie also describes what “horse trading” and a “Monroney sticker” is and how they came to be. (12:15) Vinnie talks about what he and Serena do to find deals on meat. (17:30) Anna clarifies the difference betwee