Blood Sugar and Intermittent Fasting

: Episode 578 - Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss fasting blood sugar and the health pros and cons of intermittent fasting, as well as how NSNG can affect a woman's hormones and therefore her menstrual cycle on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty NEW ORLEANS Home to many special characters Vinnie worked with some crazy people He had some corporate clients in the early 80s Set up gyms at big businesses He worked at a big law firm The lawyers would come down and work out with him during their work days Nicest people in the planet People in New Orleans put LIL every day VINNIE'S SPEECHES Vinnie has now done a bunch of speeches at different places such as at Princeton University, or in New Amsterdam He has a short compilation of his speeches in a video online He wants to do a Ted Talk but has not been asked to! Speaking of Vinnie speaking, schedule a phone call with him! PROTEIN BARS AND PROTEIN POWDER Only good protein bar are Epic Bars Vinnie does not like protein powder, but will use it every once in awhile sparingly Don't use Whey powder! Anna uses Bovine Collagen in her coffee She will add cinnamon and some full fat coconut cream No sugar or anything in there! BLOOD SUGAR AND NSNG MEALS Her fasting blood glucose has gone up a bit, but unsure why because she is NSNG All of the following recipes are in her cookbook In a day she eats: Last night for dinner she roasted a chicken White meat, dark meat, chicken skin 3 inch circle serving Made a salad with her own salad dressing Ratio: 3:1 3 part oil to 1 part vinegar Fresh herbs If you want creamy dressing, you can use dijon mustard or a teaspoon of NSNG mayo Green beans with garlic and salt Has olives and salami for snacks Careful with carrots because they are pretty sugary Her Intermittent Fasting was causing the cortisol levels to get very wonky For some people, IM Fasting does not work, for others, it really does work! Tread lightly Also, if you are super low carb like Anna was, the tiniest thing like a baby carrot can throw you off Vinnie is not SUPER low carb nor does he Intermittently Fast, and he has really low fasting blood sugar In general, IM fasting is good for those with metabolic syndrome, and those who are very overweight, etc. We all should look at how much we eat though It is good to do to reset, but for Anna, it was not good to stay on MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND NSNG When you are eating processed foods, your hormones are affected For Anna, she had 21 day cycles with awful cramps and heavy flow Once she cut out processed foods, her cycle was more regular and her pain went away So, when a woman eat NSNG and eat natural, it is likely her menstrual cycle can improve NSNG also helps you sleep better and stress less, also affecting (a woman's) hormones Dr. Sara Gottfried talks about this in detail RU EL'S POUND COUNTER Ru El has made a spread sheet where you can insert the amount of weight you have lost on the NSNG facebook page Go check it out and contribute! That being said, don't worry about checking your weight all the time, etc. Weigh in maybe once a month, not too often