Fitness Confidential

: Episode 1325 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday to discuss the new PCC Burundi Explorer Series, a question about our high quality products from the mailbag, calcium absorption, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club PCC BURUNDI Burundi is a tiny country in Africa Micro-lot selected from high altitudes Independent farmers grew these beans We have a delicious roast from this country Small-batch in our Explorer Series Class, dark-chocolatey coffee Really rich and delicious HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS Our product is a GMP-certified product Good manufacturing practice We are also NSF products Products rigorously tested by third parties to make sure our manufacturing is great! We take great measure to make sure our products are highest quality They would sue us if we put it on our products without their stamp of approval Not all of our PVC ingredients come from USA, but the vitamins are made in the USA A note: Andy in this show mentions that it would be posted on the 15th. Unfortunately, this was incorrect, and so the Bay to Breakers event already took place. It went swimmingly! We hope to see you at our next event.

: Episode 1324 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the amazing features on early episodes of this podcast, how much time podcasting takes up, how to deal with money and friendships, the psyllium lie, hiking, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow EARLY PODCAST DAYS This show used to be even MORE uncensored than it is now It got raunchier than it does now We had some awesome guests including Howie Mandel and Ben Greenfield You can, for a super small cost, purchase access to every show we've ever posted! One of the women who followed for a long time, who was trying to get pregnant, got pregnant after going NSNG® Going on 7 years now MONEY AND FRIENDSHIP Vinnie has some friends who are really well off His dog began dying and he had to bail on a couple of friends going to ski slopes He was a little surprised they didn't offer to cover his small share of the rent/asked for the money right away The real issue is how they asked for the money when his dog was so ill Very short, untimely and didn't seem compassionate That being said, Vinnie thinks it's important not to take advantage of your rich friends Even when he goes out with celebrities, he will pay a fair amount of the time Don't always try to be so exact about what you eat and how much it costs exactly Ex: "well, I had fewer fries than you so that's $1 less for me" When Anna has a birthday dinner, she pays for her friends who come Many of them don't know each other, she asks them to come out, so it makes sense to pay for them Be responsible without being too terribly cheap THE PSYLLIUM LIE Psyllium and psyllium husks are not good for you Like eating the husk of corn You do not need this fiber Another one of these lies that has stolen your good intentions Can actually negatively impact colon health/activity A way for companies to make money - that's pretty much it

: Episode 1323 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two discuss Vinnie's making it in LA, how to be a go-getter, the rise of pediatric obesity, why calories don't count, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club BE A GO-GETTER Vinnie moved to LA after finding a lot of success in New Orleans training Had some stars help him out when he arrived Got linked into modeling He never loved his looks, so was surprised when this took off Vinnie was a very easy subject Made some money and able to sure himself up so he could do what he actually wanted to do Gina alternatively did have a big struggle when she first got to LA This is the more common story Was a lowly producer at night when she arrived Kept trying and trying until she got a good gig Got her radio host gig You have to work for it Don't say no to gigs Go out and try to get what you want You can't wait for opportunities to present themselves or they will not come Even now, Vinnie books himself on things Doesn't have an agent Does it himself PEDIATRIC OBESITY Diet soda is not healthy More kids than ever are obese Many kids drink diet drinks thinking the fact that they are low- or no-cal makes them okay Kids who drink diet sodas still consume ~150-200 more calories a day These calories are also unhealthy food and drink Vinnie began to gain some weight when he stopped playing football Calories is just a measurement, you don't eat A calorie What matters is WHAT you eat Eating real food will lower obesity rates! Kids didn't used to eat processed, carby food like they do now

: Episode 1322 - Vinnie Tortorich is joined by Brett Lloyd this Saturday to discuss his success with a low carb high fat carnivore diet, improving mental health with diet, gaining joy through healthy eating, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH Brett did not do NSNG, per se Instead, he simply ate low carb high fat Did it all in chunks He's fueled by meat, and feels much better all around Brett is 58, a little over 6', and weighs 177 In great shape now! Poisoned himself for better part of 57 years, has now been eating healthily for ~10 months No joint pain and has overcame decades of depression symptoms On tons of meds, had horrible thoughts before beginning this healthy lifestyle Diagnosed with various mental illnesses, recommended various treatments, many of which he tried and did not work Brett's a carnivore, through and through He heard people were healed through this diet After just over three weeks, he began feeling the happiness Had tried Atkins at a previous time and it did help him but at the time, he didn't put two and two together Had done it then just for weight loss Knew he didn't want to be on a bunch of meds forever

: Episode 1321 - Dr. Eric Westman, internal medicine doctor and keto expert, joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss how he learned of the benefits of a low carb high fat diet, Dr. Atkins, the history of veganism, science deniers, and more in this fascinating one on one. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow DR. ERIC WESTMAN Dr. Westman is an incredible internal medicine doctor He has been on the podcast before -- check it out here Currently works at Duke He is a huge part of the Fat Doc Did not hear any of the other interviews Wrote this great book Dr. Westman is very vocal in the low carb health world Took him seeing low carb benefit his own patients that really led him in this way despite his classes teaching him CICO and SAD Would visit Dr. Atkins, learned a lot from him Now, Dr. Westman pays this forward and invites other doctors/scientists to come learn from him Notes there's a lot of pushback that is unwarranted Bad science promoted by things like religion Learned a lot about this from the Fettke's as well Veganism has not been around for long Came from one woman's premonition

: Episode 1320 - Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk the myth of passive income, running PVC, coffee tasting, stories from the mailbag, the potential for alleviating dry eye with PVC, and more on this Wednesday episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club RUNNING PVC We do sometimes make mistakes Andy runs this company amazingly If he mistakes a mistake, he owns up and rights it Sometimes people complain for ridiculous things out of our control We will still take care of it People write to us all the time Most of the time, all good things People say they feel that they are in good hands and this makes them keep coming back ALLEVIATING DRY EYE We recently received a letter from a customer, Samuel He said our products (Ultra Salt) help immensely with dry eye Check out the testimonial on our Instagram page here He felt that nothing else helped like our PVC product

: Episode 1319 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie to discuss Louisiana dialects, Adam Carolla, the importance of business knowledge and financial literacy, changing exercise up, CICO myths, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow FINANCIAL LITERACY People are not taught how to handle money in school This is something EVERYONE needs to know Not everyone needs calculus -- everyone needs to know how to handle money This Chase tweet is sassy, but sums things up Not worth shaming people when the education system fails us Part of making it in business is making sure you spell things correctly in solicitation emails If you are asking for something, make sure you pay attention to detail in your email CHANGING EXERCISE UP It's okay and good to be dynamic with exercise You CAN do the same thing over and over But you can change your routine Warm up discipline is always important Muscle confusion is not a thing like the BS people say it is This can mean you do pushups at home one day, go on a run the next, spend time on elliptical the following day, etc. Try neck exercises while sitting at your desk, different types of exercises, etc.

: Episode 1318 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Gina's podcast "Easy Listening," driving tickets, stupid diet pills, Gina's weight loss journey, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club STUPID DIET PILLS A new diet pill came out They want it to be called a "medical device" This is all BS It is ineffective Will not actually help you lose weight Changing your lifestyle is so much better Attempts at controlling hormones that don't work People dealing with morbid obesity are desperate Doctors give patients anti-psychotics to lose weight Makes them less hungry Totally horrible

: Episode 1317 - Kerri Hines joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her NSNG® journey, the difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis, Vinnie's Catholic school experience, eating real food, getting control of her health, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club EATING REAL FOOD Kerri has been NSNG® for a very long time! Super active on Facebook (and Twitter, too) Discovered keto before NSNG® Her daughter is a Type 1 diabetic and didn't find out for far too many years She was in the hospital, and Kerri was told to be scared of keto Realized this was confusion between ketones and ketoacidosis Ketones kept her daughter going when she was incredibly dehydrated Her sugar was too high and her body was trying to dump it Had her first grandchild right after this show was recorded!!! At one point in time, was working out and starving herself (CICO) Didn't work well After she learned about ketones, she realized ketosis would be a great option for her own health! Involved eating real food Used to do more of the fad-ish ketosis before she discovered NSNG® Kerri has lost weight and inflammation Looks much better Was previously on her way to lifelong medication at 33 Now she is a bit older and feeling much better Around 144 lbs now A good, healthy weight Found Vinnie via another podcast

: Episode 1316 - Adam Carolla joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss non-fitness related matters such as the subjectivity of comedy and movies, the business of making money, pop warner football, making one's way up in the world, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow ADAM CAROLLA Adam is not a fitness guru However, he's done more for fitness than many people Promotes good fitness, has Vinnie on Adam's a person who wants to teach people more about a certain subject than they did before listening Makes people laugh, makes people listen Made a movie "The Hammer" 80% on Rotten Tomatoes Didn't get into film festivals and the like Has done a lot of awesome docs These are so subjective He hasn't made film festivals Lots of politics around it Can act like an asshole because he's not actually an asshole It sells! Just like how Ellen always starts the show dancing even though she probably doesn't like to dance Adam is a huge car guy Scratched his all the way up