Fitness Confidential

: Episode 1215 - Vinnie and Andy host this Wednesday show, and the two talk Andy's holiday party, weekly PVC and PCC tips, PCC's Explorer Series, coffee tasting, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club ANDY'S HOLIDAY PARTY Andy served several NSNG treats Had a great crab cake Andy also made tuna tartare in cucumber cups There were sweets, but also things like cheese and meats Vinnie got to chat lots of people up! Andy's family attended, too EXPLORER SERIES Sort of like a coffee of the month club Single source coffees - really amazing flavor (Blog Post Here) Rare, small batches (micro-lot) They will change often You get to try rare, exquisite coffees with unique flavors Currently an Ethiopian Ardi coffee This coffee literally smells and tastes like blueberries A new coffee will be out soon as the next kind for our Explorer Series We're doing this right!

: Episode 1214 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk wild political correctness propagated by PETA, making holiday drinks NSNG®, Vinnie's parents make appearances, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Crowd Cow F Bomb PETA What PETA really wants is for people to not own pets whatsoever They are absolutely off their rockers In fact, they're listed as a shelter - people surrender their pets to them, and PETA puts those animals down We are a society that loves our pets - PETA needs to get over it, or become a big, non-kill shelter Good breeders go AFTER puppy mills PETA talks about puppy mills like people approve of them - they do NOT Vinnie and Anna agree animals should not be sold in pet stores But eating meat is where Vinnie and Anna disagree Eating meat, particularly when slaughtered correctly, is natural and not wrong MAKING HOLIDAY DRINKS NSNG® During the holidays, there's lots of sugar around Smells of caramel and cinnamon reminds Vinnie of the holidays as a child Starbucks is selling a peppermint latte May seem innocent, but it's full of sugar Anna used to enjoy peppermint mocha lattes from Starbucks 63g of sugar in one cup!!! This is a chemical sh*!storm as well Don't drink this You can make it NSNG at home! Melt some cacao, stir it in Add some pure peppermint Yes, it won't be sweet, but it will get the job done AGRICULTURE Sugar cane is grown in the south Cut the cane and then burn it It's very bad for the environment Kills and displaces many animals Growing agriculture can be environmentally harmful Same with growing cotton - animals die when they harvest it

: Episode 1213 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, where the two talk haircuts, expensive beauty products and stocking stuffers, free stuff, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BEAUTY PRODUCTS Tallulah gets a lot of fun gifts in her stocking every year Vinnie would get little beauty supplies for her stocking There are a million beauty products! They are all SO expensive Hair products cost an arm and a leg Getting a haircut for a woman is typically exponentially more expensive than a man's haircut Vinnie doesn't understand the fascination Vinnie just uses pine tar soap in his hair Either way works! Don't let anyone dictate what you wear, how you look You don't need to spend money to be beautiful

: Episode 1212 - The Reynolds family joins Vinnie this Saturday, and they talk the family's transition to a ketogenic diet in order to treat their son, Toby's epilepsy with amazing results, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club REYNOLDS FAMILY Andy, the father, has followed Vinnie on Twitter for awhile Put up a video of his son, Toby (8) playing one of Vinnie's favorite songs on the guitar Vinnie was very impressed Haley, Toby, and Tom They are located in Manchester TREATING EPILEPSY Toby has epilepsy Lots of brief, absent seizures At one point, he was having about 150 a day The medications, over the four years, made him worse and angry Had to sedate him to send him to school Needed to find an alternative solution Doctors recommended ketogenic diet The whole family is in now eating a ketogenic diet Used to eat cereal and fruit juice for breakfast, pasta and the like for dinner Toby would have more seizures after this breakfast Saw a massive reduction in seizures when they initially reduced glucose (even before ketosis) Omelette, ham, cheese, sausage, cooked in olive oil is the new breakfast Tom still has a little bit of sugar for breakfast, but for the most part it's cut out Now, Toby has around 5 seizures a day, down from 150 Higher the ketone level, fewer the seizures Severity of the seizures has also decreased

: Episode 1211 - Dr. Verner Wheelock joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk the vilification of fat, cholesterol, the cholesterol 10 for 10, government corruption around diet, his book Healthy Eating: The Big Mistake, the growing low-carb high-fat movement, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Now in the UK at purevitaminclub.co.uk Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow Thrive Market F Bomb DR. VERNER WHEELOCK Check him out on Twitter here! He is researching alternatives to dietary guidelines Thinks these guidelines which recommend reduced fat It is all nonsense If you really look at the evidence of these studies, none of them legitimately lead to the conclusion that low fat is good Britain has similar dietary guidelines to the US Despite this, still tons of heart disease, etc. It's not just about bad science - this is about corruption All around the world, people are willfully ignoring this evidence and discarding it because it does not fit their narratives or line their pockets Has a fantastic book - check it out here Doctors over-prescribe medications and don't change their patients' diets when just changing diets can save their patients We do not need to be chopping off limbs of diabetics - change in diet can stop this

: Episode 1210 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk about how PVC is now in Europe, rectified shipping issues, Andy's travels in Asian countries, the recent passing of the wonderful Tony Lynn, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PVC IS IN EUROPE! Check out our Europe site purevitaminclub.co.uk Everything was looking good HOWEVER Orders weren't coming through shipping properly It is all fixed now, so vitamins were shipped yesterday We apologize for the delay - shouldn't happen in the future Our practice is that orders are fulfilled day of order or within one business day ANDY IN KOREA Taken to a hostess bar Sort of like a speakeasy Businessmen bring out women They're both married but making out with the girls Andy is stuck with a girl who speaks a little English Turns out, they were all transexual men Andy learned how to get out of these situations from Tony Lynn He was Andy's boss at Playboy Tony sadly passed away a week ago Battled cancer This all happened very quickly Went downhill in a matter of two or three weeks They were all close friends

: Episode 1209 - Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two chat about busy Amazon and Eat Happy, following the SAD, the Fat Doc, the fact that breakfast is an unimportant meal, accidental intermittent fasting, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Now available in Europe! Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Crowd Cow Villa Cappelli F Bomb Promo code on your first order: vinnie Check out Keto Crunch and the Fat Bombs on their website! EAT HAPPY Unfortunately, this amazing cookbook is currently sold out Anna sends them to Amazon relatively often Sometimes the receiving center is too busy to receive more trucks Back in September, Anna refilled it Anna sent a request asking them to stock more books in preparation for the holidays It was declined She received a PO for 900 books Sent them, then realized it was for the NEW book which is not out yet There are 267 copies of Eat Happy in the warehouse marked incorrectly She keeps calling, trying to get them to restock but they are just too dang busy! Hopefully there will be more books stocked this upcoming Wednesday BREAKFAST IS AN UNIMPORTANT MEAL That oatmeal is healthy is the biggest lie People say it's heart healthy It's not, AND it's gross unless you add sugar into it The Fat Doc will be discussing how this myth came into being "The most important meal of the day" -- Breakfast -- this is a lie QUAKER OATMEAL came up with this People throw sugar into yogurt and think it's healthy You are just eating sugar, sadly When people become fat adapted, they find they don't need breakfast at all If you are eating breakfast, make it healthy and actually fueling Bacon, eggs, avocado When you have sugary breakfast, you're hungry two hours later This is not how it should be Also, there is no such thing as breakfast food! If you want to have food at breakfast time, you can eat ANY type of food - leftovers are great Anna doesn't intermittent fast on purpose - sometimes, just happens She will just have coffee (mostly without cream) and be good to go She will have some eggs if she's going for a run or to a workout class

: Episode 1208 - Gina Grad AND Anna Vocino join Vinnie on this Sunday School episode, where they talk crazy disease commercials, dangerous McRibs, the fact that chemicals in foods are drugs, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club DISEASE COMMERCIALS There is a medication for everything, and a commercial for every medication They all have silly names Commercials are always ridiculous Kids - don't think you automatically have something wrong with you Also, don't consult the internet if you have concerns - talk to a real doctor if you're actually worried Not every little thing means you're sick CHEMICALS IN FOOD ARE DRUGS There are a lot of unhealthy chemicals in food like McRibs These chemicals, in part, try to make you get hooked to these unhealthy foods In this way, they are addictive drugs Sugar is also a very dangerous drug Avoid all types of drugs - in food, and otherwise Healthy foods will make you feel better than any chemical-y drug

: Episode 1207 - The wonderful Katherine Spiers, food writer, joins Vinnie this Saturday to talk being a critic, customized food, unhealthy carbohydrates, and more on this episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Check out our new European store Pure Coffee Club KATHERINE SPIERS Katherine is a food writer Has written for huge news companies Check out her podcast here Participated in the Guacamole Fest She is not a food critic every time she eats anything She can turn it on or off Doesn't often make it out to the valley where Vinnie lives CUSTOMIZED ORDERS Vinnie often customizes food to make it NSNG In Katherine's experience, many customize their orders and are disappointed by the result Then, they send it back and would much rather enjoy the original Vinnie lives in dietary ketosis Rarely goes off of this way of eating, even when out to eat Carbs DO NOT help you lose weight They are what you eat to gain girth The food pyramid is wild Government nutritional guidelines are to get us to buy certain things

: Episode 1206 - Dr. Ben Bocchicchio joins Vinnie this Friday, and the two talk gyms, proper workout techniques, high resistance exercise, Dr. Ben's program, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club PVC UK! Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market Crowd Cow F Bomb Promo code vinnie DR. BEN BOCCHICCHIO Check out his amazing fitness book here The workouts Dr. Ben specializes in add lean muscle and get rid of fat There are smart and efficient ways to work out without hurting yourself "Negative" is more effective As in, when you are lowering weights, not raising them, that's when Slow training is the way to get up to massively intense workouts without getting hurt Dr. Ben is also a big low carb guy You CAN lift crazy amounts, have super tough workouts, and succeed low carb Different types of workouts, different benefits We get lots of benefits from exercise like this Your muscles just MOVE better Better for cardiovascular, respiratory, etc. health A man after Vinnie's own heart If you are happy with your results, keep doing what you're doing! Dr. Ben does NOT work out specifically that much High intensity resistance training when he actually does real workouts Nobody who has tried his program has gotten hurt