Fitness Confidential

: Episode 962 - Merry Christmas everybody! Vinnie talks about buying Christmas gifts for family and Carolla Digital and when he gives a bottle of scotch, he gives what he himself would drink. Anna Vocino talks about what she's planning to cook for Christmas dinner. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market GIVING GIFTS ANNA'S DINNER

: Episode 961 - Adam Carolla Show celebrity Gina Grad (https://twitter.com/GinaGrad, https://www.instagram.com/ginagrad/) joins Vinnie to read the menus and discuss the bad lunches of some rich schools published in the New York Times. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club BAD LUNCHES NYT released an article documenting the bad lunches some rich schools provide their students It's appalling! Schools aren't spending money on healthy lunches Baked potato with broccoli and processed cheese Pretty sugary, but overall, could be worse!! In the realm of school lunches, Vinnie is happy there is broccoli and cheese "Italian Dunkers" - these are grains and tomato sugar, basically Pizza sticks, lettuce salad, pudding dessert This sounds pretty unhealthy on the whole Lettuce, good, but the rest is about as bad as it gets Plus, you're going to put dressing filled with sugar on this salad No protein or fat in here Tacos Put it in a shell, and now it's unhealthy Potato coins This just SOUNDS bad Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Corn, Dinner roll, & fruit This is horrible Chicken is breaded Bread on top of bread with one of the worst grains - corn Juice slushies Juice is ALREADY straight sugar, so this just sounds even worse These meals will put kids to sleep

: Episode 960 - Listeners Stephanie and Ashley join Vinnie today to discuss their NSNG journey that led them to lose 70 and 60 pounds, respectively, live from Kansas City! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club STEPHANIE AND ASHLEY Good friends This show is one from Kansas City Stephanie found Vinnie years ago Adam Carolla effect Ashley caught on a few months later after seeing how Stephanie ate and how she was losing weight They have both lost an amazing amount of weight Both mid-20s LOSE 70 & 60 POUNDS! Stephanie had lost 25 lbs within the few months She has lost around 70 total Ashley has lost 60 pounds Stephanie's twin has lost about 45 lbs They look really great and lean They just followed NSNG - really strictly, for the most part It really works Give it a try, but make sure you commit

: Episode 959 - Software engineer, entrepreneur and cholesterol blogger Dave Feldman joins Vinnie to discuss his efforts to reverse-engineer the mystery of cholesterol and learn how to manipulate LDL scores with food. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market DAVE FELDMAN Vinnie found Dave via a low-carb conference in Breckenridge Other luminaries like Fettke and Gerber attend Dave has a super interesting background in software engineering and entrepreneurship In fact, similarities to Ivor Cummins Ivor also not from sciencey science background but a cholesterol expert Dave comes largely from self-experimentation Though now his fans contribute data, too Also there is an enormous amount of belief on studies that are not double-blind, random, or controlled The science believed by many is not even good science Dave is trying to change this So, with his computer science background, he tries to reverse-engineer cholesterol Gaining a better understanding this way Dave is athletic, but had "bad" LDL numbers Realized many athletes have worse LDL numbers... wanted to figure out why Thus he decided to look into what cholesterol is and how the lipid system works More than anything else, lipid system is an energy distribution system Low-density Lipoproteins (LDL) meant to distribute fat based energy Cholesterol rideshares with this fat Figures out ways to artificially lower cholesterol Please check this video explaining some basic stuff about cholesterol There are four parts to check out Dave learns more each day Interesting fact: President of AHA recently had a heart attack Dave gets real sciencey in this podcast in laymen's terms that people can understand The 4-1-1 on the science behind cholesterol Check out Dave's website which is linked in the description above, and here

: Episode 958 - Vinnie and Andy talk about the passive income myth: the misconception that having an online company makes it easy to get rich and doesn't require many hours to operate. They also discuss how their suppliers try to pressure them into adding "natural" colors to Pure Vitamin Club products. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PASSIVE INCOME MYTH Myth that you can sit back once you've set up a company or something and let the income come to you Andy and Vinnie work hard every single day Running a business (now two) takes serious effort Social media, making sure customers are happy, advertising, constantly working Computer work never ends If you want success, you always have to work for it Also, Vinnie and Andy have learned that making money is very SLOW "NATURAL" COLORS 'Natural' colors tend to be anything BUT natural Manufacturers and suppliers find roundabout ways to refer to unnatural things as natural This is largely a scam Vinnie and Andy refuse to scam people They don't add any color for a reason They WANT to keep their products completely natural Quality is what matters, not aesthetics Our products are the best, and that's what we will use to sell them

Episode 957 - Vinnie & Anna talk about how much fat you're not burning in spinning class or at expensive spin studios such as SoulCycle and offer a better alternative. They also talk about kids on statins, giving unsolicited advice in the gym, Anna's prison tattoo, and much much more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market SPINNING CLASSES Spinning classes are not a good way to lose weight While any exercise is good for you in general, spinning not optimal for weight loss SoulCycle and similar companies charge a lot of money for a little Easily same stuff you can do at home They push you so hard you feel like you want to die, and it's largely unnecessary Popular/trendy but it is silly and too expensive It's a whole class of doing intervals Not in Zone 2 which is the fat burning zone Instructors often set people up on the bike incorrectly, too Most people end up having sugar or something carby after because they were worked to a breaking point for no reason Zone 4 to death Just burning blood sugar This is the reason people don't feel like Zone 2 is enough when really it is the best zone for fat burning PRISON TATS Also commonly known as "stick-and-poke" tattoos Anna let her daughter, Lucy, give her one It says LUCY ! Her husband and a family friend also got some See pic below Anna's Prison Tatt from Daughter Lucy Merry Christmas from Izzy!

: Episode 956 - Podcaster (Wellness Force Radio) and former trainer Josh Trent joins me to talk about being mindful of emotion-driven eating and giving some of your friends the gift of goodbye... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club JOSH TRENT Often easy to get off track when emotions get involved Emotions lead to hormones which lead to eating for some Josh gets it He's seen it, he's experienced it like we all have Also knows it's important to understand when to let go of a relationship "Gift of goodbye" Former trainer this line of work is really tough! He and Vinnie both understand that Check out his podcast! Wellness Force Radio

: 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. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market 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 Click images to read articles 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

: Episode 954 - Vinnie and Andy talk about the validity of being a fat-adapted endurance athlete and Vinnie's commits to proving it on his upcoming 100 mile kayaking adventure in the bayou. VINNIE'S KAYAKING TRAINING WITH BEN LOWRY

: Episode 953 - Vinnie and Anna discuss Vinnie's training for his upcoming kayaking adventure, Vinnie's new Stellar S18R kayak, the pros and cons of intermittent fasting and how to use gym cardio equipment in the NSNG lifestyle. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market KAYAKING Vinnie has taken up this sport He plans on paddling in Louisiana on quite a long journey Friend and fan Dave Dolak is helping him in his quest Vinnie spent time with Stellar Kayak rep Ben Lawry learning the best techniques for the trip. INTERMITTENT FASTING GYM CARDIO EQUIPMENT Vinnie's new kayak from Stellar Kayaks See more Vinnie-recommended products HERE