Fitness Confidential

: Episode 885 - Vinnie & Andy talk about how jumping rope is a great all-purpose exercise and how many famous athletes attribute their success to training with a jump rope. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club JUMPING ROPE Jumping rope is easy, quick, and fun! You can get a lot out of jump rope There are lots of tricks to learn and you can do it almost anywhere! Also, double dutch is cool if you can get some other people to play with It is awesome exercise and can always stay interesting Buddy Lee is a guy you should look up - he is a super interesting man (and an amazing athlete/jump roper) Jump rope can help with ALL of your other athletic pursuits Vinnie thinks it helped him a ton with his football and could've helped him get his football scholarship! Jump ropes are super easy to get - the ones from Buddy Lee are a little more expensive but super nice!

: Episode 884 - Vinnie talks to listener Lisa who has an absolutely fascinating life story and shares her battle with using weight as form of emotional protection... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISA PEREZ Lives in NYC! Brooklyn Mostly Italian, but also an eighth Cuban People can still rag on Italians! Only group where you can still do that Found Vinnie through Adam Carolla Both of her parents checked out when she was young Her dad earlier, then her mom was really messed up too She always had to help her parents, not the other way around Lisa learned from a young age how to be self sufficient She used to do phone sex for money Also was a clown Ended up going over to office work! Lisa lived on her own on government money for awhile Lisa learned how to use her weight as protection WEIGHT Lisa is now NSNG She has learned how to no longer use food for emotional protection She is comfortable with herself, weight is no longer her blanket Good support for not using lbs as a protection on the NSNG Facebook page A lot of people have sabotaged their good progress as a result of abuse Self-sabotaging is pretty common but once you overcome it will feel so much better! Now, Lisa has lost a bunch and has made real progress Don't be afraid to make a change Easier said than done, but do it one day at a time On NSNG, you can eat food, you just can't eat BAD foods!

: Episode 883 - Author and nutritionist Amy Berger, MS, CNS, NTP joins Vinnie to talk about her new book The Alzheimer's Antidote which describes dietary ketosis as a treatment for Alzheimer's. She and Vinnie also discuss how sometimes people eat too much fat... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market AMY BERGER Amy is an amazing luminary A very good writer Get serious about your health! Big proponent of: You can't make things other people's problems, do what you have to do "Tuit" - Get To It Amy was in the Air Force Integrity is doing what you're supposed to, even when nobody is looking Reviews books, writes blog posts, her website is SUPER informational She shares a lot of info from other luminaries in the LCHF field as well Amy offers 30, 60 and 90 minute phone calls so that you can pick her brain Check out this great service! Amy has noticed, that for many, you cannot eat UNLIMITED fat even if you are eating low carb For example, you don't need to put butter on top of your steak Same with coffee, you don't need bulletproof coffee or coffee with a ton of cream if you're already eating bacon and eggs Make small adjustments Fasting can be beneficial but only in the right circumstance AMY'S NEW BOOK This book, linked above, focuses on Alzheimer's To some extent, this is likely a metabolic issue "Type 3 Diabetes", "Diabetes of the Brain" Energy crisis in the brain is the oversimplification Amy presents a multi-pronged nutrition and lifestyle intervention that may help those with Alzheimer's to slow, improve, or even potentially reverse the disease A ketogenic/LCHF diet can be a huge key to helping the brain get that energy that it so requires Get KETONE levels up! Your brain can run on ketones (check out our recent Ketone podcast) If we started to measure insulin (even if blood glucose is normal), we could likely detect Alzheimer's much farther in advance No matter how far gone you are, there WILL be some improvement if you stop doing things that are bad for you

: Episode 882 - Vinnie and Andy talk about one of their mutual friends who is concerned because his jealous friends are telling him he looks too skinny and gaunt... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club JEALOUS FRIENDS

: Episode 880 - Vinnie and Anna clear up any uncertainties about the difference between being in dietary ketosis or being fat adapted in NSNG... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market FAT ADAPTED You can lose weight in both ketosis and just in NSNG Fat Adaption You don't need to be in ketosis to lose weight Ketosis is extra restriction of carbs so that your body is more-so running off of ketones Breaking down food into fatty acids Fat adapted - your body will still run on fat Do what works for you Some people like being in ketosis, others prefer not to limit carbs so much Eating berries, lots of veggies, dairy a bit harder to stay in ketosis

: Episode 879 - Jason Cobb from the Wheel Travel podcast joins me to talk about what the benefits were from his phone consult with me, dirt bikes, Motocross, Supercross and the Baja 1000... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club DIRT BIKES Jason Cobb very familiar with the subject He has done a phone consult with Vinnie which really benefitted him Make sure to check out his podcast, all about biking, casual to extreme!

: Episode 878 - Vinnie talks to Sean Estes in the Specialized Media Relations dep who gave Vinnie his S-Works Fuse 6Fattie carbon fiber mountain bike. Vinnie tells us the story about how he got the bike and tells Sean about all the things he loves about it (as well as the things he would change). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market S-WORKS Vinnie wanted to get back into mountain biking after having been very good at in the past but injuring his shoulder He knew he wanted a Specialized bike because they have amazing bikes Got in touch with Specialized via Tallulah Other connections led Vinnie to speaking with the right people and getting a bike! Sean works for Specialized in their media relations department Vinnie absolutely LOVES his bike Could not be happier Also is glad that he has met cool people from it!

: Episode 876 - Vinnie talks about his personal epidemiological study in Italy and why Italians are thin. Plus he gives us the story behind the infamous "Vinnie shell" photo... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market COFFEE Vinnie and Andy starting a coffee club Have a couple different blends Vinnie Blend, House Blend Getting closer and closer to making the blends perfectly! Coffee made different! Still gonna be awhile before they are put out ITALIANS ARE THIN Vinnie, Serena, and Tallulah just spent a bunch of time in Italy They noticed that nobody was fat there! Yes, not everyone was a super model, but very few people were actually unhealthily fat A few observations People walk more, work outside more (However, people are not athletes) The quality of the food is much higher They don't make chicken with half soy like Subway does The ingredients are well made and they don't add chemicals to everything The portions of grains are smaller, but just as filling! Overall, you just cannot get away with eating in the USA like they eat in Italy The Infamous "Vinnie Shell" Photo lives!!

: Episode 875 - Listener David talks to Vinnie about his incredible 47lb NSNG success story and let's Vinnie know he is the Dave Ramsey of weight loss! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club DAVID MCKNIGHT David is an avid NSNGer A Texan! He has lost near 50 lbs thanks to NSNG! Found NSNG through a friend who was part of the FB group Weighed 334 "Experimented" with NSNG - it proved fruitful! It has not been difficult for David and his wife The cravings stopped Helpful to have an accountability partner DAVE RAMSEY David would listen to Dave as a luminary in his space, just as he listens to Vinnie in a health and fitness space Vinnie is doing the same thing - instilling common sense and helping people! David found Dave to be a real help! Go all in - cold turkey

: Episode 874 - Author and bariatric surgeon Robert Cywes, MD, PhD joins Vinnie to talk about the fact that consumption of carbohydrates are the main cause of obesity, and most obese people are using carbohydrates as a drug to deal with emotional issues. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market DR. CYWES Dr. Cywes largely focuses his practice on bariatric surgery Making the stomach smaller, using the lapband, etc He also sees that carbs are the main source of obesity Does a lot of research into the causes of obesity Very well versed in management of adolescent obesity as it becomes a more pressing issue Check out this website here CARBOHYDRATES Point black, carbs are addicting This is why so many people have a hard time quitting Poison your body but make you want to come back for more Because of their addictive nature and the temporary satisfaction that they bring, people use carbs to treat their emotional problems People get sad, pig out on ice cream or chips, never on broccoli By doing this, they are also reinforcing their bad eating habits Makes it harder and harder to break the cycle This is why it is better to go cold turkey Treat quitting carbs like quitting any other drug You wouldn't ease yourself off of doing meth, you would STOP Yes there are withdrawals but once you are 'clean' for a bit you will feel so much better Dr. Cywes is featured in the book Diabetes Unpacked: Just Science and Sense. No Sugar Coating