Fitness Confidential

: Episode 872 - Long time friend of the show Andrea Anders stops by to tell us about how she's only choosing real food for baby, and also Vinnie tells Anna the story of how he and Serena Scott Thomas got started as a couple. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market FOOD FOR BABY Babies should not be eating processed crap Just because they are small does not mean they can't eat real food, as long as it is prepared properly Baby foods full of sugar and chemicals Easier to blend at home, for example Can also make in large quantities and freeze All different types of mixes you can make for your baby Feeding baby real food will also make baby more inclined to like real food later on Won't get used to the chemicals, etc. Andrea understands the importance of real food VINNIE AND SERENA Met through mutual friends thanks to Tallulah Outside of Starbucks Had met a few times before they ended up going on a date Went to Mammoth, etc. Once Vinnie cut his hair, the rest was history! Have been together 10 years!

: Episode 871 - Vinnie and Andy answer a listener who tweeted their concern because their kid wants to be a vegan, on this Vinnie's Sunday School episode of the Fitness Confidential Podcast. Content warning - word "stripper" used in relation to a name. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club KID WANTS TO BE A VEGAN A vegan diet is not a complete diet You do not get enough protein, fat, etc. without eating any animal products You also won't get enough vitamins If you choose to eat vegan, you must find another way to get the nutrients 85% of children who become vegans will end up not being vegan in the end Don't become vegan just to have a different identity Being a vegetarian is a better option! Or fish-eater even You can also find eggs that treat their chickens properly, etc. Ask your parents to look around if you are interested

: Episode 870 - Listener Kerry Wells talks to Vinnie about how quitting grains finally enabled her to lose fat, becoming a registered dietician as well as exploring the topic of dairy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER KERRY WELLS Got two business degrees Didn't want to remain in a cubicle Hopped around everywhere, hated it from day 1 Recently has decided to also become a registered dietician so she can share the NSNG message! Kerry was always slightly over weight Lost weight through calorie counting, but realized it was not sustainable Will not keep weight off QUITTING GRAINS Kerry knew she had to get off of sugar and grains because calorie counting did not work Kerry's gateway drug was grains After she kicked grains, kicking sugar was far easier Sugar is killing us, grain turns into sugar!

: Episode 869 - Author, researcher and journalist Nina Teicholz joins us to explain the deeply flawed scientific "evidence" in this movie. Nina truly explains What The Health fact or fiction. SEE BELOW REGULAR SHOW NOTES FOR IMPORTANT LINKS TO NINA'S WORK! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Green Grocer Thrive Market Villa Cappelli NINA TEICHOLZ From NorCal Has gone to a number of extremely excellent schools Argues that nutrition experts over the past 60 years have been wrong in regards to eating fat Investigative journalist Friend of Gary Taubes, as is Vinnie Believes in a low carb diet! Before going to LCHF, she had bone spurs and sinus infections She realized this SAD was not the right diet Incredibly educated, amazing woman A number of books and decades of research Suppression of the science is why the Standard American Diet prevails Studies that PROVED Low Carb was GOOD were hidden by those in charge 7 Country study which "proved" low fat is good was a false, BS study British Medical Journal backs Nina's findings Hears of plenty of situations Diabetes Association/Heart Association threaten LCHF Scientists with revocation of licenses if they teach NSNG "inappropriately reversed diabetes" She covered and was involved with the trial involving Dr. Noakes Has done what nobody else has done in the war of bringing sat fats back into existence Really talked about Ancel Keys and showed how he was wrong and why he did what he did Discusses other better studies Check out her book here! The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet WHAT THE HEALTH This is a new Netflix documentary We have done two other podcasts on this 'documentary' However, when it comes down to it, it is full BS This documentary is all about how meat and the like is bad for you The science does NOT BACK IT UP They only chose studies that work for them Eggs, meat not bad for you Crazy to think otherwise Frustrating that celebrities are pushing out this false information as well Eating meat and high fat has proven to be good for so many people Check out the FB group for example Helps blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. Veganism is not a healthy way to live What this movie preaches is hypocritical Their suggestions on how to live will make many sick You can read Nina's article debunking the "science" behind Netflix's What The Health here Here's a sample: The film makes 37 health claims, and for this review, I investigated every single one. (WTH also makes a myriad of claims about contaminants and issues of environmental impact, but these are outside my field of expertise, so I looked only at the claims on health.) - READ THE ARTICLE HERE You can listen to the other Fitness Confidential Podcasts talking about this movie here: Debunking What the Health In Detail – Episode 847 Netflix's "What the Health" – Lies That Will Kill! – Episode 845

: Episode 868 - Vinnie and Andy discuss a new study that may begin to answer the question is coffee good for your health, as well as share some information about their soon-to-be-launched company Pure Coffee Club. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club COFFEE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Interesting study released a couple of weeks ago regarding health benefits of coffee Study discusses benefit of coffee on heart disease, respiratory disease, more Out of USC Study by Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer - looked at half a million coffee drinkers and saw it is good! Vinnie always believed in the goodness of coffee - nobody could ever really give him a concrete reason regarding why it was bad If you have more than the equivalent of a cup of coffee in you, you can be considered blood doping in the Olympics Actual ergogenic Might be one of the best health food supplements you can take PURE COFFEE CLUB Vinnie and Andy have a new product in the works They are going to create coffee with Pure Coffee Club They have researched just about everything High end coffee at a very reasonable price Specialty blends and everything! Sustainable practices, nothing bad in the beans Going to be very transparent about where coffee comes from, etc Trying different blends, all really wonderful, pure, high quality Something for everyone!!

: Episode 867 - Anna and Vinnie bring in comedian Jon Fisher who has just started NSNG and has several ketosis questions, as well as questions about protein powder, exercise recovery and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market KETOSIS QUESTIONS The Gym Song

: Episode 866 - Author and blogger Alessandra Macaluso returns to the show to talk with Vinnie about parenting, nutrition for kids and a hilarious new book she collaborated on called But Did You Die? written to encourage parents. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club BUT DID YOU DIE Alessandra has been on the show before Author of children's food book, What A Good Eater This is a new book meant to show parents that things that may seem scary regarding your kids may not be so scary after all Setting the parenting bar low Other authors discussing stories about parenting Makes you feel better about how you parenting Real, raw, and FUNNY book about parenting "Mess ups" to successes, and more! Example: Alessandra's experience growing up as the youngest of six in a big Italian family

: Episode 865 - Nutritionist, lecturer and former vegan Christine Cronau joins Vinnie to talk about how she was blacklisted from speaking at major universities in Australia because of the character assassination waged against her by vegan hate groups. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market CHRISTINE CRONAU Nutritionist, best selling author Author of many books, including "The Fat Revolution" as well as a corresponding cookbook Christine is a former vegan but after realizing that was not healthy and sugar feeds cancer, she switched to a high fat low carb approach She usually speaks at colleges, now has been blacklisted from some Due to vitriolic vegan hate groups who protested with name calling so loudly than many universities cancel on Christine Four universities have cancelled It is complete rubbish, they attack her character without knowing her just because they want to push their vegan agenda NOTE: Her books are not available from Amazon. You can purchase copies of her books here: http://christinecronau.com/about-christines-books/

Episode 863 - Vinnie and Anna talk about icing for exercise recovery, taking care of hamstrings, doing Anna Saadatjoo push-ups, what they ate last week, and even more detail about Zone 2 training. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market

Episode 862 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber host this vinnie's sunday school where the two discuss coffee and Mr Coffee Nerves, a character in an anti-coffee Postum ad campaign. Postem tastes gross and is really really bad for you! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club MR COFFEE NERVES Vinnie drank coffee as a child MAKE SURE you talk to your parents before having coffee Mr. Post made a grain-based caffeine free coffee substitute called Postum He claimed that coffee made kids dumb and stunted their growth (See this article from The Atlantic) It failed, and was horrible for you! The advertising campaign for Postum had an evil cartoon character named Mr. Coffee Nerves.