Fitness Confidential

: Episode 757 - Vinnie Tortorich and guest Aaron Alexander have great fun talking about Aaron's Align method and functional movement, his constant motion, his interesting mix of new-age technology, living in Santa Monica and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer AARON ALEXANDER And be sure to Check out Aaron's podcast here!

Episode 756 - Enjoy today's podcast episode which features Vinnie's live performance Big Fat Show Burbank at Flappers with special guest Gina Grad! The two talk pasta studies, fake news, fermentation, protein, and more and take questions from the audience! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer BIG FAT SHOW BURBANK & CLAREMONT Vinnie is doing another performance on February 19 This one will be at Flappers in Claremont Buy tickets here! Use drop down menu to find Vinnie's Big Fat Show

: Episode 755 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich this Wednesday and the two talk about Jason Fung, PVC's upcoming Sublingual B12 vitamin tablet, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Green Grocer JASON FUNG Author of The Obesity Code All of his books go in Vinnie's Book Club on the website He is a big proponent of the ketogenic diet Check him out on the most recent Monday show! SUBLINGUAL B12 Vinnie and Andy have been bombarded by questions regarding this vitamin PVC is coming out with a sublingual B12 vitamin Put it under your tongue, and it will dissolve It has taken so long due to the fact that they have to find out how to create a tablet Tablets are harder than capsules, especially dissolving tablets B12 much more effective if dissolved Tried to find no chemicals or substances you don't want in your body Ended up being a pretty simple ingredient, but took awhile to find All natural! It will be very small so that it is easy to put under your tongue! Created a new dye that is not bad for you Soon they will be manufactured and bottled Release date will be towards the end of March! We will not allow people to White Label this vitamin

: Episode 754 - Dr. Jason Fung joins Anna and Vinnie this Monday to talk losing weight, twitter, Green Grocer, and more on this Monday episode of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer The absolute best bone broth Vinnie and Anna are both huge fans TWITTER Vinnie does all of his own tweeting He had an assistant for about 5 minutes who messed his tweeting up He likes to answer all of the questions, even if they are repeats Received a funny tweet about vegetarians recently DR. JASON FUNG L0w-carb health and fitness expert One of the most important luminaries in the field Check out his blog/website here His book, The Obesity Code, is a great and informative one One of Vinnie's favorite people in the Health and Fitness world LOSING WEIGHT Exercise is a poor way to lose weight If you are so concerned about calories, you will end up starving yourself and be incredibly unhealthy The REAL way to lose weight is to trade out carbs for fats and cut out sugars and grains It is hard because doctors are taught to blame the victim when really the doctors' advice is to blame Ironic and sad at the same time For example, Weight Watchers is a scam which puts the blame on the client Ketosis is a very good option for many but is not necessary to lose weight NSNG without ketosis often does just fine

: Episode 752 - Author, podcaster and IronMan finisher Win Charles joins Vinnie to discuss her journey as a triathlete suffering from cerebral palsy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Green Grocer WIN CHARLES Incredible IronMan triathlete She suffers from cerebral palsy but does not let that stop her from anything Wants to help show others with disabilities that they do not have to submit to their disabilities Disabilities can bring people together and make people stronger Had great family support which was a major key for her I,Win: Hope and Life my journey as a disabled woman living in a non-disabled world

: Episode 751 - David Diamond, PhD joins Vinnie to talk about the fallacy and bad science of Ancel Keys, the China Study and many other anti-fat studies. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer DAVID DIAMOND David used to be incredibly unhealthy He was urged to use statins and niacin In 2006, he was told he MUST go on Lipitor Dr. Diamond was open minded at first, but wanted to look into it Realized fat was OK, and changed his lifestyle! He started with peer-reviewed medical journals He was never scared of fat because he is so educated on it Studied biology, has a PhD! OLD GYMS First of all, exercise is a poor way to lose weight! For example, more gyms than ever, but more obesity than ever Gyms have awesome equipment but so many are still so unhealthy! DEBUNKING ANTI-FAT STUDIES The bread is worse than the butter or cheese for the triglycerides Anti-fat studies were paid for by sugar, grain industries Ancel Keys conducted a study that only took into account countries that proved his hypothesis true He, himself, ate a ton of fat FAT DOES NOT CLOG YOUR ARTERIES! It is carbs, not fat The worst thing that happened to fat, is that someone named it fat

: Episode 750 - Vinnie teaches a fit millennial the truth about insulin, fat metabolism and the unhealthy ingredients in energy drinks, all without making him cry or hurting his feelings... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Green Grocer CHIP Chip is actually named Dillon He works for Pure Vitamin Club Played some college ball in Georgia Not really a millennial because he was born in 1989... but he is Tries to keep grains out, but still drinks Rockstar energy drinks Hits the gym very often Took some pre-work out Makes you feel like Superman Not good for you!!! Don't!!! Gym rats that take insulin are users It is a hormone and thus a steroid Still learning about health and nutrition FAT METABOLISM Catabolic reaction that creates energy When you eat lots of carbs, you have metabolic issues Metabolic syndrome can be quite fixed by eating NSNG You get all the sugar you need from fruit and veggies If you don't, your liver will literally turn protein into sugar Fat provides almost twice the food energy of carbs! A MUCH BETTER and cleaner fuel! More efficient to eat fat and much better for you

: Episode 749 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk psychics, Charles Manson, and bring on health expert Jimmy Moore to talk intermittent fasting on this Monday edition of the show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer PSYCHIC Vinnie is gonna get a psychic reading done per Anna's request Anna had hers done and it was creepy good Vinnie thinks you can find all info about someone on the internet JIMMY MOORE Famous for "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb"! Hosts cruises and the like for low-carb folks Vinnie can't attend because he gets sick Check out Jimmy's new book below! Jimmy used to be over 400 lbs Now, he is 6'3" and a healthy weight He re-started his weight loss journey after a stall using intermittent fasting INTERMITTENT FASTING Highly individualized for each person Can help kickstart metabolism and help those with metabolic syndrome Jimmy finds that days when he eats more than 2 meals he falls out of ketosis IF can allow ketone production to ramp up Jimmy personally will do multi-day fasting as well which he does not find difficult because he is so incredibly fat adapted This is not the right decision for everyone - some people need it more than others, and some can handle it better than others You CAN be in ketosis often without doing IF You CAN lose weight without IF It just might be slower The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

: Episode 748 - Bikini model competitor Rachel talks to Vinnie about NSNG lifestyle and competitive running and bikini modeling. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Green Grocer RACHEL ERB BIKINI MODEL Please visit vinnietortorich.com for fuller show notes.

: Episode 747 - Brain cancer expert, Adrienne C. Scheck, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Barrow Neurological Institute, joins me to discuss fighting brain cancer with fats and a ketogenic diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Capelli Green Grocer ADRIENNE SCHECK FIGHTING BRAIN CANCER PLEASE VISIT VINNIETORTORICH.COM FOR MORE NOTES.