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Episode 2101 - On this Friday show, Mike Catherwood joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two talk Tom Leykis, Mike's career in radio, battling addiction, staying fit healthily, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/battling-addiction-staying-fit-healthily-mike-catherwood-episode-2101 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli CAREER IN RADIO Mike is a great voice in radio. You might know him as Psycho Mike from KROQ. KROQ is a hugely influential force in Los Angeles. He also co-hosted the famous radio show, Loveline, for six years. Mike got to KROQ in 2003. He grew up listening to the station. Prior to radio, he was an aspiring musician but as that didn't take off full-time, he found his way to radio. Initially, he wanted to be a songwriter and he played bass and guitar. His first gig in radio was in production on a morning show. BATTLING ADDICTION Earlier in his life, he suffered with addiction during this time. He would have long periods of blacking out and was really struggling. Mike had done so much damage before he got help that stuck. He would be clean for a few weeks at a time but he couldn't stay clean. The most recent time he (and hopefully the last time he'll have to) got sober, he finally realized this was something he had to do to save himself. Mike follows the twelve step program, but he recognizes it's not for everyone. It'll be 20 years of sobriety for Mike later this year! this means he'll have been in recovery for half of his life. It's important to Mike that he not forget about this period of time. He's proud of the man he is now -- not reckless, a family man. STAYING FIT HEALTHILY Mike looks amazing and stays in great shape. He even inspires Vinnie to keep working out! For Mike, he had to make sure that he did not overdo it with working out. He had to find synergy between his mental health and his p For awhile, he was genuinely addicted to lifting weights and looking better. His addiction bled over to his body. This wasn't healthy for him. He didn't care how many steroids he took, and he was still never comfortable in his own skin. Finally, a few years ago, he found how to find comfort in what he was doing and in his relationship with food. He now focuses on developing himself positively emotionally and physically. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week, January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2100 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk game shows, Andy's prolonged pain, the importance of stretching, adapting to a new lifestyle, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/prolonged-pain-importance-of-stretching-episode-2100 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GAME SHOWS Andy was on three game shows. Not only was he on these game shows, he won money and funded grad school. The two talk a little Price is Right. PROLONGED PAIN Andy has been dealing with bad leg and back pain for some time. The pain follows the track of the sciatic nerve. It's been bad for 18-20 months, and he's had MRIs and x-rays. They believe it's related to the piriformis muscle. He's tried steroids, nerve-blocking agents, spinal injections, and more. Now, he has specialists on the job, but they need to find the precise spot. They're trying to avoid surgery. STRETCHING Please stretch. Vinnie believes this is so very important. After you exercise, make sure to stretch. Try to stretch every day. You can do it anywhere. Vinnie will also stretch and use various techniques on long drives. He needs to avoid sciatica issues. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2099 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk Slow Horses, Minnie Driver, bad diet fads and unhealthy 'health products,' old-school gyms and the 'roid' look, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/bad-diet-fads-more-episode-2099 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli BAD DIET FADS There are lots of diet fads that are just money makers for their proprietors. They don't work - they're selling crap. Lots of products are marketed as healthy or 'keto,' but they're filled with crap and sweeteners. This is true of many vitamins and supplement products, too. And those are probably filled with seed oils. Try to avoid anything that seems too good to be true, or is just temporary. There aren't shortcuts, and real, whole food is always better. You also shouldn't have to pay extra to adapt to a new lifestyle. OLD-SCHOOL GYMS Vinnie used to go to some pretty old-school gyms, and prefers finding gyms like this if he can. Lots of the guys were body-builder types. They'd try to sell PEDs to one another! Anna sees a super roided up guy at her gym pretty often. And the other day, we was talking about eating quinoa. Of course! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2098 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk reduction surgeries, the harms of bullying, good and bad teachers, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/the-harms-of-bullying-episode-2098 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods REDUCTION SURGERIES Vinnie and Gina both recently had 'elective' surgeries. Gina had a reduction surgery up top -- she's sick of being top heavy. This wasn't just cosmetic, though. It's for her health and her bones and such. For Vinnie, he had Guam removed -- a growth down below. Both are recovering now. THE HARMS OF BULLYING Vinnie was bullied as a child. His mom held him back because she thought he needed it. It made things worse. The other children, AND the nuns, bullied Vinnie. They called him "Vinna" because his deafness and speech impediment prevented him from saying his name correctly. They'd make fun of him in other ways too. This is why Vinnie does not like nuns -- they were supposed to protect him, and they hurt him. Then, the other kids thought they could do it too. This bullying left a mark on Vinnie. He can't imagine how much worse it is now with the internet. He understands why kids self-harm, especially when they don't have the support at home. Be kind to people, whether in person or behind a keyboard. Good teachers can counteract this. Some teachers ask for 'citizens of the week,' or asks students who they'd like to sit to. This lets them see who is being ostracized or bullied, and then teachers can give those students extra attention. Shoutout to the teacher that posted about this and brought it to Gina's attention! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2097 - On this Saturday show, Dan Frey joins Vinnie and the two talk building things, running a podcast, quicker recovery from injury and surgery with NSNG®, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/quicker-recovery-with-nsng-episode-2097 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods DAN FREY This is Dan's first appearance on the show! He is a software engineer. And, like Vinnie, he loves building things. His wife will find something she likes on Etsy and ask Dan if he can build it. Dan will say yes and figure it out! Vinnie's building a kayak for himself right now. Dan has lost 100 lbs! RUNNING A PODCAST It's tough to run a podcast. Lots of people want to have their word, but it's difficult to establish an audience and keep them coming back. This is not easy work or passive income. Sometimes Vinnie still has to pay out of pocket month-to-month. If you want to find success, find an audience and keep them coming 2000+ shows later! Just don't expect this to be a significant source of income. QUICKER RECOVERY Dan's dad needed a hip replacement. His doctor told him that if he lost some weight before his hip shoulder and surgeries, it would help. Then, he went to Dan, and Dan showed him the NSNG® PDF and tried to assure him that what he was doing is correct. His dad was shocked by how good he felt. He had more energy, less inflammation, and lost around 25 lbs. From the time he had his first surgery (on his shoulder), he had incredible recovery within three weeks. He had his hip replaced on March 7. He didn't really need the painkillers, and didn't use the cane much. One wouldn't believe he had his hip replaced two months ago. The doctors were impressed, too. Dan feels this is, of course, because of his lifestyle change and healthy eating. Lots of other people (including Vinnie) have had similar experiences post-op. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2096 - On this Friday show, the wonderful Cynthia Thurlow, Nurse Practitioner, joins Vinnie again, and they talk the intermittent fasting transformation, cholesterol levels and the harms of statins, hormones in women, menopause, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/intermittent-fasting-transformation-cynthia-thurlow-episode-2096 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli CYNTHIA THURLOW Cynthia is a nurse practitioner. She's been on the show before! She realized she wanted to have deep conversations with her patients about nutrition and lifestyle, so she left her job which didn't promote that. Almost simultaneously, she began talking to many women. These women, like Cynthia, had just been told that they had to accept they'd gain weight in their 40s. Cynthia wasn't satisfied with this. From here, she did a TedX Talk which went big, and wrote a book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Li_LyPBlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Dkt7zyImk She focuses on intermittent fasting in women because most resources do not focus on female physiology or hormones. Cynthia doesn't want women to feel like they must apologize for being women. INTERMITTENT FASTING TRANSFORMATION https://cynthiathurlow.com/book/ Jason Fung wrote an endorsement of the book. Many women feel slaves to their scale, to counting calories, and to their treadmill. Cynthia believes this is very destructive and wanted to figure out sustainable ways to help women feel good about themselves and be healthy. If can be a great way for women to lose and then sustain their weight. Approaching health and medicine holistically is so very important. She realized many of her patients' total cholesterol levels were very low and they were on statins. This is a marker of morbidity and health issues. For diabetics, she found that statins could really hurt. We need cholesterol for our bodies to live and build. Fasting in women, we need to lean into our physiology. For example, things are different for women during their menstrual cycles. Estrogen and progesterone are important and make a big difference. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week, January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2095 - On this Wednesday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two talk catching up with vitamin orders, channeling enthusiasm into your goals and passions, come-from-behind stories, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/channeling-enthusiasm-episode-2095 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VITAMIN ORDERS We are currently catching up on orders. Some of the ingredients in our vitamins were not available, and there wasn't much we could do. That's why Andy isn't on the show today - he's busy making things right and keeping PVC on track. CHANNELING ENTHUSIASM If you're enthusiastic and committed, you can come from behind and succeed. You have to jump in to what you really want. Many people do this with NSNG® -- they have come from behind stories. Some of these folks have lost ~300 lbs. These stories don't just come in the form of health stories. Think of the making of The Godfather. Think of trying for that goal you've always wanted to achieve. Think of a passion you'd like to better commit to. You have to be unwilling to quit. You have to not say no. Put life into living, and do it with enthusiasm! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2094 - On this light Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich discuss saying goodbye to Guam, post-op recovery, and Rina joins them to talk carnivore, the quest for health, edutaining, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/the-quest-for-health-more-episode-2094 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli POST-OP RECOVERY Vinnie had a growth 'down there.' He called it Guam -- he took care of it, but it didn't have full rights, etc. After many years, he found a great urologist and had it removed recently. We say goodbye to Guam! This was just an elective surgery because it got too uncomfortable. He had a drain and had to get checked out. Vinnie feels great, all things considered. He's grateful this way of living reduces inflammation. THE QUEST FOR HEALTH Rina has a fabulous YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/The5MinuteBody She tries to edutain -- make educational videos that people also enjoy! Rina has tried various lifestyles and is open to learning more. She has had a wonderful experience with carnivore. Rina's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/The5MinuteBody Rina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5minutebody/ Rina's Patreon (Early access to the book launch!): patreon.com/5minutebody PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2093 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk food poisoning, Guns N' Roses, travel tips for motion sickness and combating nausea, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/combating-nausea-motion-sickness-episode-2093 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods COMBATING NAUSEA Gina had terrible food poisoning last week. She always cooks her meat so that she can't even worry whether it's fully cooked. Vinnie's had food poisoning and salmonella before. He was on the ground with salmonella, so dehydrated. Vinnie likes to travel, but he gets unbelievably nauseous from motion sickness in cars and on planes and boats, and even after spinning around a couple of times. He doesn't love Dramamine, but he doesn't want to stop traveling. The little bracelets didn't work -- neither the electric nor the accupressure. Now Vinnie uses scopace -- he was prescribed this by a doctor. He loves it, in part, because he can drive after landing. They don't make it anymore, but you can still get it once it's prescribed at compound pharmacies. This is very different than Zofran which is what you use when you're already throwing up. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched this week on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!

Episode 2092 - On this Saturday show, we play a "Best Of" featuring Bethany McKenzie. The two talk Bethany's son's diabetes diagnosis, managing type 1 diabetes, Bethany's documentary: The Diabetes Solution, empowering other parents, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/04/best-of-managing-type-1-diabetes-bethany-mckenzie-episode-2092 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods TYPE 1 DIABETES DIAGNOSIS Bethany has been on the podcast before. She and her family were featured in the first Fat Doc. Her son has Type 1 diabetes. The family discovered this when she came back from a trip, and her son's weight had dropped from 46 to 40 lbs. Immediately, she rushed him to the hospital and he was diagnosed. In that moment, they realized they would have to change the way they eat. The dietitian was prescribing them all kinds of sugary foods. She was told the kid needed 60g of carbs a meal, and she wanted to do anything she could to help him, so she did it. She feels her diet was healthier before this. For 3 years, Bethany followed these rules and her son felt truly terrible and unhealthy. Then, she discovered that high carb was not the way to go. MANAGING TYPE 1 DIABETES It took Bethany awhile to realize eating all of this sugar was not helping her son. He had headaches, his blood sugar was always high, and it was simply unhealthy. Bethany found low carb and it has, with careful control, worked wonders for her son and for her family. When her son was 8, her doctor was so incredulous and said her son wouldn't grow right and would have an eating disorder. It was clear he just didn't understand. Her son was eating veggies and good protein and the like. She could see what the food was doing to her son's blood sugar, and it was clear that this diet was helping keeping it under control. This has given their family so much life and joy. Her son is healthy, smart, a stellar athlete, and has a fantastic relationship with food and with his parents. THE DIABETES SOLUTION Doctors aren't curious as to what their type 1 patients are eating. They don't even ask. Bethany has been so frustrated by the medical community's treatment of type 1. She created her own documentary which will be released on November 9th. Pre-order on Amazon now! Find it elsewhere, too: The Diabetes Solution | A Documentary by Bethany McKenzie, Founder of Let Me Be 83 - Passion River EDU http://edu.passionriver.com/the-diabetes-solution.html Fortunately, the tide is turning and more parents are recognizing the help that a good diet can bring. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11, 2022! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Share this link with friends, too! Link to the film on Amazon Video: It's also now available on Amazon (USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!