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Crazy Food Bloggers - Episode 1263 Feb 24, 2019

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: Episode 1263 - Vinnie and Gina Grad co-host this Sunday School episode, and the two talk the Brolin men, Inherent Vice, crazy food bloggers, the fact that a vegan diet lacks essential foods and supplements, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club CRAZY FOOD BLOGGERS Gina is getting into food blogging People recommended Medical Medium blog to her This person has NO background in science or medicine He has a 'spirit' who speaks nutrition to him He recommends crazy, sugary drinks and markets them as healthy Celery juice is sugar water - you do not need this crap Has best selling books that essentially rip people off

Keeping Diabetes Away with NSNG® - Episode 1262 Feb 23, 2019

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: Episode 1262 - Meagan Hawkes joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss her consult, the Seattle Meet-Up, keeping diabetes away (Type 2) with NSNG®, and more on this podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club KEEPING DIABETES AWAY Meagan has done a consult with Vinnie Super helpful She also helped set up the Seattle (Renton) Meet-Up with Jackie Jones and met Vinnie there Everyone was at this meet-up, it was great! Andy, Serena, Andy and Loren Really encouraging and reaffirming to meet people who live and eat the same way every day Started fully Jan 3rd of 2017! A1C was 7.6 when she started, and now it is 5.1! Diabetic-free now just from food (Type 2) Lost 115 lbs in two years Totally enjoying life which she wasn't totally before Hiking, being outside, super confident in herself She has older kids

Treating Epilepsy with a Ketogenic Diet with Gillian Szollos - Episode 1261 Feb 22, 2019

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: Episode 1261 - Vinnie Tortorich talks with Gillian Szollos this Friday, and the two discuss treating epilepsy with a ketogenic diet, cutting out sugar to prevent the return of cancer, lipedema, her diet, exercise, and more on this fantastic show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow GILLIAN SZOLLOS She is located in Canada Vinnie and Serena met her through Ross Taylor (F-Bomb guy) Presents at many conferences and conventions - lots of public speaking She has epilepsy and treats it with a ketogenic diet Had seizures as a child but subsided until she was about 44 Gillian will be 50 this year Was up to 130 seizures a month Suffered from seizures like the ones that they show in movies, and from other kinds, too Gillian encourages everyone to go online and learn what different seizures look like About 50% of people can get seizure freedom from medication This was not the case for Gillian Her neurologist told her keto diets only worked for kids - said she could try, but didn't think it would work She proved him wrong Keto diet is an incredible option for many who suffer from seizures Better outcome than any single anti-epileptic drug out there, period. Before she started keto, she was also morbidly obese 270 lbs at 5'7" She's lost over 100 lbs, no longer has to take medicine for arthritis Also suffers from lipedema - she was told she could not lose weight Keto treats lipedema in an amazing way Need to get under 5g a carb a day Normally, she's around 25g of carbs a day Vast majority of the time she eats 2 meals a day and does lots of exercise Protein (50-70g a day), green leafy veggies, some cheese and a type of fat (loves lard and olive oil) Try lard and hot sauce with a steak! Exercise makes a difference on your bones, too!

Distributing Pure Vitamin Club in Europe - Episode 1260 Feb 20, 2019

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: Episode 1260 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie this Wednesday, and the two talk Andy's recent trip figuring out how to distribute Pure Vitamin Club in Europe, the new PCC mug (which they are not currently selling), suggesting the Fat Doc on Netflix, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club PURE VITAMIN CLUB IN EUROPE They are using the same product they use here The product is getting stocked in advance for a few months in European warehouses We are going to establish a toll-free number for European customers SUGGEST FAT DOC ON NETFLIX Please check out this link Suggest "FAT: A Documentary" on this page and hit 'submit' You do not need to have a Netflix account to do this

Food Politics and Factory Farming - Episode 1259 Feb 18, 2019

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: Episode 1259 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk amazing Wagyu from Crowd Cow, food politics, their shared disapproval of factory farming, BS carb-friendly articles, some great recipes, and more on this Monday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow DAVE FELDMAN He's a software engineer who has done a lot of research into low carb Going to be in the Fat Doc - one of the experts Dave had two burgers and some eggs for their recent dinner Had NO blood glucose change He measures everything because he's such a calculated, science guy He began his research with experiments on himself and then his friends Check out his website here They talked what it's going to take to get the world move in the right direction in regards to food FOOD POLITICS There are politicians who say everyone should be vegan People holding onto vegan identity They are right to dislike factory farming, but people eating more sugar and grains and no meat is not the answer (They do now realize that the Daily Caller is considered a very biased source) Like farmers made the switch from tobacco to something better/that people like, so, too, can sugar farmers and factory farmers CARBS ARE THAT BAD There was a Huffpo article that said why they weren't bad A BS article Talked about energy from sugar and starches ENERGY FROM KETONE BODIES IS BETTER Sugar and starches can also mess with your hormones - they don't talk about that The science is right but the context and full facts are not provided

BEST OF: Gina Grad & Breaking Plateaus - Episode 1258 Feb 17, 2019

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: Episode 1258 - This Sunday, we re-air Gina Grad's first appearance on Vinnie's podcast from 2016. If you like what you are hearing, make sure to buy all of our old podcasts! Vinnie interviews Gina Grad, co-host of Mark in the Morning on 100.3 KSWD The Sound in Los Angeles as well as the Adam Carolla Show, talk about her weight loss journey, her NSNG® success, and breaking through NSNG® plateaus. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GINA GRAD Gina now co-hosts Sunday School with Vinnie In the Carolla Digital Family 'Newsgirl' Also co-hosts "Mark in the Morning" Works out before work -- wakes up 'conservatively' at 4am SECOND best voice in podcast radio -- behind Anna Vocino of course Experimented with all the different diets; calorie restriction, point system Her favorite? NSNG®! Works the best and is a lifestyle rather than a diet NSNG® PLATEAU Always quite a bit harder for women Often women have hormonal problems as well, as do men but more common in women Most people do plateau and then give up because they lose faith -- one must keep on keeping on Test to see what works for you take out dairy one week, fruits another, etc., to see how your body reacts to different foods

Supportive Partners- Episode 1257 Feb 16, 2019

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: Episode 1257 - Facebook follower Erin Deppe joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss losing weight, supportive partners, the Facebook group, exercise, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS Found Vinnie via the Carolla effect Started NSNG awhile after that Had issues with sugar but it was tough for her to stick with low carb She had lots of false starts Eventually, she just felt like it got out of control Her supportive partner also got on board 5'7" and 186 Started at 256 Trying to get down around to 160 Her youngest daughter has ADHD issues She's now on NSNG and she's seen improvement

Vinnie and Anna's State of the Union - Episode 1256 Feb 15, 2019

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: Episode 1256 - This Friday, Vinnie and Anna provide their own remarks of the state of the union, discussing some behind-the-scenes stuff, the history of the podcast, the Eat Happy cookbooks, the Fat Doc, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow STATE OF THE UNION This podcast has been around for 7 years It was slow and steady along the way Had to grow the audience organically Now, people are copying their style of podcasting When they started this, they didn't know each other well Chemistry luck Anna took her own pictures for her cookbooks Took a course, learned how to take pictures of food Trying to figure out how to layout the next cookbook so it isn't too long with all of the pictures! Anna is going to be doing these cooking videos - at least once a week, do a recipe, answer some questions She's interested in helping people on a micro-level One family at a time, with their health Fat Doc will be out soon Figuring out who distributors will be so it can reach the most people!

Scarily Sugary Drinks - Episode 1255 Feb 13, 2019

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: Episode 1255 - Andy and Vinnie talk coffee, sugary drinks at coffee shops, breaking under the weight of our own weight, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SUGARY DRINKS Starbucks and other coffee shops have 'seasonal' drinks Really just riffs of other drinks they have year round Vinnie came across a nutrition guide for these drinks while he was waiting on a breve cappucino Rose Hazelnut Latte, 16 ounces, 66g of SUGAR More than a 12oz coke! People drink this for breakfast! This drink is like 3x the sugar of a Snickers bar Rose Hazelnut Ice Blended Drink, 16 ounces, 82g of sugar This is more than anyone should be eating!!! People will get the BIGGER versions of this Cookie and Creme 16oz, over 100 grams of sugar This is actually terrifying This is why we are breaking under the weight of our weight This is why people have diabetes, sleep apnea, fatty liver disease Because eating and drinking things like this daily has been normalized

Cleanses Steal Your Good Intentions - Episode 1254 Feb 11, 2019

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: Episode 1254 - The wonderful Anna Vocino joins Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk about Vinnie's cancer trials, bro science, Nina Teicholz, cleanses, various muscle-building exercises, the Fat Doc and Netflix, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Crowd Cow Villa Cappelli F Bomb VINNIE'S CANCER TRIALS When Vinnie had cancer, they thought the chemo would kill him He thought to himself, what have I done with my life? His clients were avoiding sugar and grains, but he was so nauseous all the time he just had to eat whatever he could keep down Asked his doctor if antioxidants or anything like that made a difference because that was the buzz word regarding cancer prevention at the time A sort of bro science Collagen protein and others came after - Anna's functional doc told her this stuff was all BS CLEANSES Buying 'cleanses' are total scams Yes, if you stop eating bad food, your body will start to recuperate You don't need any $450 fancy juices to make this happen In fact, a juice cleanse is just a week eating only very small amounts of sugar Cleanses are the definition of good intentions being stolen Spend the money on healthy food at the grocery store and don't starve yourself or eat overpriced crap PLEASE GO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR "FAT: A DOCUMENTARY" ON NETFLIX TO HELP THIS DOC REACH MILLIONS.

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