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Vinnie Answers Your Questions on Facebook Live - Episode 986 Jan 31, 2018

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: Episode 986 - Instead of our usual Wednesday episode with Andy, we play a special episode where Vinnie answers your questions about supplements, amino acids, calorie restriction, protein powders and so much more on Facebook Live. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club VINNIE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS Approximately once a week, Vinnie answers questions on Facebook Live Usually you can catch him on Sunday evenings Add him on FB, or just join the FB group so you don't miss him Ask your questions and he tries to get to as many as possible This show is a recording of one of those FB Live feeds! Great way to get info most relevant to you without booking a consult However, consult still best for most detail and most personal application Protein powders = bro science Supplements - many are bro science, vitamins are great if you need them and they don't have gunk like silica in them (check out PVC) Calorie restriction is a poor way to lose weight Diets based on calorie restriction are largely designed to fail so you come back Not sustainable long-term Takes a toll on your body when you starve yourself Just eat real foods with NSNG!

Post-Workout Soreness - Episode 985 Jan 29, 2018

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: Episode 985 - Anna and Vinnie join you this Monday - the two play some NFL Player vs. Stripper, and discuss Eat Happy being "too carby", soreness after workouts, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market NFL OR STRIPPER? Shouldn't hyperbole be pronounced hyper-bowl? If so, NFL vs Stripper? NFL if pronounced hyper-bowl Stripper if pronounced properly If you use a literary device for a name, you win as a stripper Math words could also be good stripper names AMAZON Check out Vinnie's "love" list on Amazon These are all things Vinnie uses and loves all the time He has also written little descriptions about most of them EAT HAPPY Eat Happy is an amazing cookbook written by Anna NSNG friendly recipes Anna didn't want to make the book "carbo-phobic" Yes, some recipes have more carbs than others Try a variety of recipes, use your own creativity You can eat as many or as few carbs as you want in this cookbook Stay in ketosis, or don't! SORENESS First, if you aren't sore, it doesn't mean you aren't working your muscles Don't worry - stick with it It just means your body is getting used to it - getting in shape Vinnie doesn't get sore When you first start working out, you will be more sore than usual If you are getting sore forever, that probably isn't good You shouldn't feel sore when you are in shape If you are, you may be over doing it or doing something wrong

Quit Beer, Sell Vodka, Lose Weight - Episode 984 Jan 27, 2018

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: Episode 984 - Podcaster and Vodka company owner Steve Merila talks about his successful NSNG weight loss journey and how he sold his lucrative beer company to start a vodka company because he felt vodka was a better fit with his NSNG lifestyle. Steve also talks about his podcast It's All About Her, gives Vinnie some unwelcome fashion advice, and asks Vinnie about his glory days. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club LOSE WEIGHT Steve hails from Minnesota where he lives with his awesome, Norwegian wife Kjersten A runner in highschool, was slim at this point Started eating to medicate because his family and he had issues Got up to 210 lbs lifting His brother passed away and he got married within a month Awful marriage - got up to 235 lbs Ultimately landed at 290 lbs Got divorced and started trying to work on himself Usually around 250 Found NSNG but had trouble committing for awhile So tough for him to commit, largely because he owned a beer company He tried to partially commit himself, but it didn't work Once he finally committed to NSNG, he sold his brewery This was after he remarried to the right woman, got more reasonable cars, and the like He became happy, and then gained the ability to lose weight and commit He lost the chip on his shoulder Went down to 218 and did a 17 mile, 15 hour hike fat-adapted! Ate meat and cheese and never got hungry Now, he owns a vodka company It is called "Her Spirit Vodka" 50% of profits go to female entrepreneurs His podcast also features many powerful women - check it out!!!

Dr. Stephen Baldridge Ph.D on Housing First & his Homeless Shelter Diet - Episode 983 Jan 26, 2018

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: Episode 983 - Professor and Social Worker Dr. Stephen Baldridge Ph.D joins Vinnie to talk about his "homeless shelter diet", veganism, his work as hospitality coordinator of an emergency housing shelter in Abilene, TX, and the Housing First solution to homelessness. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer Thrive Market STEPHEN BALDRIDGE A social worker, a professor A self-proclaimed research dork He and his wife are former-vegans (4 yrs of veganism) This appealed to him for awhile because he did need a lifestyle change He is also an ultra-athlete Did some of those plant-based, now eats meat and is fat-adapted Plant-based diets do not work for everyone Know what you're putting in your mouth, and know what it's doing to you! Believes in Housing First solution to homelessness Giving someone who lives on the street a home can help everything else fall into place A staple in recovery is housing Housing First Overview (short video)

Handcrafting the Perfect Vitamin D - Episode 982 Jan 24, 2018

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: Episode 982 - Vinnie & Andy talk about the tremendous effort they made to handcraft the perfect vitamin D (D3-K2), with the purest ingredients available, including Villa Cappelli olive oil. They also read a funny customer service email Vinnie shares his selfie with Ron Jeremy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club PERFECT VITAMIN D PVC's fourth released vitamin will be Vitamin D They did some cool things with this vitamin Putting a great Vitamin K complex in this Vitamin D The best way to take this vitamin is in softgels which is oil based Virtually all Vitamin D products even in an oil base are using a very inferior oil To combat this, Vinnie and Andy decided to use OLIVE OIL It actually has Villa Cappelli in it, which is AWESOME!!! FUNNY CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL They got an email from somebody who did not speak English very well It turned out, they didn't actually mean to contact PVC It wasn't PVC they were having the problem with This has happened before The culprit is a company which uses a name similar to theirs It's a "male enhancement" bro science thing "Pure Vitaman" Vinnie & Ron Jeremy, "The Hedgehog"

Crazy Diets, Spanx and Gym Memberships - Episode 981 Jan 22, 2018

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: Episode 981 - Vinnie & Anna explore many topics such as "top-rated" crazy diets, spanx, wife beating (no, really), gym membership shenanigans, feeling the burn and more on this Monday episode of the Fitness Confidential podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Thrive Market Green Grocer Villa Cappelli SPANX Spanx are a great resource However, they are good for one night MAX Sometimes, only a matter of hours before they get bad The woman who created Spanx is a millionaire Spanx only sort of work Priced expensively CRAZY DIETS There are some freaky crazy diets out there Some diets that ended up at the top DASH Diet What??? Not an all-purpose diet but still on top? This diet is BS A low-fat, high sugar diet MIND Diet Combines Med Diet and DASH diet for "Brain" diet Aggregation of two BS diets "Eco" Atkins What??? Claims 8 lbs a month This is ridiculous and unrealistic There are PLENTY more

Poisonous Fruit Juice - Episode 980 Jan 21, 2018

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: Episode 980 - The wonderful Gina Grad joins Vinnie on this vinnie's sunday school episode. The two discuss growing up in Gina's household, bad nutrition, and a report about essentially poisonous fruit juice. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club GINA'S HEALTH STORY Gina loves nutrition now Vinnie gave her the code, now she enjoys eating healthy and the like Could eat ANYTHING without gaining any weight at all until college At that point, particularly for women, the weight shows up After that, she was off to the races Continued to dig herself into a whole until she found Vinnie Had gained 40 extra lbs at that point Now looks, feels, and is better/healthier Grew up in Wisconsin, her parents were heavy smokers Both died young POISONOUS FRUIT JUICE Kids who drink fruit juice can face dramatic side effects Can lead to gastrointestinal issues, malnutrition, abdominal distention, fatigue, sugar addiction, and more Just because it says fruit on it does not mean it is healthy Kids, ask your parents for LaCroix or something yummy but healthy like that Good options, and you won't be hungry and tired and distracted like you will be from fruit juice alone Adding water to fruit juice does not make it better

New England Patriots Linebacker Marquis Flowers - Episode 979 Jan 20, 2018

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: Episode 979 - New England Patriots linebacker Marquis Flowers joins Vinnie to talk about being overlooked by the combine, flying under the NFL draft radar, but succeeding anyway due to hard work, heart and determination. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club MARQUIS FLOWERS Linebacker for the Patriots Bit of an underdog story After the combine, didn't get the results he hoped for He continued to work as hard as possible and play with as much heart as possible This paid off Now, he's in the playoffs with the Patriots Has been a huge team contributor Flew under the radar at the draft initially

Conspiracy & the Lore of Nutrition with Marika Sboros - Episode 978 Jan 19, 2018

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: Episode 978 - Journalist and author Marika Sboros (FoodMed.net) joins Vinnie for a third time to talk about more conspiratorial evidence that had surfaced since the publication of her new book with Dr. Tim Noakes Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs, which details the world-famous trial in South Africa designed to discredit him. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Green Grocer Thrive Market Villa Cappelli MARIKA SBOROS Has been on this show twice before Now also has a book with the famous Dr. Noakes Check it out at the link above It suits Noakes' critics to try and discredit him He knows tons about nutrition Famous author, great doctor Strong believer that eating right (low carb high fat) can fix or alleviate many health issues "Let Food be Your Medicine" Has many LCHF resources on her site Believes in the strength of eating right Since the publish of the new book, the critics have gotten angrier It does not serve their interests for the truth about nutrition to come out TIMOTHY NOAKES TRIAL Dr. Noakes is a doctor in South Africa He was facing trial because he prescribed LCHF diet for a breastfeeding mother on Twitter Sugar and grain industry use their influence to strike again He has been found NOT GUILTY of professional misconduct, thank goodness However, the fact that he even faced trial for years Noakes was just trying to show that the popular held believe (low fat, lots of carbs) is BS Prosecution and persecution for his views on nutrition He tore out pages from his book which recommended high carb diets and carboloading for athletes The Lore of Running The best and smartest people are those who own up to their mistakes, and tell the truth when they learn of it Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

Coffee Drama & BB's - Tales From the Mail Bag, Episode 977 Jan 17, 2018

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: Episode 977 - Vinnie & Andy share some customer support stories in a new segment called "Tales from the Mail Bag" that includes coffee drama, vitamin mathematics, and BB's. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club New vitamin coming in the relatively near future! Stay tuned for some vitamin D Pure Coffee Club COFFEE DRAMA Vinnie ran out of coffee at home How does a guy who owns a coffee company run out of coffee for himself? All three blends have done quite well Honey Process & Athletic blend are neck and neck in popularity They all have unique qualities that appeal to different flavors and things Athletic blend has a heck of a lot more caffeine Vinnie was trying to appeal to his "down-home-on-the-bayou" roots Andy is the #1 customer service guy He has likely never said no to any request He has issued refunds for anyone who didn't receive the product or was dissatisfied Andy and Dillon are the best customer service duo out there They respond to EVERYTHING with amazing speed PCC gets an email from this guy - he bought some coffee and hated it Ordered the biweekly subscription (delivery every two weeks) Right away requested a refund after having the coffee for no more than a day Andy says - send us back the unused back, we will cancel the subscription and issue a refund for the second half of the delivery The guy sends an email the next day, with the guy upset because he had to pay for the first bag Andy says - okay, we'll refund the first if you send back what is left The guy sends an email the next day, and the guy says he no longer has the packaging anymore, and asks if he can send it in a Ziploc bag Andy says - sure, no problem, send it in the Ziploc bag - at this point, he thinks it is over The guy sends an email the next day requesting a mailing label so that he does not have to pay for the postage back Most people don't stress like this! This was a strange occurrence.

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