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Apr 4, 2016

: Episode 578 - Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss fasting blood sugar and the health pros and cons of intermittent fasting, as well as how NSNG can affect a woman's hormones and therefore her menstrual cycle on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast. 

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NEW ORLEANS

  • Home to many special characters
    • Vinnie worked with some crazy people
    • He had some corporate clients in the early 80s
      • Set up gyms at big businesses 
        • He worked at a big law firm
          • The lawyers would come down and work out with him during their work days 
  • Nicest people in the planet
  • People in New Orleans put LIL every day 

VINNIE'S SPEECHES

  • Vinnie has now done a bunch of speeches at different places such as at Princeton University, or in New Amsterdam
  • He has a short compilation of his speeches in a video online
  • He wants to do a Ted Talk but has not been asked to!
  • Speaking of Vinnie speaking, schedule a phone call with him!

PROTEIN BARS AND PROTEIN POWDER

  • Only good protein bar are Epic Bars
  • Vinnie does not like protein powder, but will use it every once in awhile sparingly
    • Don't use Whey powder!
    • Anna uses Bovine Collagen in her coffee
      • She will add cinnamon and some full fat coconut cream 
      • No sugar or anything in there!

BLOOD SUGAR AND NSNG MEALS

  • Her fasting blood glucose has gone up a bit, but unsure why because she is NSNG
  • All of the following recipes are in her cookbook
  • In a day she eats:
    • Last night for dinner she roasted a chicken 
      • White meat, dark meat, chicken skin
      • 3 inch circle serving
    • Made a salad with her own salad dressing
      • Ratio: 3:1
        • 3 part oil to 1 part vinegar 
        • Fresh herbs 
        • If you want creamy dressing, you can use dijon mustard or a teaspoon of NSNG mayo 
    • Green beans with garlic and salt 
    • Has olives and salami for snacks 
      • Careful with carrots because they are pretty sugary 
  • Her Intermittent Fasting was causing the cortisol levels to get very wonky
    • For some people, IM Fasting does not work, for others, it really does work!
      • Tread lightly 
      • Also, if you are super low carb like Anna was, the tiniest thing like a baby carrot can throw you off
  • Vinnie is not SUPER low carb nor does he Intermittently Fast, and he has really low fasting blood sugar 
  • In general, IM fasting is good for those with metabolic syndrome, and those who are very overweight, etc. 
    • We all should look at how much we eat though
    • It is good to do to reset, but for Anna, it was not good to stay on 

MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND NSNG

  • When you are eating processed foods, your hormones are affected
    • For Anna, she had 21 day cycles with awful cramps and heavy flow
      • Once she cut out processed foods, her cycle was more regular and her pain went away
  • So, when a woman eat NSNG and eat natural, it is likely her menstrual cycle can improve 
  • NSNG also helps you sleep better and stress less, also affecting (a woman's) hormones
  • Dr. Sara Gottfried talks about this in detail 

RU EL'S POUND COUNTER

  • Ru El has made a spread sheet where you can insert the amount of weight you have lost on the NSNG facebook page
    • Go check it out and contribute!
  • That being said, don't worry about checking your weight all the time, etc. 
    • Weigh in maybe once a month, not too often