Feb 26, 2025
Episode 2611: In this episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer take a deep dive into Lake Shaffer and discuss Chris' health journey to a low-carb lifestyle and more.
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Deep Dive Into Lake Shaffer
- Vinnie chats about the very early part of his career and the
clients he worked with. (2:30)
- Many of them wanted to be “painfully thin.”
- Chris gives the backstory of his health journey. (8:00)
- He used to be almost 100 lbs. overweight.
- He had a medical emergency that revealed some serious gallbladder issues. (11:00)
- He was told not to eat fat, so he filled his diet with carbs, and his weight blew up.
- Chris also has celiac disease.
- Vinnie recalls a Heather McDonald video that shows her fainting on stage. (13:30)
- Chris recalls more of his health story. (16:30)
- He experimented with veganism, a pescatarian lifestyle, then back to meat.
- He went low-carb and felt better almost immediately.
- He lost fat and gained muscle at a slower rate; he’s reached his goal in about 2.5 years.
- Chris talks about the “milk bar” at college; in college alone, he gained about 50 lbs. (25:00)
- Vinnie had his own weight gain story after college until a dear
friend let him know he was gaining weight.
- What’s the difference between a friend mentioning concern for weight gain and fat-shaming? (34:45)
- Obese people know they are obese. No need to mention it and shame them.
- Chris shares a story from The Telegraph that discusses a “vegan
backlash;” Britons are eating more meat again. (45:00)
- GenZ appears to be adopting a whole-food omnivore approach to eating.
- Chris reads an excerpt from the article that describes this. (58:15)
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