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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

By: Vinnie Tortorich
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Summary
 Fitness and weight loss expert Vinnie Tortorich, author of best-selling book "Fitness Confidential", dispels the widespread mistaken beliefs regarding weight loss and exercise and teaches us how to lose weight, get fit and reclaim our lives. Using his 35 years of experience in the fitness and weight loss industry in Hollywood combined with an absolute commitment to good health, Vinnie has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world lose hundreds of thousands of unhealthy pounds in an easy and sustainable way. His listeners love him for his fearless humor, tireless honesty, extraordinary nose for BS, and simple message. Join Vinnie and his inspiring guests - doctors, scientists. researchers, journalists, farmers, athletes and more - to hear the latest scientific discoveries and unravel the myths that have been hampering our health. Laugh your way to health and fitness with Fitness Confidential and Vinnie Tortorich.All Rights Reserved ~VinnieTortorich.com Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • Sticking to Your Plan - Episode 2876

    Sticking to Your Plan - Episode 2876
    Nov 6 2026
    Episode 2876: Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer speak to two callers about gaining muscle, cold plunges, and sticking to your plan. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin ClubPure Coffee ClubNSNG® FoodsVILLA CAPPELLIEAT HAPPY KITCHEN YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - @FitnessConfidential Podcast Vinnie's workout videos are available to purchase! Choose from a 2-day, 4-day, or 6-day workout–or buy all three at a discount! TO PURCHASE VINNIE'S WORKOUT VIDEOS, CLICK THIS LINK: https://vinnietortorich.com/workout Sticking to Your Plan Vinnie has a lot of questions for the first guest, who has an intriguing name and was home schooled. (4:00) Mackenzie learned about NSNG® through Mike Rowe's podcast.His goal is to gain weight by putting on muscle, so he needs strength training advice. (14:00)Vinnie recommends the 2-day routine, and how he can do most of the exercises at home.Protein intake should be between 80 grams to 140 grams per day for muscle synthesis. Chris brings up a frequently asked question about cold plunges. (28:00) Cold plunges aren't useless, they do have benefits; however, it doesn't necessarily do all the things that is promised.It can be easy to fall into the "next big thing," but avoid getting hyperfocused on a small percentage of gain. Dick is the second caller. (37:00) He's been a follower of keto for quite some time.He has several health issues he is focusing on improving, including losing some weight.It's all about sticking to your plan. Get Vinnie's e-book here: https://nsng.vinnietortorich.com/product/intro-to-nsng/ Don't forget to get Anna's new book Eat Happy Cocktail Hour! You can order it here: https://eathappycocktailhour.comIt's also available in Vinnie's Book Club here: https://tinyurl.com/eathappycocktail Eat Happy Cocktail Hour is filled with cocktails, mocktails, and appetizers, and you can pre-order right now. Pre-order and get bonus goodies!You can pre-order from a wide variety of booksellers at https://eathappycocktailhour.com/Please save your receipt from wherever you pre-order; you'll need it for your bonuses!The physical release date is October 13, 2026 Check out the Aletha Hip HookTM that Vinnie uses to reduce pain and increase mobility: You can purchase your own through Vinnie's website here: https://vinnietortorich.com/hookAnna's products are now linked to PureVitamin Club's website. You can also purchase them under the "Food and Snacks" section. https://purevitaminclub.com/collections/food-and-snacksVinnie hopes to add other products as well, all of which will be health-related. The NSNG® VIP is now closed, but you can add your name to the waitlist for next time. Interested? Sign up here: https://vinnietortorich.com/vip. Book a consultation with Vinnie for guidance on your goals. https://vinnietortorich.com/phone-consultation-2/ More News Serena has added some clothing and beauty product suggestions to Vinnie's Amazon Recommended Products link. Self-Care, Beauty, and Grooming Products That Actually Work! https://www.amazon.com/shop/vinnietortorich/list/3GPVU29UHHPMY?ref_=aipsflist Don't forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on Peacock. "Dirty Keto" is available on Amazon! You can purchase or rent it here.https://amzn.to/4d9agj1Please watch, rate, and review it! Eat Happy Italian, Anna's second cookbook, is available! You can go to https://eathappyitalian.comYou can order it from Vinnie's Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXmAnna's recipes are in her cookbooks, on her website, and on Substack —they will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/ PURCHASE DIRTY KETO (2024) The documentary launched in August 2024! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's fourth documentary in just over five years. Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentariesThen, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family.Additionally, the more views it receives, 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! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE (2022) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries
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  • You Can't Eat Anything With Impunity - Episode 2879

    You Can't Eat Anything With Impunity - Episode 2879
    Nov 13 2026
    Episode 2879: You Can't Eat Anything With Impunity. Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer take a call from Blake, a longtime listener who did carnivore, then put 40 pounds back on. They talk calories in, calories out, why nothing works with impunity, the Doritos test, the Mediterranean diet myth and cholesterol. https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/11/you-cant-eat-anything-with-impunity-episode-2879 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin ClubVILLA CAPPELLIEAT HAPPY KITCHEN YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: @FitnessConfidential Podcast Vinnie's workout videos are available to purchase! Choose from a 2-day, 4-day, or 6-day workout, or buy all three at a discount! TO PURCHASE VINNIE'S WORKOUT VIDEOS, CLICK THIS LINK: https://vinnietortorich.com/workout A Friday Call-In The intro song is "Call Me," and that means it's a Friday show: you call in, and Vinnie talks to you. (0:30)Why Vinnie loves the call-in shows. Sometimes it's a success story, and sometimes someone needs help figuring it out. (1:00)White Oak Pastures: grass-fed, grass-finished meat. Use promo code VINNIE for 20% off your first order at whiteoakpastures.com. (1:30) Blake's Carnivore Story Blake found Vinnie's podcast while he was doing carnivore. (4:30)His cardiologist warned him off all that fatty meat, he fell off the carnivore wagon, and he's put 40 pounds back on. (5:00)The good, the bad and the ugly of carnivore, going back to when Shawn Baker first came on the show. (6:00) If Vinnie had to eat one single food for a month, he'd pick the chicken egg. (6:30)There's nothing you can do with impunity, not even drinking water. That includes eating meat. (7:00)Palate fatigue: did Blake get tired of eating meat? (8:30) How life changes, from family to COVID, knock people off the wagon. (9:30)Blake's daughter lost 140 pounds counting calories. So does calories in, calories out work? (12:00) It works like a charm, as long as you're willing to white-knuckle it. (13:30)Level one is cutting out sugars and grains. Level two is eating less. Weight Watchers is the same protocol. (15:30)Make your calories count: most of them should come from fat and protein. (16:30) Remember when everything at Costco was keto? A "certified keto" label could go on a bag of sugar. (17:30) Jaspr, Donuts and Cancer Jaspr: get $350 off with code VINNIE at jaspr.co/vinnie. It's a pre-Black Friday deal, and Vinnie now has five Jaspr units at home. (19:00)Back to impunity: you can eat a dozen donuts and start eyeing the next dozen. (21:30)At 64, it's time to eat on point. (23:00)Why Vinnie, a cancer survivor, stays so strict on no sugars, no grains, and the work of Dr. Thomas Seyfried. (23:30)After his leukemia in 2007, all of Hollywood told him to drink wheatgrass. His doctor called that hoo-ha and said we'd be hearing a lot more about sugar. (24:30) Soap, Deodorant and Chili's Vinnie doesn't use regular soap or shampoo. He uses Packer's Pine Tar Soap and Grandma's lye soap. (28:00)Anthony Jay's book Estrogeneration. (29:00)Keep it minimal: a deodorant without aluminum. Vinnie uses Primally Pure. (31:00)How do you eat at Chili's? Two burgers on a plate with tomato and avocado. Skip the bun, the ketchup and the fries. (32:30) French fries: "It's an abomination." (34:30) The Doritos Test Don't count calories. Eat until you're sated, then stop. (36:00)The family-size bag of Doritos versus a 12-ounce filet at Ruth's Chris. (36:30) Why the chips send you looking for ice cream: leptin, ghrelin, cortisol and insulin. (38:30) The influencers say calories in, calories out doesn't work. It does, if you white-knuckle it. (39:30)The couple who lost 80 pounds by dropping their nightly bowl of ice cream. (40:30)Six Oreos fit Blake's calorie budget, but they're hollow calories. (41:30)Your cardiologist's fear of red meat goes back to a misconstrued study from the 1970s. Read Nina Teicholz's The Big Fat Surprise. (42:00)One 16-ounce ribeye a day worked for Blake. Bacon and eggs, two patties at lunch and a steak at dinner did not. (43:30)Have broccoli or cauliflower instead of Oreos. The plants are not out to kill you. (44:30)Dr. Gundry wants you to peel your tomatoes and take out the seeds. Are you kidding? (46:00)Villa Cappelli: the best olive oil on the planet. Use promo code VINNIE at Villa Cappelli. (46:30) The Mediterranean Diet Myth Which Mediterranean? Calabria, Sicily, Puglia, Sardinia, Greece or the Middle East? (47:30)Ancel Keys studied Crete during Lent, when people don't eat meat. (49:00)The Seven Countries Study cherry-picked its countries. Vinnie made four documentaries about that one lie. (49:30)How does the Friday show work? If the questions are good, Vinnie will talk to one caller for the whole hour. (51:00) Next Steps for Blake Blake gets Vinnie's PDF free. (54:30)The VIP group isn't open all the time. Get on the list for next time at vinnietortorich.com/vip. (55:30)Read Nina Teicholz first, then listen to Dr. Zoe Harcombe's episodes. The 10 for 10 podcast bundles. (57:00)...
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Raised on Fake Foods - Episode 2875

    Raised on Fake Foods - Episode 2875
    Nov 4 2026
    Episode 2875: Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss kids being raised on fake foods, false claims about meat and inflammation, and body positivity. https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/10/raised-on-fake-foods-episode-2875 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin ClubVILLA CAPPELLIEAT HAPPY KITCHEN YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: @FitnessConfidential Podcast Vinnie's workout videos are available to purchase! Choose from a 2-day, 4-day, or 6-day workout, or buy all three at a discount! TO PURCHASE VINNIE'S WORKOUT VIDEOS, CLICK THIS LINK: https://vinnietortorich.com/workout Raised on Fake Foods "Amy" (the song by Pure Prairie League) and the phrase "in a while" lead to thoughts of love, relationships, and meeting Serena. (2:00)Chris reads through a study, and a statistic he found is a bit terrifying. (14:00) Part of the information provided in the study reveals that 68% of the kids' diets were ultra-processed foods.It's only in recent decades that ultra-processed foods have become so prevalent that many people consider them "regular food." There is a difference between a "processed" food and invented, chemical-filled ultra-processed foods. (24:00)In today's food climate, are we raising a generation of people who don't understand at all what real food is? A recent headline claims that meat consumption creates inflammation due to L-carnitine. This claim has been misrepresented, and scientists within the study have come out against the headline. (37:00)It appears to be just another attempt to discourage eating meat. Body positivity movement. (42:00) Where it started, but where it has gone astray.Some of the messaging has been good, but there are negative aspects as well.Messaging ranges from encouraging binge eating to stringent use of peptides and hormones in bodybuilding competitions.Now GLP-1s are being accused of being used to "genocide" fat people by one group from Harvard. Vinnie's website got a refresh! Take a look at https://vinnietortorich.comJaspr has a discount code, VINNIE, that gets you $350 off through the end of November. (50:00) That's $50 more than Jaspr's Black Friday deal. After November, code VINNIE still gets you $200 off.Go to Jaspr.co for more information or to purchase. You'll find Pure Coffee Club, Eat Happy Kitchen, and Grazly products at PureVitaminClub.com. (1:00:00)White Oak Pastures is a new sponsor! Check out all the quality meats they offer. Use promo code VINNIE and get 20% off your first order. https://whiteoakspastures.com Important Reminders Get Vinnie's e-book here: https://nsng.vinnietortorich.com/product/intro-to-nsng/Don't forget to get Anna's new book Eat Happy Cocktail Hour!You can order it here: https://eathappycocktailhour.comIt's also available in Vinnie's Book Club here: https://tinyurl.com/eathappycocktail Eat Happy Cocktail Hour features cocktails, mocktails, and appetizers, and it's out now.Order and get bonus goodies!You can order from a wide variety of booksellers at https://eathappycocktailhour.com/Please save your receipt from wherever you order; you'll need it for your bonuses! Check out the Aletha Hip HookTM that Vinnie uses to reduce pain and increase mobility:You can purchase your own through Vinnie's website here: https://vinnietortorich.com/hookAnna's products are now linked to Pure Vitamin Club's website. You can also purchase them under the "Food and Snacks" section.https://purevitaminclub.com/collections/food-and-snacksVinnie hopes to add other products as well, all of which will be health-related. The NSNG® VIP is now closed, but you can add your name to the waitlist for next time. Interested? Sign up here: https://vinnietortorich.com/vip. Book a consultation with Vinnie for guidance on your goals. https://vinnietortorich.com/phone-consultation-2/ More News Serena has added some clothing and beauty product suggestions to Vinnie's Amazon Recommended Products link. Self-Care, Beauty, and Grooming Products That Actually Work! https://www.amazon.com/shop/vinnietortorich/list/3GPVU29UHHPMY?ref_=aipsflist Don't forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on Peacock."Dirty Keto" is available on Amazon!You can purchase or rent it here. https://amzn.to/4d9agj1Please watch, rate, and review it! Eat Happy Italian, Anna's second cookbook, is available!You can go to https://eathappyitalian.comYou can order it from Vinnie's Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXmAnna's recipes are in her cookbooks, on her website, and on Substack. They will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/ PURCHASE DIRTY KETO (2024) The documentary launched in August 2024!Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's fourth documentary in just over five years. Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentariesThen, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family.Additionally, the more views it receives, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend!...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
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Vinnie Tortorich is not afraid to tell the truth about himself, and his guests are the same. He and his guests are thorough in their research and don't talk about things unless they are certain about the validity. I know I can trust what I hear!

Honesty and Integrity

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Great advice on a healthy diet! The honest truth about NSNG: no sugar, no grains.

Very informative and entertaining!

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Vinnie discusses NAOMI'S business model and the consumer cycle of big pharma with a special guest. Also discusses 12 hour challenge.

VT is on point

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great information! Thank you for spotlighting the beef and dairy industry and explaining the store labels, what they mean and don't mean.

Beef & Dairy

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