Have you ever wondered why nutrition seems so complicated? One day, fats the villain, the next day, carbs are the enemy. Somehow we're still confused about what's actually healthy. It's not by accident. For decades, the food industry has been feeding us untruths, let's call it. And some of those have shaped the obesity and chronic disease epidemic we see today. So I'm super excited for today's guest. He's known as the angry fitness coach, but he kind of rejects that now, but I'd call him more of a truth teller. Vinnie Tortorich is a celebrity trainer. He's a bestselling author. He's a podcaster. And he's a man behind the no sugar, no grains movement. He's also the producer of Fat, a documentary, which really takes the gloves off when it comes to exposing big food politics and big agriculture. Vinnie's trained a lot of Hollywood's elite over the last 30 years. He battled leukemia while still coaching clients. He built a global community around the simple but powerful message about cutting sugar and cutting out grains. He's raw. He's unfiltered and he's here to tell you why getting healthy doesn't have to be nearly as complicated as we've been led to believe. You're listening to Get Leaner and Live Longer with May Palmer, the show for busy people who want to maximize their energy, burn fat, and build a body that feels as good as it looks. I'm Nate Palmer. I've been a coach since 2008 and I believe that looking great and feeling unstoppable does not require hours in the gym or giving up all the foods that you love. It shows where I share real strategies that help you get lean or live longer and unlock your

million dollar body. So if you're ready to cut through the noise, take control of your health, and finally feel like a high performer again, let's do this. Benny, welcome to the show. I'm so glad you're here. This is going to be a blast. Yeah, thanks for having me. This is great. So you've been a celebrity trainer, nutritionist. You've

been the head of the no sugar, no grains movement for many, many years. But for anyone who's not

familiar with you or your work, could you just give a little bit of background?

Yeah. My degree was in exercise physiology from a major university and nutrition.

And that basically did not, you know, that doesn't open up any doors back in 1984.

But I'd already started working as a fitness trainer.

That was back in the days when there was about five of us in the whole country,

and I'm not exaggerating that.

I can name the other three or four, you know, Mackie Shillstone, Jake out in Hollywood,

the guy up in New York, his name is slipping me right now. He's still around. A lot of these guys

are still around. But there was like five or six hours around the country, and we were in early days of,

you know, private fitness.

And at some point, my business kept leading me out to Hollywood because these celebrities were

looking. And that sounds crazy now, but they were looking for a trainer and ended up in Hollywood

more and more until one day I just moved there from New Orleans.

And in the early days when people called themselves a celebrity fitness trainer, you literally

train actual celebrities. Today, if you just met a celebrity and you can go, oh yeah,

I trained celebrity. It was a different world back then. You can put anything you want on an Instagram bio. Yeah, you can. And, you know, you can go, oh, yeah, I trained celebrity. It was a different world back then.

You can put anything you want on an Instagram bio.

Yeah, you can.

And just do whatever you want.

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