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Fitness Confidential

Angriest Trainer 250: Dr. John Briffa

Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2014

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Vinnie and Anna talk to Dr. John Briffa about tap water, low carb, the benefits of quitting grains, and the BBC documentary "Sugar vs. Fat." Buy Escape the Diet Trap by Dr. John Briffa. Dr John Briffa Biography: Dr John Briffa BSc MB BS (Lond) is a practising doctor, internationally-published author and speaker. After graduating with honours from University College London School of Medicine he specialised in preventive and nutritional medicine, and is an expert in the use of lifestyle strategies for optimising wellbeing and performance. John is the Director of Dr Briffa Wellness, a specialised business consultancy that provides high-impact interventions for optimising personal and business performance. Over the last 18 years, Dr Briffa has helped thousands of business professionals maximize their vitality, resilience and effectiveness using simple and sustainable lifestyle modifications. Dr Briffa has worked with a wide variety of organisations in the UK, North America and Europe including PwC, Norton Rose Fulbright, Clifford Chance, Wincanton, Bridgepoint, Endless LLP, Baker and McKenzie, Menzies Aviation, Morgan Stanley, BP and GE Capital. Dr Briffa is a former columnist for the Daily Mail and the Observer. He has written for more than 50 newspapers and magazines. He is a regular guest on radio and TV and has been a featured expert on Channel 4 News, ITV News, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4. Dr Briffa has authored nine books, including the best-selling Waist Disposal and Escape the Diet Trap.

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0:00.0

He's Hollywood's go-to guy for health and fitness.

0:13.1

And now, America's Angriest Trainer, Vinnie Tortridge, with co-host Anna Pacino.

0:21.6

Why am I America's Patriots trainer?

0:24.0

Your good intentions have been stolen and I'm here to help you get them back.

0:28.8

I am Vinny Torturich and sitting right over there on the keyboard because people...

0:33.6

I'm on the keyboard.

0:35.0

On the keyboard.

0:36.0

Tap a little bit, man.

0:37.4

Go ahead, Anna. All right. I'm done, I'm done. I'm sure you'll hear it throughout the keyboard. On the keyboard. Tap a little bit, man. Go ahead, Anna.

0:38.1

All right. I'm done, I'm done. I'm sure you'll hear it throughout the show. Yeah, because if you listen carefully, you'll hear it. Here's the thing. By the way, best voice in podcast radio working now or any time in the history of podcasting, Anna Vochina. Hi, everyone. Here's the thing. people were upset because, you know, oh my God, I can hear a typing. What are you guys

0:58.1

wrote? Anna Vochina. Hi, everyone. Here's the thing. People were upset because, you know, oh, my God, I can hear a typing. What are you guys, rookies? Yeah, yeah, we are. Yeah, absolutely. What is this? Amateur Night and Dixie? Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, we can hear the tapping. Oh, my God, the tapping. And then you stop tapping. And then people got more upset.

1:28.5

Yeah, they were like, wait a minute. We like the tapping. Well, and that was my response to the whole thing. I was kind of like, get over it. Yeah. But I got to say with the Internet, it's so interesting because you get a hundred good praises. And that's great. And you get the one in the squeaky wheel always gets the attention. I wish we weren't like that as humans.

1:44.6

Well, you know, I want to be constructive and I don't want to be an asshole, but I also kind of want to punch these people in the face. Here's the thing. And thank you to everyone. I will be doing a rant. And the Cassie, we're going to have Cassie and this doctor.

1:46.1

Yeah, we're going to have.

1:47.1

Paleo Chef.

2:17.5

I'm upset. There's something that's really upsetting me right now. I haven't even told you about it. No, I can't wait to hear you. You walked in in a frenzy. I walked in here pissed. Yeah. But I'm holding back because I don't want that to be on my Dr. Briffa episode because, as you know, I'm very, very excited about Dr. Briff. Yeah, you are. You are. So I'm going to do some stuff up front right now to get rid of it so that we don't run out of time later. And one of the things I want to do is talk about our good friends, Paul Capelli and Stephen Crutchfield. Yes.

2:19.1

Because they got something going on in Italy.

2:24.6

Those bastards are crushing grapes and they're making, not grapes.

2:25.2

They don't do grapes. I was going to say they do make wine, but you can't get it in the States.

2:27.6

Right, they do.

2:28.0

You have to go to stay at the property.

2:28.8

Because Stephen and I were talking about the fact that they're crushing olives.

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