Breaking Free from Sugar Addiction with Dr Lisa Wiedeman - Episode 2600

Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich

Keto, Fitness, Health, Weightloss, Heartdisease, Sugar, Diet, Diabetes, Exercise, Supplements, Vitamins, Lowcarb, Highfat, Nutrition, Nsng, Health & Fitness, Weight

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Episode 2600—On today's show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks with optometrist Dr. Lisa Wiedemen about breaking free from sugar addiction, being a carnivore, eye health, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/01/free-from-sugar-addiction-episode-2600 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Breaking Free from Sugar Addiction Dr. Lisa Wiedemann is a Doctor of Optometry who has been practicing for several decades. She discusses her journey from carb and sugar addiction to health advocacy. (6:00) Sugar addiction is often overlooked but can be as devastating as other forms of addiction. The normalization of sugar consumption in society makes recovery particularly challenging. (14:00) Sugar addiction is a type of slow suicide because it eventually destroys your health. (17:00) Early adoption of the carnivore lifestyle (2009) helped Dr. Wiedemann overcome her addiction. They discuss the onset of high-carb movement. Dr Lisa is not interested in just prescribing meds, she wants to solve the root cause of ailments for her patients. (43:00) Building community support is crucial for maintaining a sugar-free lifestyle. Modern lifestyle choices, including excessive artificial light exposure, contribute to health issues. (44:00) Our eyes are way more complex and not just for vision; circadian rhythm and other aspects of mitochondria are other mechanisms. The importance of addressing root causes rather than just treating symptoms You can find Dr. Lisa on Instagram: @carnivoredoctor. She's on YouTube at More News If you are interested in the NSNG® VIP group, you can sign up for the waitlist at Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days Of Our Lives on the Peacock channel. “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon! You can purchase or rent it . Make sure you watch, rate, and review it! Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s next cookbook is available! You can go to You can order it from . Anna’s recipes are in her cookbooks, website, and Substack–they will spice up your day! There's a new NSNG® Foods promo code you can use! The promo code ONLY works on the NSNG® Foods website, NOT on Amazon. https://nsngfoods.com/ [the_ad id="20253"] 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: Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. Additionally, the more views, 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: REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:

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0:00.0	Great news. Dirty Keto is now on Amazon. Go if you're living in the U.S., go straight to Amazon and get Dirty Keto, watch it, rate it and review it.
0:13.2	If you're outside of the U.S., meaning Western Europe or Canada or Mexico, it's not there yet. Don't ask me why.
0:21.8	Listen, those people made me put a PG-13 rating on it when there was nothing in it that would have caused that.
0:28.2	But let's get ahead of this thing.
0:30.3	Let's watch it, rate it, and review it.
0:32.9	Go get Dirty Keto right now and on with the show.
0:37.9	Thanks for listening to Vinny Tortorich on NSNG Lifestyle Audio.
0:45.1	Welcome to Fitness Confidential one-on-one.
0:49.8	Vinny Tortorich, founder of NSNG, goes long form with top luminaries in the field of health and fitness.
1:06.1	I am Vinny Totterich, folks. Your good intentions have been stolen. But don't worry, I'm here to help you get them back.
1:14.3	You may be soft and succulent at the beginning of this process, but hang in there before
1:18.4	long you will be lean and mean, guaranteed, just like the woman on the other mic today.
1:26.5	Yeah, she's been doing this for quite some time.
1:31.5	She's a doctor of optometry, and you go, wait a minute. She's an eye doctor. What the hell?
1:38.1	This woman, this woman figured out a long time ago before the days of my my buddy Sean Baker walked into my house one day
1:47.3	and started saying, hey man, I'm just eating meat, nothing else. And I said, hey man,
1:53.0	you're nuts. But this woman was doing it before that. And she's got doctor next to her name, just like Sean does.
2:05.5	And we're going to find out a few things about this woman because I think she's close to my age.
2:10.9	She looks a lot younger.
2:12.7	But I think we're close to the same age.
2:15.3	And she could do something I can never do.
2:17.9	She could do cartwheels.
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