As Vinny Guadagnino’s keto diet results have shown, carbs definitely aren’t here for this Jersey Shore star. Since 2017, Vinny has dropped 50 pounds and gotten a ripped body thanks to the high-fat, low-carb meal plan.
Coincidentally — or not! — around the time he began sharing before and after shots of his weight loss transformation at his @ketoguido Instagram account, the diet trend rose massively in popularity. Just last year, keto was top of the list of the most commonly searched diets of 2018, according to Google Trends’ year end report.
Does that mean the 31-year-old Staten Island native is responsible for keto’s popularity? He opined on the topic when he stopped by the Us Weekly studios on Tuesday, April 9, with his Double Shot at Love costar, Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio.
“I don’t know if I am, I would love to be,” Vinny tells Us Weekly exclusively. “Or it just literally happened at the same time. But either way, I think I definitely contribute to it.”
And he’s got the anecdotal evidence to back up his claim! “Like, hundreds of people a week tell me, ‘My mom’s on this diet because of Vinny from Jersey Shore,’” he continues. “I was, like, a launching point for people, but then they go into the keto-crazed world that exists out there.”
While countless people have found success on the ketogenic diet, it’s also had its fair share of controversies — most notably when celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels slammed keto in January. Scores of stars, including Al Roker who lost 40 pounds following the method, in turn slammed Michaels. Jenna Jameson, who credits the diet and her daughter for her 80-pound weight loss, called “bulls–t” on critics of the plan in a passionate Instagram post.
For his part, Vinny doesn’t care if other people follow his lead, including potential girlfriends. “I’m a foodie, I’m a fat kid at heart,” says the reality star. “I love when women can eat and eat bad foods and we have cheat days together.” And in any case, he adds, “I’ll live vicariously through them.”
