The Ultimate Health Podcast: Lifestyle, Nutrition, Fitness, & Self-help

Dr. Dom D’Agostino serves as an assistant professor at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology. His research interests are in neuropharmacology, medical biochemistry, cell metabolism, and signaling. Dom is a pioneering developer of ketone esters and ketone salts. In this episode, we discuss: Dom's early experiences with the ketogenic diet and exogenous ketones What is the ketogenic diet? The ketogenic diet provides anti-seizure effects in people with epilepsy The modified Atkins diet Too much protein will keep you out of ketosis Dom's dietary sources of fat MCT oil, ketone mineral salts, and ketone esters Ketone bodies... beta-hydroxybutyrate & acetoacetate Exogenous ketones and glucose in the body, together... a new phenomenon Babies are born obese and in ketosis Athletes get into ketosis, all the time Ketogenic intermittent fasting Ketosis vs. diabetic ketoacidosis Alcoholic ketoacidosis Type 1 diabetics might require less