Just Kickin' It Pod

Raffaele Pilla was a research scientist that worked at the University of South Florida looking at Ketogenic Diets and their therapeutic effects. He is currently a Pharmacist and Research Scientist in Italy. You can find him on Facebook and his e-mail address is raf.pilla@gmail.com Show Notes: 1:16 - 4:04: How he met Dom D'Agostino and the beginnings of his research career looking at compressed gases in Navy SEALs 4:30 - 4:58: How a hyperbaric chamber mimics a real Navy SEAL dive 5:15 - 6:25: The beginning origins of why Navy SEAL divers had to dive deeper into waters and how they began to have seizures due to compressed oxygen 6:49 - 8:17: Atmospheric pressures in a deep dive Navy SEAL compared to walking on dry land 9:13 - 15:50: Discovery of 1921 John's Hopkins Hospital study that showed the ketogenic diet as a cure for epileptic seizures. Story of friend Mike who got off medications for seizures and cured his epilepsy through ketogenic diet. 16:15 - 16:45: Raffaele's favorite soccer team and how many times