#074 Dr. Dominic D'Agostino on Developing a Well-Designed Ketogenic Diet and Harnessing Its Benefits

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Dominic ("Dom") D'Agostino is an expert on a wide range of topics related to metabolic health, ketosis, and ketogenic diets. As one of the world's foremost experts on the ketogenic diet, Dom has personally practiced some variation of ketogenic diet for over a decade, bringing a substantial amount of practical experience along with his anecdotes from human and animal research.

In this episode, we discuss:

00:04:59 - What is "keto” (and what it is not)
00:08:42 - Types of ketogenic diets
00:15:27 - Lifestyle Ketogenic Diet
00:26:36 - Biomarkers and hyperlipidemia
00:29:41 - Micronutrients and Supplementation
00:33:40 - Exogenous Ketones
00:55:48 - Optimal blood concentration of ketones (Dom's pick)
01:13:31 - Exercise performance and anti-catabolic effects
01:34:37 - Brain and Memory
01:42:39 - Intermittent Fasting
01:51:43 - Neurodegenerative Diseases
01:58:05 - Migraines
02:04:17 - Autoimmune diseases
02:06:15 - Cancer
02:22:03 - Carnivore diet
02:28:22 - Dom's lifestyle habits
02:31:46 - Measuring ketones

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0:00.0	Hello ladies and gentlemen and lovers of beta hydroxybutyrate.
0:04.4	This episode features Dr. Dominic Dagostino.
0:07.8	Not only is Dr. Dagostino a world-class researcher on nutritional ketosis and specifically ketogenic
0:13.6	diets, but he has the practical long-term use of ketogenic diets, which sets him up in
0:19.4	my mind as the authority on ketogenic diets and ketogenesis.
0:24.3	This episode covers a lot of ground.
0:27.2	Starting from what ketogenesis is to practical tips on eating a ketogenic diet to differences
0:32.6	between exogenous ketone supplements and their role in ketosis world.
0:37.6	I had Dom on the podcast a few years back and I just want to add that he is really one of
0:42.5	the nicest people I have ever met.
0:45.1	This podcast goes really deep and I think that anyone interested in metabolic ketosis
0:49.6	in ketogenic diets will absolutely love this episode.
0:53.7	In this two and a half hour episode you will learn some practical tools and tips with respect
0:58.6	to how to optimize a ketogenic diet, how to go into ketosis more easily and how to not
1:03.7	get kicked out so easily, how going into cycles of a ketogenic diet may have similar benefits
1:09.1	as the fasting mimicking diet.
1:11.4	What biomarkers Dr. Dagostino thinks are the most important to monitor when starting a
1:15.8	ketogenic diet for the first time or in order to determine whether a person is responding
1:20.4	favorably or unfavorably.
1:23.4	The differences between ketone esters and ketone salts in terms of what they are, efficacy,
1:29.0	side effects and safety.
1:31.2	What we know and don't know about the effects of a ketogenic diet on gut health.
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