What up family, welcome to episode 250 of The Genius Life, let's go.

What's going on everybody, welcome back to another episode of The Genius Life, I'm your host Max Lugovir,

a filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best selling author.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind our choices,

including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel and our health span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a genius.

On today's episode of the show, I'm super excited to welcome for the first time to The Genius Life, Dominic Dagestino.

Dr. Dagestino is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Molecular,

Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida, more sunny college of medicine.

He's also a research scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.

His lab develops and tests metabolic based strategies for targeting central nervous system, oxygen toxicity,

epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, brain cancer and metastatic cancer.

The main focus of his lab over the last 12 years has been investigating the anti-convulsant and

neuroprotective mechanisms of the ketogenic diet and ketone metabolite supplementation.

Over the course of the next hour and a half, you are going to discover why astronauts are experimenting with

ketogenic therapies to keep their brains functioning optimally in space.

You're going to hear about the role of the ketogenic diet and ketogenic therapies,

like MCT oil in neurological conditions like epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease,

the potential for the ketogenic diet to play a role in the prevention of dementia, which you know is a topic I'm super passionate about.

Why DOM thinks liquid calories are particularly dangerous in the context of the standard American diet,

and so much more. I really love having this conversation with DOM.

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