Dr. Dom D'Agostino: The PSMKD (Protein Sparing Modified Ketogenic Diet) to Optimize Protein Intake for Fat Loss & Protecting Muscle While Gaining the Benefits of Ketosis, Measuring Breath Acetone & More!
Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina
Vanessa Spina
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🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
This episode featured Dr. Dom D'Agostino- the world's pre-eminent ketone scientist! We discuss the concept of a PSMKD (Protein Sparing Modified Ketogenic Diet) to Optimize Protein Intake for Fat Loss & Protecting Muscle While Gaining the Benefits of Ketosis, Measuring Breath Acetone & More! His thoughts on breath acetone to monitor fat loss, having a glucose to breath acetone index, why having high BHB may not be optimal for health under certain scenarios, and much more!!
Dr. Dominic D'Agostino is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida and Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). His laboratory develops and tests metabolic-based strategies for neurological disorders, cancer, and for enhancing safety and resilience of military personnel in extreme environments. His research is supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Department of Defense (DoD), private organizations and foundations.
For more from Dr. D'Agostino, visit https://ketonutrition.org/
Some of the studies mentioned in this episode:
Measuring breath acetone for monitoring fat loss
Study with measuring Acetone & Latency to Seizure
George Cahill fasting study & what initiates ketosis.
Virta study long term BHB levels
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina. |
| 0:05.1 | Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa Spina, |
| 0:10.6 | and I am so thrilled for today's episode. We have the pleasure and honor of having Dr. |
| 0:17.2 | Dominic Degasino joining us on the podcast today. I absolutely love this episode. We got to |
| 0:23.1 | talk about some really important topics and go deeper on some of these concepts. And Dr. D'Agostino |
| 0:30.6 | came up with the protein sparing modified keto diet, which is what a lot of us do and are doing in terms of getting optimal protein, but also |
| 0:40.9 | doing a keto diet. And this really important question, which is how do we balance these dual |
| 0:47.7 | goals of getting optimal protein, getting, you know, the optimal sort of amount of leanness in our body to function well and have |
| 0:56.3 | great metabolic markers and low body fat with getting all the benefits of ketones and not |
| 1:01.6 | overdoing it on the protein so that we can maximize the anti-aging and longevity benefits |
| 1:07.3 | and all the other incredible epigenetic benefits that ketones can provide. We talk about |
| 1:13.5 | the difference between, you know, exogenous ketones and endogenous ketones in a lot of detail. |
| 1:20.1 | We talk about hormones, aging, longevity, even certuans. And finally, talk about the glucose to acetone index. And Dr. D'Agostino |
| 1:31.2 | gave himself an assignment to create this index. And I am so excited for it. So we really got to |
| 1:38.3 | talk about so many important topics and really dive deep on a lot of these important topics. And I think that |
| 1:46.5 | it really is so important to all of us here who listen to this podcast and are interested in |
| 1:51.8 | this information. How do we get optimal metabolic health and also get all the incredible benefits |
| 1:57.8 | from ketones, these amazing molecules? So I hope you enjoyed this episode. |
| 2:03.1 | If you know of anyone that you think would enjoy it as well, please do go ahead and share it |
| 2:06.9 | with them. Let's dive in to today's episode with Dr. Dominic Degasino. |
| 2:13.0 | Hi, friends. I want to tell you about a very important nutrient that many of us are deficient in |
| 2:19.2 | and not even aware of it. And that nutrient is light and specifically red light. I am so |
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