: Episode 707 - Dominic D'Agostino rejoins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of Fitness Confidential podcast. The two discuss ketogenic diets, and keto and weight loss. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. DOMINIC D'AGOSTINO Dominic has been coming on the show since the very start He is the associate professor at USF, college of medicine Department of molecular pharmacology and physiology Also senior research scientist at Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Has his PhD of course Susan Masino is a colleague of his Check out his website here He is a big proponent of the ketogenic diet Check out his book here KETOSIS AND SEIZURE CONTROL Started doing research for ketogenic diet in 2010 Did research into deep diving seizures and a ketogenic diet KETO AND WEIGHT LOSS There was a study that came out that said ketogenic diet was not conducive to weight loss Contradicts much of what we know! From the medical community that implements this diet for medical purposes, even they agree that this diet is helpful for weight loss Weight loss is a "side effect" of ketosis Ketosis dampens your appetite When you are eating ketogenic diet, you will feel more sated from less You also stop eating less processed crap which is the stuff that makes you hungrier Exogenous ketones: these are the ketones that you can consume in powder Can help get into ketosis without actually consuming that much of fat Better just to be in real ketosis, consuming lots of fat Exogenous ketones can help some, but others it has no effect Dr. D'Agostino did this experiment with rodents They were eating carb diets, and a good amount did not lose weight even with exogenous ketones Some were able to lose 15% body fat, but this was only in a few They are looking into why that is the case