World Ketone Expert Dr. Dom D'Agostino on Measuring Breath Acetone, BHB, Ketosis and more!
Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina
Vanessa Spina
4.6 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
This episode is featuring Dr. Dom D'Agostino- the world's pre-eminent ketone scientist! We discuss using breath acetone to monitor fat loss, understanding how to measure various ketones, fasting and ketosis, acetone's powerful effects on latency to seizure, acetone to BHB ratios and what determines the ratio of BHB to acetoacetate, 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. |
| 0:05.0 | Did you know that it's possible to become effortlessly lean through the power of an optimal protein intake? |
| 0:11.4 | On this podcast, we talk all about protein and how research has shown that an optimal protein intake can help improve body composition, metabolic health, and even correct appetite, |
| 0:22.4 | so that we can become effortlessly lean. I am Vanessa Spina. I am a sport nutrition specialist, |
| 0:28.8 | a biochemistry and biomedical science student and scientist. I am the creator of the tone device, |
| 0:35.2 | the author of the best-selling book, Keto Essentials available on Amazon, |
| 0:38.8 | the creator of the Ketogenic Girl brand, the 28-day Ketogenic Girl Challenge, including the higher |
| 0:44.2 | protein meal plans, which can help improve metabolic health. I am truly obsessed with optimizing |
| 0:50.0 | our metabolic health and wellness through all of these different tools that are available to |
| 0:54.0 | us, from protein sparing modified fast to ketogenesis to intermittent fast. our metabolic health and wellness through all of these different tools that are available to us. |
| 0:54.5 | From protein sparing modified fast to ketogenesis to intermittent fasting and exercise, all of these |
| 1:00.0 | amazing tools that center around improving body composition, metabolic health, and making the body |
| 1:05.6 | a fat-adapted fat-fueled machine. With this in mind, I present to you interviews with scientists, experts, |
| 1:12.7 | physicians, and people from all around the world. I truly love this community and I feel so |
| 1:19.0 | honored to be a part of your journeys. I have seen the power of an optimal protein intake to |
| 1:24.6 | improve body composition, correct appetite, improve metabolic health and wellness. |
| 1:29.7 | Regardless of lifestyle, whether you are keto, paleo, vegetarian, carnivore, high carb, low carb, |
| 1:36.3 | the center of it all comes down to protein. And that's why I am so excited to continue to |
| 1:41.4 | spread the message about the science and power of optimal protein. |
| 1:45.5 | So let's keep growing as a community and positively change the metabolic health of the world |
| 1:50.5 | together. |
| 1:52.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the optimal protein podcast. |
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