Ketosis and Weight Loss with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino – Episode 707

: Episode 707 – Dominic D’Agostino rejoins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of Fitness Confidential podcast. The two discuss ketogenic diets, and ketosis and weight loss.

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

Ketogenic Diet and Metabolic Therapies: Expanded Roles in Health and Disease

KETOSIS AND SEIZURE CONTROL

• Started doing research for ketogenic diet in 2010
• Did research into deep diving seizures and a ketogenic diet

KETOSIS 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