The Ketogenic Athlete with Brian and Danny – Episode 719

: Episode 719 — Danny Vega and Brian Williamson join Vinnie this Friday to discuss their websites and podcast, Ketovangelist & The Ketogenic Athlete.

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BRIAN AND DANNY

• Brian’s son has epilepsy and was put on a ketogenic diet
  • Brian started a ketogenic diet to lead by example, lost a lot of weight
  • Check out his Ketovangelist website here
• Brian started a podcast on being a ketogenic athlete
• Danny is a power lifter and also is ketogenic, so now the two host the show together!

THE KETOGENIC ATHLETE

• Check out the website for the podcast here
• Danny was told forever when he started power lifting that he needed carbs
  • Eventually started carb cycling
  • Didn’t like eating carbs, once he became keto, everything got so much better
• It is completely possible to gain lots of muscle mass on a ketogenic diet
• Danny does lots of distance stuff now and has not put life into living at all
  • He also only consumes half of the protein he used to consume
• Brian learned a ton about a ketogenic diet because of his son, just like Jim Abrams and his son
  • Ketogenic diet can cure epilepsy for 30% of kids who are put on it
    • Another 30% have their seizures reduced to a manageable point where they can live a full life
    • It changes neural pathways
    • Ketones burn cleaner, easier on the brain 
• Your brain does not need sugar to live
  • Your brain runs more efficiently on ketones than on sugar
• In a ketogenic diet, after the keto flu that some feel, most will have mental clarity and better recall
  • For Danny, it has been a huge game-changer in his brain function
    • He is in “Doom God-mode”
  • For Brian, the ketogenic diet helped his depression immensely 
    • He felt near-euphoric within days of being in ketosis
      • He had battled depression for ages as he had been hooked on sugar and grains