: Episode 719 — Danny Vega and Brian Williamson join Vinnie this Friday to discuss their websites and podcast, Ketovangelist & The Ketogenic Athlete.
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
- Ketogenic diet can cure epilepsy for 30% of kids who are put on it
- 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
- He felt near-euphoric within days of being in ketosis
- For Danny, it has been a huge game-changer in his brain function
