Dr. Dom D’Agostino is a research scientist and Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He owns KETONUTRITION, a platform where he shares his recent findings regarding our health and nutritional intake, with a special focus on the ketogenic diet. Dom teaches students at USF on topics such as neuropharmacology, medical biochemistry, and neuroscience. He is often asked to participate in experiments conducted by NASA and the U.S. military.
Dom joins us today to discuss how ketosis was used as clinical treatment, how it is used today, and how ketosis affects our brain. He shares where he found his passion for neuroscience and when he took part in a project by NASA. He describes how exogenous ketones work and how keto enthusiasts can use them. Dom also explains what cancer is, from a metabolic and genetic viewpoint, and why mitochondrial health can determine cancer risk.
 
“The ketogenic diet reduces the production of reactive oxygen species overall.” - Dr. Dom D’Agostino
 
This week on The Lab Report Podcast:

Dom's work with NASA and NEEMO 22.
Why Dom focused on neuroscience as a specialty.
The technologies he developed for the military.
Dom's thoughts on ketosis and its effects on neurological disorders.
The difference between clinical and mainstream ketogenic diet.
What hepatic ketogenesis is and where it is used.
How you can incorporate exogenous ketones in your ketogenic diet.
Primary causes of cancer and how they affect the mitochondria.
How Dom defines cancer based on mitochondrial damage.

 
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