Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is a well-known leading researcher who studies nutritional strategies and metabolic-based therapies in neurological disorders, seizures, cancer, and metabolic wellness. He also happens to be a preeminent voice and proponent of the ketogenic diet. Ketosis is your body’s ability to burn fat for fuel when carbohydrates are not readily available – producing ketones. No longer thought of as a fad diet, it is actually a metabolic state that many adopt as a lifestyle given the emerging health benefits it confers. The metabolic effects of ketosis are vast and new insights are evolving rapidly.
In today’s episode, we dive deep into biochemistry and metabolism with Dr. D’Agostino. He explains the latest research advancements in ketosis, differences between endogenous and exogenous ketones, and how continuous glucose monitoring factors into ketosis and metabolic health measures.
Today on The Lab Report:

4:00 Welcome back, Dr. D’Agostino – why he chooses to study ketosis?
6:50 Surprising new clinical applications of ketogenic diets
12:40 Alzheimer’s disease, type 3 Diabetes, and ketones
17:00 Exogenous ketone esters/salts vs. endogenous ketones and metabolic effects
26:30 Is there a role for the ketogenic diet in ADD/ADHD?
29:15 Continuous glucose monitoring and ketosis
34:35 Glucose/ketone variation and the calculated index
43:00 Metabolic Health Summit
46:40 The Fireball

Additional Resources:
KetoNutrition
Metabolic Health Summit
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