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  <title>Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D.: The Effects of Ketosis and Fasting on Mitochondrial Health and Epigenetics</title>
  <description> In this episode, we are joined Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D. He is an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of South Florida where he teaches students of the Morsani College of Medicine and the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, with a focus on such topics as neuropharmacology, medical biochemistry, physiology, neuroscience, and neuropharmacology. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition(IHMC)  to assist with their efforts towards optimizing the safety, health and resilience of the warfighter and astronaut.  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Dr. D’Agostino chats with host Dr. Scott Sherr on manta rays being ketogenic, his early research in the field of oxidative stress, ketones in cancer, ketones and its effect on mitochondrial function, ketones and epigenetics, and so much more.  &amp;amp;nbsp;  What we discussed:  00:00:22 - Introduction  00:02:12 - Manta Rays are ketogenic  00:03:54 - Is it common for fish to use ketones as fuel?  00:05:22 - How Dr. D’Agostino got into the ketogenic diet  00:08:49 - Oxidative stress  00:09:49 - Ketones in cancer  00:13:12 - The ketogenic diet  00:14:56 - The protein sparing modified ketogenic diet  00:16:24 - How Dr. D’Agostino got involved in the optimal performance world  00:19:53 - Ketones and its effects on mitochondial function  00:27:11 - Ketones and Epigenetics  00:30:43 - Dr. D’Agostino’s thoughts on ketones over the years  00:34:02 - The mechanism of a ketone induced increase in insulin  00:38:18 - Maintaining ketosis for long periods of time  00:45:07 - The Ketogenic diet and neurotransmitters  00:54:16 - Effects of long term ketogenic diets of menstrual cycle  00:56:26 - Ketonegic diet and microbiome  01:01:49 - The best way to keep your glucose from spiking  01:04:11 - Ketogenic diet and endocannabinoid system  01:07:21 - Dr. D’Agostino’s exciting project on metabolic psychiatry  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Find more from Smarter, Not Harder:  Website:  https://troscriptions.com/blogs/podcast  /  https://homehope.org  Instagram: @troscriptions | @homehopeorg  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Find out more about Dr. Dominic D’Agostino:  Website:  https://ketonutrition.org/  Website:  https://linktr.ee/Domdagostino  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/dominicdagosti2  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/dominic.dagostino.kt/  &amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Get 10% Off Your Purchase of Metabolomics Module by using PODCAST10 at  https://www.homehope.org  &amp;amp;nbsp;  Get 10% Off  your  Trosciptions purchase  by using POD10 at  https://www.troscriptions.com &amp;amp;nbsp;  Get daily content from the hosts of Smarter Not Harder by following @troscriptions on Instagram.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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