The Joe Rogan Experience #1176 - Dom D'Agostino & Layne Norton
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Sep 28, 2018 
Dom D'Agostino, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida and a leading researcher in nutritional science, teams up with Layne Norton, a renowned physique coach and pro-bodybuilder with a PhD in Nutritional Sciences. They dive deep into the ketogenic diet, especially its potential benefits for military resilience and athletic performance. The conversation tackles dietary ideologies, the psychology of eating, and the complexities of managing weight loss. They also critically examine the role of sugar in the obesity epidemic and stress the importance of personalized nutrition.
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Beware Diet Ideologies
- Nutrition debates become ideologies when people cherry-pick science to match beliefs.
- Dom and Layne emphasize skepticism: be anti-bullshit, not anti-diet or anti-carb.
Meeting A Bodybuilder Who Beat Epilepsy
- Dom told how he met Mike Dancer, a natural bodybuilder who controlled severe epilepsy with the ketogenic diet.
- That story led Dom toward researching ketogenic strategies for neurological protection and performance.
Keto For Military Resilience
- Ketogenic strategies are being studied as non-pharmacologic countermeasures to oxygen toxicity seizures in divers.
- Dom links nutritional ketosis to readiness, resilience, and cognitive benefits for military personnel.