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Episode #38 - Raffaele Pilla
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:50:24
Publish Date: 2016-02-05 10:36:10
Description: Raffaele Pilla was a research scientist that worked at the University of South Florida looking at Ketogenic Diets and their therapeutic effects. He is currently a Pharmacist and Research Scientist in Italy. You can find him on Facebook and his e-mail address is raf.pilla@gmail.com Show Notes: 1:16 - 4:04: How he met Dom D'Agostino and the beginnings of his research career looking at compressed gases in Navy SEALs 4:30 - 4:58: How a hyperbaric chamber mimics a real Navy SEAL dive 5:15 - 6:25: The beginning origins of why Navy SEAL divers had to dive deeper into waters and how they began to have seizures due to compressed oxygen 6:49 - 8:17: Atmospheric pressures in a deep dive Navy SEAL compared to walking on dry land 9:13 - 15:50: Discovery of 1921 John's Hopkins Hospital study that showed the ketogenic diet as a cure for epileptic seizures. Story of friend Mike who got off medications for seizures and cured his epilepsy through ketogenic diet. 16:15 - 16:45: Raffaele's favorite soccer team and how many times a week he plays the beautiful game 17:45 - 24:23: What happens to the human body following the ingestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Why the western diet doesn't fit our evolutionary behaviors and why the over-ingestion of carbohydrates has led to western metabolic diseases and obesity 24:33 - 26:00: What is Ketosis? 26:15 - 31:28: How do we achieve a state of ketosis? 32:45 - 35:45: Ketogenic Diet Program in Rowers that set personal records on a ketogenic diet. Ketogenic and Low Carb diet with Norwegian Soccer team that won championship in state of Ketosis 36:15 - 39:45: Keto-Adaptation and Why a ketogenic diet works for athletes and soccer players 40:45 - 43:50: Sugar addiction and why eating sugar promotes eating more sugar 44:10 - 47:07: How long can you stay in a state of ketosis? 51:10 - 52:18: Once ketosis is achieved, how hard is it to maintain? 52:39 - 53:55: How do we measure how many millimolars we have? 54:07 - 57:30: How does fasting influence ketosis? 59:25 - 59:50: Where to contact Raffaele Pilla.
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