Raffaele Pilla's guest appearances

Raffaele Pilla

Just Kickin' It Pod

Chris Voss

Mike Boyle

Alex Hutchinson

Andy Galpin

Vern Gambetta

Dom D'Agostino

James Morton

Neil Jones

Mike Young

Dick Carpenter

Tim Noakes

James Smith

Andy Thomson

Brett Bartholomew

Jim Denison

OwlTail

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.

Episode #38 - Raffaele Pilla