Exogenous Ketones and MCT For Brain Health - Dom D'Agostino PhD

Dom D'Agostino, PhD, is a world-renowned researcher in ketosis and ketogenic therapies. In this talk, he discusses how exogenous ketones and medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) can help brain health and function.
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Twitter: @DominicDAgosti2
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[@Cya-bebetter]

Also experiencing profound sense of wellbeing, loss of anxiety as well as loss of weight (73lbs and counting).. .i feel 20 yrs younger, I’m 64 which feels weird to say because I feel so good! 😊

[@jimrutherford2773]

I have always fought depression. I have developed my own mechanisms to stave it off but since going on a low carb high fat lifestyle, I never have these bouts of depression anymore.

[@ferasusif]

Hey brother..im sorry you have been going through all that…I’ve been struggling with depression for almost a decade now as well. Ive been on the ketogenic diet for 3 weeks now, how did the diet help you? Did you have to be in nutritional ketosis to reap the benefits? And what kind of benefits did you experience? I hope that I hear from you soon. Thank you 🙏

[@ES-wz6db]

Quit gluten and dairy, 80% will be solved even without ketosis. (Keto diet cuts out automatically gluten, processed sugar, lots of dairy and co.)

[@KevinSmith-4Liberty]

​@ferasusif MCT oil helps you make ketones. Ketois feels great. But you have to eat low carb. Also if you normally have a high morning fasted blood sugars it is harder to get into full ketosis. People with a high A1C starting out may not feel the benefit of ketones until their A1C comes down.

[@tby62]

@@KevinSmith-4Libertythis is me to a damn teeeee. I may start taking MCT. Realize even with fasting, I only feel better around the 18th hour.

[@starrynight8007]

@@ferasusifHi - research how to naturally raise your serotonin the feel good neurotransmitter❣️🙏🏻

[@gerarddilk4862]

This Channel is great, thank you for your work.

[@heathersullivan2745]

Fascinating. Continued success 🙌

[@JazenValencia]

Thank you for this important work Dr. D'Agostino.

[@lisaguertin77]

Yes. Merci beaucoup🙏🏻🌌

[@kevinharradine7809]

Exciting times- thank you

[@janndoe3718]

Thank you. Fascinating and invaluable.

[@btudrus]

What I am really missing is a "continuous insulin monitor..." in addition to cgm. Maybe also a continusous glucagon monitor...

[@bobcocampo]

Please have a research on how this ketones will help cognitive function and memory for students

[@pyancey0]

Great information, thanks for sharing!

[@colleenbrady5684]

Thanks so interesting

[@juvenalbranco2411]

Gratidão imensa.

[@ritajaworski]

Love this information from Dom

[@bobcocampo]

Hope you can test in public schools in the Philippines

[@hankslegers1254]

Great presentation. Thank you. 1. I keep on telling my family doctor that two tablespoons of MCT and 14 hrs overnight free of food ought to be the standard of care for older people. 2. My theory is that the rise in Alzheimer's disease relates to having refrigerators at home so you can snack a night. 3. Why isn't there a new "drug" combining MCT and Milk of Magnesia (to aid gut issue)?

[@raresmircea]

When should I take the MCT and how much?

[@benbarkow1736]

Read stuff from Dr Mary Newport (esp about starting low doses)

[@sylviaking8866]

@@raresmircea I use MCT as part of the fats on my ketogenic diet. I have it with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Start with a teaspoon or two in case it upsets your stomach. I can easily take 1 tablespoon at each meal. I add some to my coffee in the morning. I mix olive oil and mct together as part of my salad dressing, and same at night. Just drizzle some over whatever you are eating. It has zero flavor.

[@johnmartinsen963]

You don't need milk of magnesia if you eat a low to no carb diet with lots of fatty meat from local healthy animals on species appropriate diets. I promise gut issues will disappear on this Human specific diet. NO more acid reflux/gerd, leaky gut, sibo, celiac, auto-immune conditions, etc.

[@johnmartinsen963]

@@raresmircea You don't need any ever if you eat a proper ketogenic diet. If you wish to take MCT everyone tolerates it differently, so start small (tbsp) and build to your desire/tolerance. Dr Anthony Chaffee can educate you on the appropriate diet for humans and the history of nutrition and corrupt nutritional guidelines.

[@raykinney9907]

Very interesting work. I had followed much of the research lit in the toxicology of the toxic metal lead, and given the widespread pathophysiology in the body, I tend to view such work as this via that route. Since, we each have accumulated significant body burden of lead in bone (100 to 1000 x's that it prehistoric bone), and when the body comes under stress (illness, old age, pregnancy) and seeks additional calcium, bone stores are utilized. Lead comes out into soft tissue with the calcium at the most vulnerable times. This is a co-morbidity that affects many physiologic pathways, yet is seldom taken adequately into account. Having a lead toxicologist following such work, and advising, many prove beneficial IMHO. I'm just some guy on the internet.

[@GornubiusFlux]

Ok 👍

[@banjobandasan3725]

Wow

[@leocrespo2]

Okay but which one is better esters or MCT

[@texasgunfyter]

How does MCT cross the Blood Brain barrier? Carried in LDL?

[@metabolicmind]

One way MCT has beneficial effects is that it is metabolized in the liver resulting in greater ketone production. Ketones then cross the BBB and have direct effects on the brain.

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

@@metabolicmind Is C8 the best form of MCT for seizures ? I was hoping for some support but didn't get any, it was good you replied here.

[@Keto-Cheato]

​@metabolicmind So what do I take? How much? Product?

[@user-cb9jj4et2q]

Question, is there a keto supplement?

[@metabolicmind]

There are lots of ketone supplements called exogenous ketones. It's not clear how much benefit someone can get from the supplement vs. how much they get from nutritional ketosis, but this is an active area of research.

[@250txc]

Say or think what you want .. And I'm not down on plants or meats BUT when it comes to helping humanity in multiple different ways, ESP INCLUDING the brain, low CARB is the ONLY way of eating that is studied to help all of us.

[@jeanpaultongeren125]

definitly

[@johnj9267]

CANCER?