The Metabolic Link

This week’s episode of The Metabolic Link features an illuminating conversation between our host Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, and Dr. Abbi Hernandez, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Hernandez received her PhD from the University of Florida, where she studied age and diet related changes in neurological function and cognitive health. Her research has focused on in...

In this week’s episode, host Victoria Field speaks with Matt Baszucki and Dr. Iain Campbell about their lived experiences with bipolar disorder and the therapeutic effects of the ketogenic diet, potential root causes of the mental illness, and their mission to spread awareness and education around ketogenic dietary therapy as a treatment for bipolar disorder. Iain Campbell, PhD, is the Baszucki Re...

In this episode, our co-hosts Victoria Field, Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, and Angela Poff, PhD, discuss two recent scientific studies that focus on the potential metabolic connections to neurodegenerative diseases. Study 1: Warburg-like metabolic transformation underlies neuronal degeneration in sporadic Alzheimer’s disease The study delves into the molecular changes causing a neuron's transitio...

This week’s episode of The Metabolic Link features an in-depth conversation between our host Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, and Jeff Volek, PhD, RD, on a wide range of topics as well as questions submitted by our Twitter followers! Dr. Volek is a registered dietitian and professor in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. For the last 25 years, he has performed translational rese...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, our host and MHS Co-organizer Victoria Field interviewed Kelly Faltersack, a registered dietitian nutritionist, who specializes in treating patients with ketogenic diet therapy as an effective treatment for epilepsy and other neurological disorders. Kelly Faltersack MS, RDN, LDN, CD is a registered dietitian nutritionist at UW Health in Madison, Wiscon...

This week’s episode of The Metabolic Link features an enlightening conversation between our host Dr. Dominic D’Agostino and Dr. Satchin Panda, PhD on the fascinating connection between time-restricted eating , circadian rhythm , and metabolic health . A leading expert in the field of circadian rhythm research, Dr. Panda is a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and a founding exe...

This week’s episode of The Metabolic Link features an interview with Nicole Laurent, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps her clients use ketogenic dietary therapy as a treatment for mental illness and neurological issues. Nicole was one of seven pioneers of Metabolic Psychiatry recognized by the Baszucki Brain Research Fund and the Milken Institute with the Metabolic Mind Award in 2022. W...

In this Journal Club episode, The Metabolic Link Hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, and Victoria Field review recent research uncovering the potential impact of high blood glucose on stroke outcomes and the positive influence of exercise on Alzheimer’s disease. An ischemic stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain is occluded. This prevents oxygen and nutrients from reaching a re...

It’s said that more than one billion individuals around the world suffer from migraines each year. A migraine isn’t your average headache. It’s often completely debilitating and may include sensitivity to light and sound, vomiting, severe pain, and other symptoms that can wreak havoc on quality of life. Despite being one of the most common neurological disorders on the planet with a high prevalenc...

On this episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng to discuss his experience as a critical care physician during 2020, the importance of metabolic health in fighting viral infections, and how improving global metabolic health will make us more resilient against future illnesses. Dr. Kyeremanteng is an ICU doctor and intensivist at The Ottawa Hospital who seeks t...

You won’t be surprised to hear that a night of poor sleep can affect how good you feel the next day. But did you know that disruptions in sleep quality, especially when they occur chronically, can have a major negative impact on your cognitive function, mood, and overall metabolic health? On this week’s Journal Club episode of The Metabolic Link, co-hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, a...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, host Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is sitting down with neuroscientist, Tommy Wood, MD, PhD, to discuss optimizing human health and cognitive function.  In this interview, Dom explores a wide variety of fascinating topics with Dr. Wood. They uncover why cognitive demand may be important in preventing devastating neurological disorders like dementia, the impor...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with OBGYN and Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy Expert, Jaime Seeman, MD, to discuss the importance of metabolic health through a woman's life stages.  In this interview, we explore how and why a woman might want to optimize their metabolic health in their fertile years, into menopause, and beyond.  We also uncover the specific issue...

On this week’s Journal Club episode of The Metabolic Link, co-hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, and Victoria Field discuss two seemingly conflicting research studies exploring the effects of ketosis on muscle health in models of atrophy. Atrophy refers to the wasting of a body tissue or organ that occurs due to the degeneration of cells. Atrophy of vital tissues such as the skeletal m...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is sitting down with world-renowned metabolic scientist, Ben Bikman, PhD, to explore the ins and outs of insulin resistance, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), and ways to manage, and even reverse, both. In this discussion, Dr. Bikman makes a case for why testing fasting insulin should be a part of the diagnostic and treatment equa...

In this Journal Club episode, The Metabolic Link Hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, and Victoria Field review recent research exploring the use of ketogenic metabolic therapy in Parkinson’s Disease and Mental Illness. The first study discussed investigates the effects of a ketogenic diet applied prior to versus after the onset of Parkinson’s disease in an animal model. Parkinson’s dise...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with Oncology Dietitian, L.J. Amaral for a fascinating conversation that explores implementing metabolic therapy, such as the ketogenic diet, within oncology. In this episode, we dive into why she started using metabolic therapy for cancer, how she implements it with patients at Cedars-Sinai, and the kind of results she’s seen in usi...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with world-renowned Fasting and Longevity Researcher, Valter Longo, PhD, to explore a variety of topics related to metabolic health including the impact of protein consumption on longevity, the latest research on the fasting mimicking diet in diabetes and Alzheimer’s, the future of metabolic therapies, and how both our host of The Me...

On this week's episode of The Metabolic Link, we’re sitting down with Longevity and Epigenetics Researcher, Lucia Aronica, PhD, to explore the science behind how our DNA and diet dance together to determine our metabolic health. We also dive into how nutrition affects our epigenetics, how an individual’s genetic makeup influences which diet is most suitable for them, and what biomarkers can b...

In this week’s Journal Club episode of The Metabolic Link, hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, and Victoria Field explore metabolic therapy for cancer and why some researchers believe that the altered metabolism that drives tumor progression might be successfully targeted with novel metabolic focused approaches such as the ketogenic diet. They specifically review and evaluate a 2022 cas...

On this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, host Dr. Dominic D’Agostino sits down with Dr. Molly Maloof to explore the importance of metabolic health for women and how to optimize it. They dive into biotechnology, fasting, the ketogenic diet, hormone testing, and the importance of social connection for metabolic and mental wellbeing. They also dive into a common struggle many women face: trying...

On today's episode of The Metabolic Link podcast, we're sitting down with Harvard Psychiatrist, Christopher Palmer, MD, to explore the common thread between brain energy metabolism and mental health. In this intimate interview, we dive into how Dr. Palmer became a pioneer in the field of metabolic psychiatry, the role of metabolic therapy in mental health and how its impacted the lives o...

Welcome to The Metabolic Link! A podcast that explores the common thread of metabolism in health and disease. In this Journal Club episode, The Metabolic Link Hosts Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Dr. Angela Poff, and Victoria Field dive into the central link of metabolism that exists between most chronic illnesses, and how research in this growing field is unveiling new, promising strategies to optimize...