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How a Health Crisis Turned My Life Around: Lessons From Military to Nutrition
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What if your own body turned against you, making you allergic to life itself? Don Dillon's career as a Navy officer was destroyed by a mysterious illness that caused hundreds of seizures, a battle that shows what real mental toughness is. In episode 819 of the Savage Perspective Podcast, host Robert Sikes talks with Don about his journey from a failed medical system to discovering the ketogenic diet. They discuss how Don used biohacking and a carnivore diet to rebuild his health and stop his seizures for good. This conversation covers how to build discipline when facing impossible odds and how Don developed a new food manufacturing process using soundwave technology to help others.
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Chapters:
0:00 - From Military Seizure to a Ketogenic Diet
0:50 - Why I Chose the Navy Over a PhD
2:23 - My Role as a Navy Surface Warfare Officer
4:21 - The Seizure That Ended My Military Career
7:25 - "Allergic to Life": The Shocking Cause of My Seizures
9:00 - The Alternative Treatment That Stopped My Severe Seizures
10:13 - Why Doctors Prescribed Drugs, Not Diet
11:49 - How I Found the Ketogenic Diet On My Own
13:01 - The Modified Ketogenic Diet I Used to Stop Seizures
14:10 - The Specific Nutrients That Changed My Life
15:10 - Is Military Food Nutritious? A Look at MREs
16:46 - What Is Soundwave Technology in Food Manufacturing?
18:48 - How to Commercialize a New Food Technology
20:00 - The Mission: Bringing Joy Back to Biohacking
21:25 - How Soundwave Technology Actually Works
22:57 - The Mind Bar: A Nootropic You Can Eat
24:41 - How to Design the Perfect Pre-Game NFL Snack
25:55 - The Brutal Reality of In-House Food Manufacturing
27:05 - Navigating the Cacao Crisis: A Switch to Beef Tallow
28:24 - Can You Build Muscle on a Ketogenic Diet?
28:48 - The Biggest Myth About Long-Term Keto
31:40 - How Long-Term Carnivore Affects Health
32:23 - What a Daily Carnivore Diet Looks Like
34:16 - Do Low-Carb Vegetables Cause Inflammation?
35:20 - Why I Switched to a Mostly Carnivore Diet
36:00 - The Dangers of Too Much Protein on a Keto Diet
38:37 - How to Determine Your Daily Fat to Protein Ratio
40:01 - What is Your Unique Protein Threshold?
41:08 - How We're Marketing a New Biohacking Product
43:21 - Should You Attend the Hack Your Health Conference?
44:14 - Raising Resilient Kids Through Adversity
46:02 - The Challenges of Being a Father and Entrepreneur
48:47 - The Future of Food Technology: Sound Bars & Keto Bricks
49:24 - Where to Find Sound.Food Products