How a Health Crisis Turned My Life Around: Lessons From Military to Nutrition

01 Oct 2025 • 50 min • EN
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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. If Don's story on building a strong body inspires you, then join Robert’s FREE Bodybuilding Masterclass. This is your chance to learn the exact diet and training methods to build a powerful physique. Sign up here: https://www.ketobodybuilding.com/registration-2 Get Keto Brick: https://www.ketobrick.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/42cjJssghqD01bdWBxRYEg?si=1XYKmPXmR4eKw2O9gGCEuQ 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

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