Episode 3: Auditioning / The Ketogenic Diet

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In today’s episode, Ali discusses the auditioning process for movies and television roles (0:57). He discusses how he went from stand-up comedy to acting and how he got an agent. He then discusses some memorable (and not so memorable) auditions. Next, Asif discusses the ketogenic diet (28:53). He talks about what makes up a ketogenic diet and its use in epilepsy. Asif then discusses its more controversial use in weight loss and diabetes.

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• The Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy, Johns Hopkins: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/epilepsy/diet-therapy.html
• Ketogenic Diet for Weight loss, Canadian Family Physician, 2018: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371871/
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