Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic

Surgeon, and it's time for a podcast. Today we are

learning all about bone broth. This is such an important topic, and I'm interviewing Melissa

Belonia, who is a registered nutritionist, the CEO of Beauty and the Broth, and she's an actress, an

influencer, an entrepreneur entrepreneur welcome to the podcast

Melissa thank you so much very happy to be here I love speaking about beauty of course

and I love talking about anything that grows new more collagen more collagen the better

how did you get into bone broth so bone broth I've always been one of those people that, you know, never cared too much about what I ate and everything and had really bad digestive issues all my life growing up.

And it wasn't until I was literally on an acting job in L.A.

And, you know, you will just eat anything that's there to

stay awake, especially if you're working late hours. And I started to just feel chronically ill,

like really bad brain fog. I felt really just like inflamed. So it became more about how I felt

than how I perceived my appearance to be.

You know, because I used to associate being healthy with like, are you skinny or are you feeling

overweight?

Where it became more about how I felt.

So my sister kept trying to convince me to try bone broth.

And at first I wouldn't try it because I just thought it was odd. And then I tried it.

And I really not only liked it, but I started having it as a ritual. And not only did it clear

up my brain fog, fix my digestive issues, but I was completely shocked what it did to my hair, skin, and nails is specifically my face. Like,

I'm very candid in saying I would get Botox. And the second the Botox would wear off, it was like

a timer went off where I'm like, oh my God, I need sunglasses and to get to the doctor. That timer

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