Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and it's time for a five-minute Friday. Today I'm going to

give you my secrets for anti-aging, my secret supplements, my regimen. And, you know, I'm not the say-all

and all be-all, but I study a lot about what supplements are good for you in terms of longevity, in terms of maintaining your beauty, and more important even than beauty is health.

I can't believe I'm saying that, but yes, health is important.

I don't want to live a long, long life if I'm not fully functional.

I don't want to become decrepit and break down, even though that process is happening.

Supplements are one of the ways you can maintain vitality.

And the aging process is a process of breakdown and repair.

Your body is constantly exposed to oxidative damage from various factors like the sun,

from the environment, from heat and cold, from your physical

wear and tear, your actions, your inactions, the glycolation that happens when we eat

too much glucose. These are the things that break us down. And the things that help maintain us are our building blocks, our amino acids, our peptides, our

collagen repair mechanisms, our biostimulators.

The things that kind of smooth things over are the supplements and antioxidants.

These are the cofactors required for enzyme reactions.

These are the important supplements that block the effect of

ultraviolet that reduce oxidative damage. And I think it's so important as part of your daily regimen.

What are the things that I take? So I think number one, and you've heard this a thousand times

to stop aging, use a mineral-based sunscreen.

90% of your skin aging is from the sun.

It is so important to use sunscreen.

And I have two.

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