444: Trendy Beauty Booster- Mushrooms
Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™
Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay
4.9 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, I am talking about the amazing benefits of…mushrooms! There are a variety of different types of mushrooms that are used for a multitude of benefits. Purposes from anxiety, clearing up skin, and boosting your beauty! I dive into the 4 types of mushrooms, Cordyceps, Reishi, Tremella, and Chaga, and the variety of benefits they provide both internally and externally. From providing oxygen to your body, boosting your immune strength, detoxifying your body, and pulling moisture into the skin, mushrooms do it all! Listen to how incorporating mushrooms can improve your overall health and wellness!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, |
| 0:20.6 | and today on the podcast, it's time to talk allites with Dr. Kay, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and today on the podcast, |
| 0:22.2 | it's time to talk all about super mushrooms. You might think I'm crazy, but I have been reading |
| 0:30.2 | a lot about mushrooms and their properties. They're used for a multitude of purposes from everything, even anxiety, to |
| 0:39.4 | clearing your skin. These are holistic powerhouses that can boost your beauty. So did you know |
| 0:46.7 | that they're more than 1.5 million different types of mushrooms in our ecosystem? And they have |
| 0:53.1 | so many different purposes, whether it's culinary for eating, |
| 0:56.9 | psychoactive, poisonous, or medicinal. The medicinal ones are the ones that we're going to focus on. |
| 1:03.8 | And there are so many healing benefits of medicinal mushrooms. There's really been a surge |
| 1:09.4 | towards even incorporating mushrooms into beauty |
| 1:12.8 | brands and various beauty formulas. It's a process of understanding what type of mushroom |
| 1:19.7 | you need to use to bring out the most beneficial ingredients to get the best skincare. So mushrooms are a great alternative to regular |
| 1:29.9 | skincare ingredients. And I have been thinking about using mushrooms in some of my skincare. Did you know |
| 1:37.8 | that mushrooms such as cordyceps can deliver plentiful supply of oxygen to your body refueling its cells and boosting ATP formation. |
| 1:46.9 | This is your main energy source. And it does the same thing within skin cells as it does |
| 1:52.8 | internally when you ingest this product. I love the fact that mushrooms can benefit and boost |
| 1:59.3 | your immune strength. |
| 2:06.1 | Mushrooms like Rashi mushrooms, which you can eat. These are the mushrooms nicknamed the mushrooms of immortality. Rishi contains high concentrations of beta glucans and triterpenoids. |
| 2:13.6 | These are two powerhouses that boost your immune strength. They balance your hormones and reduce seasonal allergies. Also really enhance your mood and support concentration. |
| 2:25.1 | Externally, so that's what happens when you eat them internally. Externally, these protect your body by improving your skin barrier. They lock in hydration and improve the body's |
| 2:37.3 | layer of seramides. So topical application of products that have Rishi in them is going to be |
| 2:42.8 | really beneficial to preserving your skin barrier. This is a product that's been highly |
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