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 we're going to talk about one of the really important antioxidants that's going to

help you to stay younger and healthier and I know you want to hear all about glutathione.

This is an ingredient that's trending. You guys have all heard of glutathione,

getting shots of it, getting ivy infusions of it, getting ivy drips, glutathione. This is one of

nature's most potent antioxidants. And an antioxidant is, it's a substance that reduces oxidative stress.

It blocks free radical production in the body.

We get antioxidants from the foods that we eat, but glutathione is mainly produced in your body

made of three amino acids, glutamine, glycine, and cysteine.

And it's easily depleted from poor diet, chronic disease,

even stress. It also drops with plain old aging. So there are 10 ways to increase glutathione levels

naturally without having to do expensive IV infusions. And number one on the list is

eating more glutathione by consuming

sulfur-rich foods. It's definitely a nice way to improve your glutathione content. Remember that

sulfur is required in the synthesis of glutathione and important proteins and enzyme systems of

the body. Sulfur is found in two amino acids that occur in food,

in methanine and cysteine.

And it's primarily derived from dietary proteins like beef,

poultry, fish, vegetarian things like broccoli,

Brussels, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens.

Many human and animal studies have found that eating these sulfur-rich vegetables reduces

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