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

and it's time for a really good podcast.

Today we're talking about plant-based diets and why we should jump on the bandwagon,

because there's been so much hype about plant-based diets, but do you really know why we should

adopt a plant-based diet? I'm going to dive deep into that because I think we often

jump into trends, whether it's Instagram, TikTok, all our friends are doing it, but this has some

real scientific merit. So plant-based diets have the ability to prevent cancer, improve your

weight loss, and give you a healthy lifestyle. Imagine achieving

all of that by just changing your eating habits. And you are what you eat. You are the essential

mixture of the five people you spend the most time with and maybe the five or ten foods you put

most frequently into your body.

In this new episode, we're going to explore the plant-based diet and decide on what things

are worth eating to reduce inflammation, to improve your digestion, and let's break it all down

with more tips to incorporate more plant-based foods into your diet.

So those of us who eat centered around plants, either primarily or entirely plant-based,

are known as plant-based plant-forward diets.

These diets are not limited to just fruits and vegetables, but they also include foods like seeds, nuts, oils, whole grains, legumes,

and beans. So you don't have to be a strict vegetarian or a vegan who avoids all the meat

and all the dairy, but rather you can opt for a high percentage of your food content to come

from plant-based choices. There are so many benefits to these eating

patterns. So number one benefit would be boosting your immune system. The phytochemicals and

antioxidants that are present in plants have oftentimes very high oxygen radical absorbance capacity.

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