Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K's Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and we are going to talk about

mushrooms and mushroom mania. And I know you guys are interested. Did you know that mushrooms have so

many beneficial macronutrients? And every day now, scientists are finding more and more interesting uses for mushrooms.

There are so many types of mushrooms, the kind that we eat, the medicinal kind, the psychedelic kind,

and the kinds that can have benefit to transform and change your actual brain receptors.

So this is a topic that's trending. Let's dive right in.

Mushrooms have unparalleled nutritional value. They actually are one of the vegetables that's highest

in concentration of magnesium, zinc, and some of the micro minerals and elements that we need to be

eating. And recently they've captured the attention

and curiosity of lots of scientists, health enthusiasts, and culinary enthusiasts alike.

They are so nutritious and so low in calories. Eating in a mushroom is kind of like eating air.

You get the fiber content, but it's so light and airy and almost like free calories.

One of those things that fills you up and gives you lots of fiber content, which makes you feel

satiated and happy. So I love to load up my omelets and salads and anything with lots of mushrooms.

I think that they are one of the healthiest antioxidant vitamin-containing foods

out there. But it's important to optimize your nutrition by knowing what types of mushrooms to

add and for what benefits. Some can be highly toxic and potentially to humans if consumed,

and some can be very psychedelic so mushrooms come in all varieties if we think about the psychedelic mushrooms for example the ones known as shrooms

mushyes bluminies golden tops that's silocybin and this operates by stimulating serotonin receptors in the prefrontal cortex of the brain.

This region of the brain plays a significant role to regulate your mood, your cognition, and your perception.

And shrooms interact with these receptors.

They influence aspects of brain function and lead to altered states of consciousness.

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