Rethinking Wellness

By Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

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Rethinking Wellness offers critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, and reflections on how to find true well-being. We explore the science (or lack thereof) behind popular wellness diets, the role of influencers and social-media algorithms in spreading wellness misinformation, problematic practices in the alternative- and integrative-medicine space, how wellness culture often drives disordered eating, the truth about trending topics like gut health, how to avoid getting taken advantage of when you’re desperate for help and healing, and how to care for yourself in a deeply flawed healthcare system without falling into wellness traps. **This podcast feed shares generous previews and very occasional full-length episodes. To hear everything, become a paid subscriber at rethinkingwellness.substack.com.** rethinkingwellness.substack.com

Episode Date
Can Fasting Really Help Ease Chronic Fatigue?
May 12, 2025
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters with Timothy Caulfield
May 05, 2025
Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type” (Best Of)
Apr 28, 2025
“Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona Hanson
Apr 21, 2025
Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 3
Apr 14, 2025
Alternative Medicine Has a Patriarchy Problem - ft. Arianne Shahvisi
Apr 07, 2025
Think You Might Be in Perimenopause? Don't Fall for These Wellness Traps.
Mar 31, 2025
Why Ozempic Isn't a Miracle Weight-Loss Drug with Amanda Martinez Beck
Mar 24, 2025
How to Handle an Anxious Gut (Best Of)
Mar 17, 2025
Getting Savvy About Science, Spirituality, and Social Media with Amelia Hruby
Mar 10, 2025
Blood-Sugar Myths and Intuitive Eating for Diabetes with Janice Dada
Mar 03, 2025
Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 2
Feb 24, 2025
"All Instinct, No Rational Thought," and Other Myths About Intuitive Eating - with Elyse Resch
Feb 17, 2025
When Sugar Is Survival, or: the Importance of Eating When You’re Not Hungry
Feb 10, 2025
Disordered Eating, Dubious Diagnoses, and Autoimmune Disease with Abbie Attwood
Feb 03, 2025
Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 1
Jan 27, 2025
Wellness Culture, Chronic Illness, and Digestive Issues with Jonathan Vatner
Jan 20, 2025
Is Magnesium a Miracle Mineral, or Just Another Wellness Fad?
Jan 13, 2025
How Is Your Relationship with Alcohol? Ft. Jenna Hollenstein
Jan 06, 2025
Best Of: Weight Loss and Wellness, and Differences in Our Perceptions of Risk
Dec 23, 2024
Fashion for Every Body, Functional-Medicine Failings, and Finding Your True Style with Dacy Gillespie
Dec 16, 2024
How to Talk to People Who Swear By Dubious Wellness Treatments
Dec 09, 2024
Seed Oils, Intermittent Fasting, and How RFK Jr. Advisor Casey Means Encourages Dubious Wellness Practices
Dec 04, 2024
Overcoming Orthorexia, Conspiracy Theories, and Toxic Wellness Culture with Katherine Metzelaar
Dec 02, 2024
Do Artificial Food Additives Cause ADHD?
Nov 18, 2024
Chronic Illness, Orthorexia, and Alternative Medicine with Asher Pandjiris
Nov 11, 2024
From Anti-Vax “Crunchy Mom” to Public-Health Nurse with Lydia Greene
Nov 04, 2024
Sugar and Health: A Deep Dive Into the Science
Oct 28, 2024
Intuition, Wellness Misinformation, and the Importance of Analytical Thinking with Gordon Pennycook
Oct 21, 2024
Intuitive Cooking, Diet-Culture Recovery, and a New Relationship to Fitness with Julia Turshen
Oct 14, 2024
Escaping Diet and Wellness Culture with Shana Minei Spence
Oct 07, 2024
Sometimes You Need a Break from Your Brain
Sep 30, 2024
Exposing the Dangers of MLMs in Diet and Wellness Culture with Kat Garcia-Benson
Sep 23, 2024
Why Smart People Fall for Wellness Misinformation (Part 1)
Sep 16, 2024
Fighting Mental-Health Misinformation and Wellness Pseudoscience with Jonathan Stea
Sep 09, 2024
The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas (Repost)
Aug 26, 2024
How Industry Influence Threatens Scientific Integrity – Insights from Joel Lexchin
Aug 19, 2024
Repost: How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin
Aug 12, 2024
Is Alcohol Really Unsafe At Any Dose?
Aug 07, 2024
Body Image: What the Evidence Really Says, with Charlotte Markey
Aug 05, 2024
Repost: The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky
Jul 29, 2024
Why IgG Tests Don't Work, and the Truth About Glyphosate in Food
Jul 24, 2024
How Alternative Medicine Can Harm Your Health with Family Doctor Brad McKay
Jul 22, 2024
When Researching a New Health Condition Becomes a Hobby
Jul 17, 2024
Repost: Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen
Jul 15, 2024
Social Media and Kids' Mental Health: A Critical Look at the Evidence, with Melinda Wenner Moyer
Jul 08, 2024
Repost: Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch
Jul 01, 2024
Taming Your Ambition Monster, Healing from Overwork, and the Role of "Practical Woo" with Jennifer Romolini
Jun 24, 2024
2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By)
Jun 20, 2024
Challenging Diet and Wellness Misinformation While Holding Space for People to Evolve with Jess Steier
Jun 17, 2024
Do You Really Need a Gluten-Free Diet for These Autoimmune Conditions?
Jun 12, 2024
Weight-Loss-Industry Influence in "Obesity" Research with Alexis Conason
Jun 10, 2024
Why You Probably Don’t Have a Leaky Gut, and Other Wellness Misconceptions with Jonathan Jarry
Jun 03, 2024
A Popular Protein Myth, and What the Science Really Says
May 29, 2024
Repost: The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
May 27, 2024
Critical Thinking About Social-Media Wellness Culture and the Plant-Based Diet Trend with Pixie Turner
May 20, 2024
What Netflix's New Doc Gets Wrong About Gut Health
May 15, 2024
Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers
May 13, 2024
The Dangers of Diet Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Weight-Loss Hype with Ragen Chastain
May 06, 2024
"Sunlight Before Screen Light" and Why You Don't Need to Worry
May 01, 2024
How "Workplace Wellness" Can Create Disordered Eating and Worsen Well-Being with Heather Sayers Lehman
Apr 29, 2024
Long Covid and the False Promises of Wellness Culture with Kate Leaver
Apr 22, 2024
Oprah, Ozempic, and How to Be a Compassionate Skeptic About Wellness Trends
Apr 17, 2024
Dispelling Diet-Culture Myths About Blood Sugar and Diabetes with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones
Apr 15, 2024
Magical Overthinking, Misinformation, and the Cultishness of Wellness Culture with Amanda Montell
Apr 08, 2024
Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”
Apr 03, 2024
Hormone-Health Myths and Facts with Endocrinologist Gregory Dodell
Apr 01, 2024
Challenging the Hype About Gut Health and Ultra-Processed Foods with Laura Thomas
Mar 25, 2024
On Birth, Evolution, and Striving for Shades of Gray in a World that Wants Black and White
Mar 20, 2024
The Insidious Anti-Fat Bias of Wellness Culture with Julia Lévy-Ndejuru
Mar 18, 2024
Bonus: The Problems with Skincare and the Importance of Self-Compassion with Jessica DeFino
Mar 15, 2024
The Intersection of Beauty Culture and Wellness/Diet Culture with Jessica DeFino
Mar 11, 2024
Bonus: Managing Email Stress and Supporting Kids' Attentional Well-Being with Gloria Mark
Mar 08, 2024
Andrew Huberman and the Problem with "Cutting-Edge" Research
Mar 06, 2024
Reclaiming Your Attention and Finding Digital Well-Being with Gloria Mark
Mar 04, 2024
Bonus: How to Navigate Capitalism Without Using Undue Influence with Jessica Elefante
Mar 01, 2024
How to Think Critically About Influence and Influencers with Jessica Elefante
Feb 26, 2024
Bonus: The Countercultural Roots of Wellness Culture with Stephanie Alice Baker
Feb 23, 2024
What If You Can’t Stop Eating When Food Tastes Good?
Feb 21, 2024
How Wellness Culture and Lifestyle Gurus Spread Misinformation with Stephanie Alice Baker
Feb 19, 2024
Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield
Feb 16, 2024
Why the Gut-Health Trend Is Mostly Empty Hype with Timothy Caulfield
Feb 12, 2024
How to Handle an Anxious Gut
Feb 07, 2024
Bonus: Wellness Trends to Be Excited About—and Skeptical Of
Feb 02, 2024
A Critical Look at 2024 Wellness Trends with Faye McCray
Jan 29, 2024
You Are More Than What You Eat
Jan 24, 2024
Bonus: How to Avoid Wellness Traps When You Care About Health and the Environment with Leah Kern
Jan 19, 2024
Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern
Jan 15, 2024
Intuition v. Science, and What You Need to Know About Cycle Syncing
Jan 10, 2024
On Digital Boundaries, Breaking Free from Influence, and What You Want in 2024
Jan 05, 2024
"Natural" Foods as a Gateway to Disordered Eating with Elyse Resch
Jan 01, 2024
Weight Loss and Wellness, and Differences in Our Perceptions of Risk
Dec 13, 2023
Questioning Science with Nuance, and Thinking Critically While Still Enjoying "Woo-Woo" Things with Amelia Hruby
Dec 08, 2023
Digital Well-Being and Leaving Social Media with Amelia Hruby
Dec 04, 2023
Hair Analysis, DUTCH Testing, and Heavy Metals in Chocolate
Nov 29, 2023
Bonus: How the Wellness Industry Is Shifting to Stay Ahead of Consumer Skepticism with Rina Raphael
Nov 24, 2023
How the Media Treats Wellness Trends Like Fashion with Rina Raphael
Nov 20, 2023
Does Gut Health Really Matter for Your Mental Health?
Nov 15, 2023
Bonus: How Media and Social Media Fan the Flames of Anti-Sugar Discourse
Nov 10, 2023
Why Sugar Isn't As Bad As You've Been Told with Karen Throsby
Nov 04, 2023
Bonus: Author Pooja Lakshmin on How to Tune In to Your Inner Voice
Oct 27, 2023
Real Self-Care and Breaking Free from Wellness Culture with Pooja Lakshmin
Oct 23, 2023
Bonus: Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems?
Oct 20, 2023
Bonus: Chronic Conditions and Acceptance, Plus: Is Alternative Medicine Safe for Recovery?
Oct 13, 2023
I Worked at an Alternative Medicine Clinic. Here's What I Want You to Know.
Oct 09, 2023
Does Nutrition Response Testing Work? Plus: Can a Diet Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Oct 04, 2023
Bonus: Other People's Opinions, Rethinking Beauty Culture, and More with Helen Phelan-Guillemot
Sep 29, 2023
Loving Fitness While Hating Toxic Fitness Culture with Helen Phelan-Guillemot
Sep 25, 2023
How to Handle Bizarre Wellness Claims, Plus the Real Scoop on Seed Oils
Sep 20, 2023
Bonus: How Social Media and Wellness Culture Can Harm Your Well-Being with Ling Ling Huang
Sep 15, 2023
Wellness Culture and the Myth of "Natural" Beauty with Ling Ling Huang
Sep 11, 2023
Bonus: How to Support a Loved One with Chronic Illness with Eliza Wheeler
Sep 01, 2023
How Disordered Eating Can Play Into Chronic Illness with Eliza Wheeler
Aug 28, 2023
Bonus: Friends in Wellness Culture, the Anti-Aging Trap, and More
Aug 25, 2023
A Former Wellness Influencer Shares What It Was Really Like with Lee Tilghman
Aug 14, 2023
Bonus: Food and Farming without Wellness Culture, Mindful Eating without Dieting, and More
Aug 11, 2023
"Food Noise" and Diet Drugs, Not Wanting Sweet Foods, and More
Jul 31, 2023
Challenging Conspiracy Theories and Embracing Science with Dr. Dan Wilson
Jul 31, 2023
Why Rave Reviews of Wellness Diets Are Probably Wrong with Rennie Dyball
Jul 17, 2023
Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch
Jul 03, 2023
Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen
Jun 19, 2023
How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin
Jun 05, 2023
The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky
May 22, 2023
The Allure of Alternative Medicine and Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-Smith
May 08, 2023
The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
Apr 24, 2023
The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
Apr 10, 2023
The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz
Mar 27, 2023
Fitness Culture with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
Mar 13, 2023
Health Anxiety, Wellness Misinformation, and Media Literacy with Casey Gueren
Mar 13, 2023
Wellness Culture and Infertility, the Challenges of Baby Feeding, and Unpacking Food Sensitivities with Jenee Desmond-Harris
Mar 13, 2023
Trailer: Rethinking Wellness
Mar 09, 2023