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.
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Leaky Gut Syndrome: Real Condition or Dubious Diagnosis?
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May 04, 2026 |
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Why (Wellness) Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults with Dr. Mara Einstein
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Is Magnesium a Miracle Mineral, or Just Another Wellness Fad? (Best Of)
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Challenging the Hype About Gut Health and Ultra-Processed Foods with Laura Thomas (Best Of)
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Doctor-Recommended Supplements: What You Need to Know
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Parenting for Positive Body Image with Charlotte Markey, PhD
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Do You Really Need a Gluten-Free Diet for These Autoimmune Conditions? (Best Of)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers (Best Of)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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All Your Pregnancy Questions Answered: Nausea + Folate + IVF and Stillbirth
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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From Pharmacy to Functional Medicine to Healing from Orthorexia Through Intuitive Eating with Sarah-Jane Garcia
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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"Sunlight Before Screen Light" and Why You Don't Need to Worry (Best Of)
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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The Dangers of Diet Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Weight-Loss Hype with Ragen Chastain (Best Of)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Creatine: The Key to Wellness or Just Hype?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Rise of Micro-influencers: Wellness Misinformation and Parasocial Relationships with Maxine Ali
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Hair Analysis, DUTCH Testing, and Heavy Metals in Chocolate (Best Of)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern (Best Of)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Anti-Inflammatory Diets: the Science and the Hype
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Rumor Mills, Propaganda Machines, and Debunking Anti-Vaccine Misinformation with Renée DiResta
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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New Year, New Baby: My Maternity Leave and What's In Store for This Podcast
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The Elusiveness of “Full Recovery” from Disordered Eating with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Food Addiction and Menopause Hormone Therapy: New Insights from Listeners
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore, and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By (Best Of)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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How to Feed Picky Eaters (Without Diet Culture) ft. Katja Rowell, M.D.
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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How to Reclaim Your Attention from the Algorithm with Amelia Hruby, PhD
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Neurodivergence and Nutrition: Separating Myths from Facts with Dietitian Jackie Silver
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Sugar and Health: A Deep Dive Into the Science
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Navigating Pregnancy Weight Gain While in Recovery from Disordered Eating
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Parenting at the Intersection of Technology and Wellness Culture, with Amanda Hess
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Navigating Infertility in the Age of Wellness
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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She Took GLP-1s for Weight Loss. Now She's a Weight-Inclusive Doctor. Ft. Mara Gordon, MD
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Should you buy organic? What the science really says
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Accepting Your Body with Chronic Illness, Pain, or Disability - ft. Jennifer Caspari
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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A former anti-vaxxer shares one thing that helped change her mind
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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"Food Addiction" + Ultraprocessed Foods + Disordered Eating with Marci Evans
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Andrew Huberman and the Problem with "Cutting-Edge" Research (Best Of)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Should you worry about chemicals in sunscreen? Here's what the science says.
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Another way Ozempic helps fuel anti-fat bias
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Hormone-Health Myths and Facts with Endocrinologist Gregory Dodell (Best Of)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Hydration: Everything You Need to Know, and Myths to Stop Believing
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Is Alcohol Really Unsafe At Any Dose? (Best Of)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems? (Best Of)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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A Popular Protein Myth, and What the Science Really Says (Best Of)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Is There Any Good Evidence for the Carnivore Diet?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Why Wellness Misinformation Is Rampant, and How to Avoid It - with Matthew Facciani
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Menopause Misinformation, and How to Set Boundaries on Wellness Talk
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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How to Raise Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times with Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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5 Ways to Cope with Body-Image Challenges This Summer
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May 26, 2025 |
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GLP-1 Hype, Handling Haters, and Dating in a Larger Body with Virginia Sole-Smith
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May 19, 2025 |
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Can Fasting Really Help Ease Chronic Fatigue?
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May 12, 2025 |
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What You Don't Know and Why It Matters with Timothy Caulfield
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May 05, 2025 |
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Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type” (Best Of)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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“Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona Hanson
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 3
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Alternative Medicine Has a Patriarchy Problem - ft. Arianne Shahvisi
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Think You Might Be in Perimenopause? Don't Fall for These Wellness Traps.
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Why Ozempic Isn't a Miracle Weight-Loss Drug with Amanda Martinez Beck
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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How to Handle an Anxious Gut (Best Of)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Getting Savvy About Science, Spirituality, and Social Media with Amelia Hruby
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Blood-Sugar Myths and Intuitive Eating for Diabetes with Janice Dada
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 2
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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"All Instinct, No Rational Thought," and Other Myths About Intuitive Eating - with Elyse Resch
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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When Sugar Is Survival, or: the Importance of Eating When You’re Not Hungry
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Disordered Eating, Dubious Diagnoses, and Autoimmune Disease with Abbie Attwood
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 1
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Wellness Culture, Chronic Illness, and Digestive Issues with Jonathan Vatner
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Is Magnesium a Miracle Mineral, or Just Another Wellness Fad?
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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How Is Your Relationship with Alcohol? Ft. Jenna Hollenstein
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Best Of: Weight Loss and Wellness, and Differences in Our Perceptions of Risk
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Fashion for Every Body, Functional-Medicine Failings, and Finding Your True Style with Dacy Gillespie
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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How to Talk to People Who Swear By Dubious Wellness Treatments
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Seed Oils, Intermittent Fasting, and How RFK Jr. Advisor Casey Means Encourages Dubious Wellness Practices
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Overcoming Orthorexia, Conspiracy Theories, and Toxic Wellness Culture with Katherine Metzelaar
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Do Artificial Food Additives Cause ADHD?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Chronic Illness, Orthorexia, and Alternative Medicine with Asher Pandjiris
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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From Anti-Vax “Crunchy Mom” to Public-Health Nurse with Lydia Greene
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Sugar and Health: A Deep Dive Into the Science
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Intuition, Wellness Misinformation, and the Importance of Analytical Thinking with Gordon Pennycook
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Intuitive Cooking, Diet-Culture Recovery, and a New Relationship to Fitness with Julia Turshen
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Escaping Diet and Wellness Culture with Shana Minei Spence
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Sometimes You Need a Break from Your Brain
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Exposing the Dangers of MLMs in Diet and Wellness Culture with Kat Garcia-Benson
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Why Smart People Fall for Wellness Misinformation (Part 1)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Fighting Mental-Health Misinformation and Wellness Pseudoscience with Jonathan Stea
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas (Repost)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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How Industry Influence Threatens Scientific Integrity – Insights from Joel Lexchin
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Repost: How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Is Alcohol Really Unsafe At Any Dose?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Body Image: What the Evidence Really Says, with Charlotte Markey
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Repost: The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Why IgG Tests Don't Work, and the Truth About Glyphosate in Food
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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How Alternative Medicine Can Harm Your Health with Family Doctor Brad McKay
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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When Researching a New Health Condition Becomes a Hobby
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Repost: Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Social Media and Kids' Mental Health: A Critical Look at the Evidence, with Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Repost: Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Taming Your Ambition Monster, Healing from Overwork, and the Role of "Practical Woo" with Jennifer Romolini
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By)
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Challenging Diet and Wellness Misinformation While Holding Space for People to Evolve with Jess Steier
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Do You Really Need a Gluten-Free Diet for These Autoimmune Conditions?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Weight-Loss-Industry Influence in "Obesity" Research with Alexis Conason
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Why You Probably Don’t Have a Leaky Gut, and Other Wellness Misconceptions with Jonathan Jarry
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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A Popular Protein Myth, and What the Science Really Says
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May 29, 2024 |
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Repost: The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
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May 27, 2024 |
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Critical Thinking About Social-Media Wellness Culture and the Plant-Based Diet Trend with Pixie Turner
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May 20, 2024 |
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What Netflix's New Doc Gets Wrong About Gut Health
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May 15, 2024 |
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Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers
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May 13, 2024 |
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The Dangers of Diet Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Weight-Loss Hype with Ragen Chastain
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May 06, 2024 |
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"Sunlight Before Screen Light" and Why You Don't Need to Worry
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May 01, 2024 |
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How "Workplace Wellness" Can Create Disordered Eating and Worsen Well-Being with Heather Sayers Lehman
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Long Covid and the False Promises of Wellness Culture with Kate Leaver
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Oprah, Ozempic, and How to Be a Compassionate Skeptic About Wellness Trends
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Dispelling Diet-Culture Myths About Blood Sugar and Diabetes with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Magical Overthinking, Misinformation, and the Cultishness of Wellness Culture with Amanda Montell
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Hormone-Health Myths and Facts with Endocrinologist Gregory Dodell
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Challenging the Hype About Gut Health and Ultra-Processed Foods with Laura Thomas
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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On Birth, Evolution, and Striving for Shades of Gray in a World that Wants Black and White
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The Insidious Anti-Fat Bias of Wellness Culture with Julia Lévy-Ndejuru
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Bonus: The Problems with Skincare and the Importance of Self-Compassion with Jessica DeFino
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Intersection of Beauty Culture and Wellness/Diet Culture with Jessica DeFino
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Bonus: Managing Email Stress and Supporting Kids' Attentional Well-Being with Gloria Mark
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Andrew Huberman and the Problem with "Cutting-Edge" Research
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Reclaiming Your Attention and Finding Digital Well-Being with Gloria Mark
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Bonus: How to Navigate Capitalism Without Using Undue Influence with Jessica Elefante
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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How to Think Critically About Influence and Influencers with Jessica Elefante
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Bonus: The Countercultural Roots of Wellness Culture with Stephanie Alice Baker
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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What If You Can’t Stop Eating When Food Tastes Good?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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How Wellness Culture and Lifestyle Gurus Spread Misinformation with Stephanie Alice Baker
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Why the Gut-Health Trend Is Mostly Empty Hype with Timothy Caulfield
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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How to Handle an Anxious Gut
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Bonus: Wellness Trends to Be Excited About—and Skeptical Of
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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A Critical Look at 2024 Wellness Trends with Faye McCray
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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You Are More Than What You Eat
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Bonus: How to Avoid Wellness Traps When You Care About Health and the Environment with Leah Kern
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Intuition v. Science, and What You Need to Know About Cycle Syncing
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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On Digital Boundaries, Breaking Free from Influence, and What You Want in 2024
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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"Natural" Foods as a Gateway to Disordered Eating with Elyse Resch
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Weight Loss and Wellness, and Differences in Our Perceptions of Risk
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Questioning Science with Nuance, and Thinking Critically While Still Enjoying "Woo-Woo" Things with Amelia Hruby
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Digital Well-Being and Leaving Social Media with Amelia Hruby
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Hair Analysis, DUTCH Testing, and Heavy Metals in Chocolate
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Bonus: How the Wellness Industry Is Shifting to Stay Ahead of Consumer Skepticism with Rina Raphael
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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How the Media Treats Wellness Trends Like Fashion with Rina Raphael
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Does Gut Health Really Matter for Your Mental Health?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Bonus: How Media and Social Media Fan the Flames of Anti-Sugar Discourse
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Why Sugar Isn't As Bad As You've Been Told with Karen Throsby
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Bonus: Author Pooja Lakshmin on How to Tune In to Your Inner Voice
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Real Self-Care and Breaking Free from Wellness Culture with Pooja Lakshmin
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Bonus: Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Bonus: Chronic Conditions and Acceptance, Plus: Is Alternative Medicine Safe for Recovery?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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I Worked at an Alternative Medicine Clinic. Here's What I Want You to Know.
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Does Nutrition Response Testing Work? Plus: Can a Diet Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Bonus: Other People's Opinions, Rethinking Beauty Culture, and More with Helen Phelan-Guillemot
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Loving Fitness While Hating Toxic Fitness Culture with Helen Phelan-Guillemot
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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How to Handle Bizarre Wellness Claims, Plus the Real Scoop on Seed Oils
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Bonus: How Social Media and Wellness Culture Can Harm Your Well-Being with Ling Ling Huang
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Wellness Culture and the Myth of "Natural" Beauty with Ling Ling Huang
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Bonus: How to Support a Loved One with Chronic Illness with Eliza Wheeler
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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How Disordered Eating Can Play Into Chronic Illness with Eliza Wheeler
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Bonus: Friends in Wellness Culture, the Anti-Aging Trap, and More
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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A Former Wellness Influencer Shares What It Was Really Like with Lee Tilghman
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Bonus: Food and Farming without Wellness Culture, Mindful Eating without Dieting, and More
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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"Food Noise" and Diet Drugs, Not Wanting Sweet Foods, and More
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Challenging Conspiracy Theories and Embracing Science with Dr. Dan Wilson
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Why Rave Reviews of Wellness Diets Are Probably Wrong with Rennie Dyball
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky
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May 22, 2023 |
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The Allure of Alternative Medicine and Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-Smith
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Fitness Culture with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Health Anxiety, Wellness Misinformation, and Media Literacy with Casey Gueren
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Wellness Culture and Infertility, the Challenges of Baby Feeding, and Unpacking Food Sensitivities with Jenee Desmond-Harris
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Trailer: Rethinking Wellness
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Mar 09, 2023 |