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The Hype Around Photobiomodulation

20 Jan 2023

A healthy skepticism in the face of the marketing fanfare is always a good way to protect ourselves from getting conned, even when the latest product getting hyped looks fairly scientific....

You Don鈥檛 Need a Binder in Your Detox Kit, and You Don鈥檛 Need a Detox Kit

13 Jan 2023

鈥淵ou don鈥檛 even know what a binder is when you鈥檙e doing a parasite cleanse. I came from Western medicine and I didn鈥檛 know what a binder was! We didn鈥檛 use those!鈥 So says Kim Rogers, who proclaims...

The Demonization of Dietary Oxalate Has Begun

6 Jan 2023

You could call it The One True Cause of All Diseases Club. Admission is based on whether or not you have a mustache and are willing to twirl it a lot. A volcano lair and a love for petting white...

Why the Gospel of Wellness Sells

30 Dec 2022

Running on a treadmill is an appealing analogy for both the search for wellness and the investigation of its claims. A lot of effort goes into it, yet we never seem to get anywhere. At least with...

Peppermint Oil鈥檚 Pseudo High

23 Dec 2022

Burt鈥檚 Bees is my all-time favourite lip balm. I always keep a tube in my bag (sometimes more than one). So, when I found myself on the Burt鈥檚 Bees side of TikTok, I was excited to see that other...

These Diamonds Are Made from the Deceased

23 Dec 2022

In 2017, I visited the oldest diamond polishing factory in the world when I was in the Netherlands for a conference. I was given a guided tour during which I learned about the many ways in which a...

The Healy Is Old Woo in New Clothes

2 Dec 2022

鈥淚 wanted to be a self-healer.鈥 So says Chloe Angeline on Instagram, where she goes by the name 鈥淪elf-Healing Mama.鈥 Antidepressants and anxiety medication made her feel like a zombie, so she...

Goat milk in my soap? Yes, that's soap, not soup.

30 Nov 2022

I have never spent twenty bucks on a bar of soap before. But I just purchased 鈥淒r. Squatch Deep Sea Goat鈥檚 Milk鈥 soap. Not because I think there is anything special about it, but because I enjoy...

The Anti-Vaccine Documentary Died Suddenly Wants You to Feel, Not Think

25 Nov 2022

People want to feel like their concerns are heard. Being dismissed can lead to loss of trust, which can send people looking for empathy in the wrong places.

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