Wellness trends are fueling the spread of health misinformation - EHN

The wellness industry, now worth $5.6 trillion, often promotes alternative medicine that lacks scientific support, contributing to misinformation about mental and physical health.

Jonathan N. Stea writes for The Walrus.

In short:

Key quote:

"Baked into alternative medicine are moralizing attitudes handed down from the early evolution of the wellness industry. It has its own tropes to propagate distrust in mainstream health care—and its own fallacies to cajole audiences."

— Jonathan N. Stea, author

Why this matters:

Misinformation in the wellness industry not only misleads consumers but also promotes distrust in proven medical treatments. This can delay proper care, especially for mental health, leading to worse outcomes.

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