Debunking the False Promises of the Wellness Industry with Rina Raphael
Science & Technology
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1h 1m
Juicing, biohacking, mindfulness apps, collagen supplements: the wellness industry has exploded into a $4.4 trillion movement. On January 12 wellness industry journalist Rina Raphael comes to Intelligence Squared to argue that the self-care movement has taken sound ideas about nutrition and fitness and packaged them up into exploitative offerings with questionable claims. Drawing on her new book The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop and the False Promise of Self-Care Raphael will show how women in particular are targeted and pressured into a cycle of sacrifice and performance, encouraged to purge their bodies of excess fat, rid their minds of negative thoughts and cleanse their organs of ’toxins’ – in order to maintain an illusion of control. In conversation with journalist Nelufar Hedayat Raphael will show us how we can find evidence-based, personalised solutions to our problems and get ourselves onto the path of genuine wellbeing.
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