The wellness trap : break free from diet culture, disinformation, and dubious diagnoses--and find your true well-being
Christy Harrison (Author)
""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in alternative medicine, as Harrison once did. Yet the wellness industry promotes practices that often cause even more damage than the conventional approaches they're meant to replace. Weaving together history, memoir, reporting, and practical advice, Harrison illuminates the harms of wellness culture while re-imagining our society's relationship with well-being"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2023
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Little, Brown Spark, New York, NY, 2023
Self-help publications
311 pages ; 25 cm
9780316315609, 0316315605
1376374099
Introduction
Wellness and diet culture
Clean and natural
Determinants
Mis- and disinformation
The anti-vax rabbit hole
Dubious diagnoses and spurious cures
Scams, schemes, and snake oil
From wellness to well-being