The Wellness Industry is a SCAM

#health #wellness #overconsumption

The health and wellness industry is rife with scams from ineffective and sometimes even dangerous supplements like green powders and vitamins to gimmicky viral gadgets like the $500 LED infrared face mask. These health and wellness products are often expensive and out of reach for most. In this video I discuss how the commodification of health and wellness has led to countless useless items proliferating social media such as Bloom green powders, flat tummy tea, skinny gummies and more.

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Bloom Nutrition Lawsuit

Doctors' Stark Warning Against Viral Apple Vinegar Gummies for Weight Loss

Teami FTC Lawsuit

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Agrees To Pay $145,000 To Settle False Advertising Lawsuit

The Corporatization of American Health Care
The evolution of ancient healing practices: From shamanism to Hippocratic medicine: A review
Native American Traditional Healing Practices

A clean break: The wellness industry isn’t well, and people are finally waking up to it

Here’s What Indigenous Cultural Appropriation in Wellness Culture Looks Like

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[antifee]

The hate i have for bloom is unbelievable

[timjonestimjones]

"Wellness has been colonized, ancient practices have been reduced to TikTok posts, turned into trends, and sold back to us with a markup and none of the meaning." 👏 👏 👏

[comradecutie]

“Snake oil in the form of self care” is a bar 👏🏼

[kiterafrey]

On the suggestion about getting Spinach, Kale, and Broccoli. If you are on a budget, get it frozen. Just read the package to ensure it is just that vegetable in the ingredients. Frozen vegetables are flash-frozen at the time of picking, so they are at their peak of ripeness. They are just as good for you as fresh vegetables and off-season are better. They're also much cheaper and easier for anyone to access.

[traumaqueeen]

I can't afford any of these fancy products, I have even had to ditch the face serums because I am on a tight budget. Just because I'm broke, does not mean I am unhealthy and not glowing, I'm just smarter about my choices!

[annea.]

Your comment about the Pelaton bike's monthly subscription and how we don't own anything anymore, we rent made me think of how so many of us were tricked into giving up our DVD (physically owned media) for the promise of a few streaming services carrying most of it. And now streaming just keeps fracturing into more and more subscriptions, and now we own literally nothing.

[renzer]

Thank you for mentioning the health and wellness practices of Indigenous communities. Ceremonies such as sweat lodges were outlawed in Canada and Indigenous culture was faced with cultural genocide through the Canadian government. It's only thanks to the resilience of Indigenous culture and community that these practices are still here. The health and wellness industry exploiting these traditional medicines and cultures is despicable.
Universal health care for everyone!

[DeerzyDeer]

Me and my stepdaughter, who is in middle school, talk about your videos all the time. Thank you for helping us have conversations about consumerism, capitalism, and over consumption. She’s at an age and time where those pressures are so huge and you real help us navigate what’s really going on behind all the influencers and brands. 🙏🏽

[Danielle_Wordsmith]

“Wellness should not be a luxury.” That’s the truth. Thanks for all that you share!

[cjray]

I feel like the perfect example of this in physical form is Erewhon grocery markets

[KaysFantasy]

I'll never put my finances, my health, my fashion sense or my own sanity in the hands of these people who know nothing but getting a quick buck! I'm glad I'm not on TikTok let alone be easily swayed into buying things that I Don't Need!

[gab.bee]

an angel dies every time a fitness influencer/creator that i like has a bloom sponsor or a container appears in their background one day

[starrysuu]

I’m ngl, as a south Asian I always thought it was weird how yoga classes were taught by yt women with no context of what they are teaching 😭

[susanjeffries]

Your segment about colonization in the Americas really hit home, because I'm studying that with my 10-year-old right now and it's been really upsetting for him to learn about all the ways traditional practices of the native Americans, as well as their rights, were stripped away unilaterally by colonizers. It's a really hard thing to study. He always asks why nature can't be for everyone and why all these companies and individuals have to stake a claim and exploit natural resources. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be for people of other cultures that face the kinds of cultural appropriation you mentioned. To have their cultural practices and foods turned into commodities and diluted down must really hurt. I also recently watched Briony Claire's video about how the wellness industry can radicalize people and make them paranoid. I think that's really true. I am a food scientist who work for years in the natural foods industry creating things like granola bars and protein bars. I met a lot of people in the industry that were becoming steadily paranoid about "regular" food manufacturing and thinking the government was overstepping by insisting on certain food standards of cleanliness. I'm like, "You don't want to know what kinds of things could happen if food manufacturers start slacking on their standards." A lot of these TikTok ads and videos push people into trying gadgets in supplements out of fear of not achieving optimal health or falling ill. The fear mongering stuff is so frustrating and unhelpful and it's making everybody really untrusting. Truly the modern equivalent of snake oil sales.

[randomlyswatching]

10:32 thankyou for speaking about yoga, ayurveda, ashwagandha and turmeric ..as an indyan its NOT same as cultural use vs western use.
Thankyou for ur open minded perspective.

Same with east asian wellness remedies.

Now its a commodity.
It's NOT meant to be. Its weird.

[kristenbellows]

Amazing video! I work in mental health as an educator and more over the last 2 years I've started introducing the commodification of self care with my students. We've had great discussions about it.

[keyholes]

"The only thing being detoxed is your bank account." This covers it so well, ugh. Such a good line.

[christinasuozzo]

Love that you’re educating your audience about how corrupt the “health” industry is. Bravo

[createdbynatalia]

u articulate and script literal perfect social critics, and i love you so much for it. everything that I intuitively and subconsciously feel about… you articulate in a logical concise digestible video. You’ve saved me from stress, debt, and give me validation to my own private thoughts. I just thank you big time ❤️❤️❤️

[sillygirlkc]

Me, in the office for my monthly in office work time, absolutely cackling at the Calm app because the in office work is what drive up my blood pressure. I am finally embracing my big age and giving less effs and just finding joy in the little things while reclaiming my health and my life and my mental stability.