Health Anxiety, Wellness Misinformation, and Media Literacy with Casey Gueren
Rethinking Wellness
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Do You Really Know What's on the Front Packaging of a Product?
I empathize with people who are concerned about the pharmaceutical industry's influence too because I've seen the problematic nature of that influence in the weight loss and diet industry. And also I think for all its problems, it's regulated. The pharmaceutical industry is regulated and things have to be shown to be effective and safe before they go to market. Like that's also even just the term natural on a label isn't regulated. So anything that you see on the front packaging of anything, whether it's probiotics or supplements or skincare, that is marketing and they can put whatever they want on there.
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