Life After MLM Episode 318 : Mallory DeMille
Oct 19, 2025
In this engaging discussion, wellness critic Mallory DeMille exposes the antics of wellness influencers and their questionable practices. She dives into the Make America Healthy Again movement, unraveling its flaws and impact on public health perceptions. Mallory highlights how influencers profit from tragedies, explores bizarre trends like urine therapy and butthole sunning, and discusses the dangers of misinformation. Her insights on navigating conversations with misinformed individuals are both practical and enlightening, urging listeners to remain skeptical in a turbulent wellness landscape.
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Cashing In On Crisis
- Wellness influencers now commercialize tragedies and crises to sell products and services.
- Mallory DeMille warns this rapid monetization targets people when they are most vulnerable.
Personal Path Into Debunking
- Mallory started following wellness influencers in 2014–2015 and developed a troubled relationship with food and fitness.
- Her frustration with predatory MLM outreach in 2020 sparked her first Instagram series debunking MLMs.
MAHA As A Distraction
- The MAHA movement repackages simple health fixes as political distractions from social determinants of health.
- Mallory says influencers sell absolutes—one thing fixes everything—rather than systemic solutions.
