About this season
This docuseries takes a deep dive into the lucrative wellness industry, which touts health and healing. But do the products live up to the promises?
Episodes (6)
1. Essential Oils
6.0Aired 12 August 2020 • 55 min
Once fringe but now at the center of billion-dollar multilevel marketing companies, plant extracts can help us cope with anxiety. Are they a remedy?
2. Tantric Sex
5.0Aired 12 August 2020 • 48 min
Sexual healing releases energy and improves intimacy, advocates say. But accusations of abuse and cultural appropriation have dogged the practice.
3. Bulking Up with Breast Milk
5.0Aired 12 August 2020 • 52 min
Bodybuilding is just one reason why some adults are pumped to drink so-called "liquid gold." Yet is breast milk sharing considered safe — or ethical?
4. Fasting
Aired 12 August 2020 • 55 min
Fasting has vaulted beyond weight loss as biohackers have used it to optimize body and mind and enhance healing. But the practice holds real dangers.
5. Ayahuasca
4.0Aired 12 August 2020 • 58 min
Once reserved for Indigenous shamans, this powerful hallucinogen draws those hoping to unlock trauma and quell addiction. Can it also cause psychosis?
6. Bee Sting Therapy
5.0Aired 12 August 2020 • 56 min
Expensive and labor-intensive bee venom promises to soften wrinkles and treat chronic Lyme disease. But do the risks outweigh the rewards?