Lately, it seems like you can’t fire up TikTok or Instagram without coming across an influencer or wellness “expert” peddling some wonder pill or powder that will supposedly give you the health, body, and life of your wildest dreams.
But do we really need supplements? And how can we tell the difference between science-backed solutions for real issues and what’s merely sparkly marketing — or worse, potentially dangerous?
That’s what we, Raj Punjabi-Johnson and Noah Michelson, co-hosts of HuffPost’s “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast, recently asked John “Wesley” McWhorter, a food as medicine expert, professional chef, behavioral scientist and cookbook author, when he dropped by our studio.
Click here to listen to the full episode and learn what’s real, what’s fake and what you need to watch out for when it comes to supplements.
“There are a lot of people whose sole interest is selling products,” McWhorter told us. “They don’t know what they’re talking about, and not only does it create confusion for the consumer, it actually creates some danger. As a professional, it’s a big problem [for us].”
