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(Un)Well

Season 1

2020 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Essential Oils

    2020-08-12 · 55m

    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. 2. Tantric Sex

    2020-08-12 · 48m

    Sexual healing releases energy and improves intimacy, advocates say. But accusations of abuse and cultural appropriation have dogged the practice.

  3. 3. Bulking Up with Breast Milk

    2020-08-12 · 52m

    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. 4. Fasting

    2020-08-12 · 55m

    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. 5. Ayahuasca

    2020-08-12 · 58m

    Once reserved for Indigenous shamans, this powerful hallucinogen draws those hoping to unlock trauma and quell addiction. Can it also cause psychosis?

  6. 6. Bee Sting Therapy

    2020-08-12 · 56m

    Expensive and labor-intensive bee venom promises to soften wrinkles and treat chronic Lyme disease. But do the risks outweigh the rewards?

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