A sceptic's guide to wellness
Guardian journalist Richard Sprenger journeys into the wellness industry to see what it can offer people with autoimmune conditions.
What can wellness programmes teach the NHS? A sceptic's guide to wellness – video
Many people with autoimmune conditions across the UK are facing difficult decisions about funding complementary therapies. In the final episode of the series, Guardian journalist Richard Sprenger, who has multiple sclerosis, looks at how access to wellness therapies is under threat amid an acute cost of living crisis – and meets an NHS consultant in Devon championing a more progressive, integrative approach to holistic healthcare
Has wellness become a gateway to conspiracy? A sceptic's guide to the industry – video
Richard Sprenger goes down the wellness rabbit hole to find out why the industry has become linked with conspiracy theories. Therapists discuss how mistrust of conventional medicine appears to have grown in the wake of the pandemic, while a familiar face from earlier in the series points to the inevitable end point of such alternative thinking
Real relief or an elaborate placebo? | A sceptic's guide to wellness
Despite being labelled problematic, alternative medicines have plenty of anecdotal support. But mainstream acceptance remains out of reach for many wellness treatments. Guardian journalist Richard Sprenger, who has multiple sclerosis, dips his toe into a range of therapies in the hope of figuring out how they work, if they work, and whether they might benefit him
A sceptic’s guide to wellness: autoimmune disease, alternative therapies and me – video
With autoimmune diseases on the rise around the world, ever greater numbers of people are turning to the booming wellness industry to help manage these incurable conditions outside of conventional science. The Guardian journalist Richard Sprenger, who has multiple sclerosis, goes on a journey into the heart of this industry to see if it can cure his natural scepticism – and perhaps even the condition itself?