Social media can be an overwhelming place – especially if you are, like me, interested in health and wellbeing. There’s a vast number of people – ranging from experts to friends and acquaintances – with reckons and recommendations on health. It’s nothing new, really; women, in particular, have always been targeted by marketers with new ways to change our bodies and solve our health problems. But in the age of social media, this has ramped up to a level where figuring out even basic things – like how to eat – can be highly confusing.
If you’ve been wandering through Instagram, Facebook or TikTok lately and feeling this, here’s a roundup of recent trending health and wellness topics – and whether or not they’re worth your time and