Actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses for photographers upon arrival at the Frederique Constant Launch Party in London, Thursday, June 21, 2018.

The High Cost of Wellness

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 27, 2018

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times culture desk, talks about the growth of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial lifestyle brand, and the lengths some women will go achieve wellness.

@taffyakner says the medical community can complain about the chaos that "wellness" has caused...but the way they treat women patients was the cause of some of it. "Women feel so overwhelmingly dismissed by medicine in general."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018

@taffyakner says she looked into some of the alternative treatments @goop recommends -- and she didn't find anything actually harmful - except maybe to your wallet.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018

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