(Un)Well (2020)

Season 1

This docuseries takes a deep dive into the lucrative wellness industry, which touts health and healing. But do the products live up to the promises?

Released Aug. 12, 2020 Episode 54 min 17+

Genres: Documentary

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Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

Production Companies: Left/Right

Network: Netflix

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

6.4

/1296/

Trakt

/123/

TMDb

/52/

Tomatoes

6.0

S1E1 - Essential Oils

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?

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

5.0

S1E2 - Tantric Sex

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

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

5.0

S1E3 - Bulking Up with Breast Milk

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?

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

S1E4 - Fasting

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.

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

4.0

S1E5 - Ayahuasca

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

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

5.0

S1E6 - Bee Sting Therapy

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

Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

Network: Netflix

Episode Runtime: 54 min.

Season Runtime: 324 min.

Released: Aug. 12, 2020

Last Air Date: Aug. 12, 2020, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: TV-MA

Common sense age: 17+

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