I loved loved loved reading this book. The author was clear, the information was presented faithfully, and the real-world examples from individuals dealing with some of the “traps” of wellness were compelling. I think this book is perfect for anyone to read, and ideal for almost everyone as almost all of us have been exposed to some of these wellness traps before and it is a good idea to understand what they are and their impact on us that we might not even realize is happening.

The Wellness Trap by Christy Harrison delivers a powerful and eye-opening critique of the wellness industry. With a mix of history, personal experiences, and insightful analysis, she exposes the harmful effects of wellness culture, which often promotes unattainable standards and questionable practices. Offering thought-provoking perspectives on mental health and cultural appropriation, Harrison urges us to rethink our approach to well-being and the pervasive influence of the multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry.

Well written full of information about the diet and health world.Learned a lot about what is a gimmick a claim to heal or cure an ailment through specific diet trends.Recommend gained a lot of knowledge.#netgalley #littlebrowng/

This is SUCH a good book and I wish more people would read it. There's so much useful information about diet culture and the harm that it can cause, as well as a lot of squashing myths about health that certain folks love spouting.

The Wellness Trap provides so much truth about diet culture and the misinformation that abounds. I found this book to feel so freeing! I am one who does get caught up in the newest health and diet trends. Reading this book helped me to let go of the neverending search for the next best thing. I feel I have wasted so much time, energy and money on health solutions that yielded zero results. With Christy Harrison's book, I feel liberated to follow sound medical advice and leave the rest alone. I highly recommend that if you feel caught up in diet culture,, read this book!

A lot of really good information about health and wellness in this book. We really need to evaluate what we are being told, and decide how much of it is based on fact, and how much is based on opinion.

Caveat here is that some of the supporting details in this feel shaky compared to Anti-Diet so reader beware (as one should for any book that purports to be non-fiction)
That said, the bigger picture ideas in here are spot on and a really good synthesis of a lot of ideas about wellness that are floating around in the internet ether. I recommend this in the same spirit that I enjoyed Cultish; not ground breaking or new but a really good summary of a line of discourse in our culture today

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was very interesting and gave me a lot to think about.

This is an important book to have on library and bookstore shelves. It's an antidote to the hundreds of culty self-help, diet, and wellness books that lead well intentioned people astray. I appreciate Christy's journalism, research, and her own background in nutrition science. She debunks several "traps" that keep consumers from being their happiest selves.

My dietician recommended that I read this book when it comes out because it pertains to the orthorexia that I developed over the years of being caught up in wellness culture. I had already read Christy Harrison's Anti-Diet, which I can't recommend highly enough. Therefore, I was thrilled to get an egalley of The Wellness Trap! As always, Christy Harrison researches her subject matter thoroughly and she encourages readers to do their own research using the SIFT method. She addresses wellness myths and how they have been adopted at every level of our culture, often unwittingly. She even offers evidence of ways that medical practitioners, with the best of intentions, will repeat wellness culture myths that keep people sick and/or disillusioned with Western medicine. For this reason, she recommends self advocacy, which is important, and paying attention to social determinants of health, which wellness cultures conveniently ignores in its pursuit of perfect health. She also promotes the concept of wellbeing rather than wellness. Her definition of wellbeing is the consideration of all factors of our lives, including our mental wellbeing, which is often collateral damage to the pursuit of wellness, as I can well attest. As always, Christy writes in an accessible manner, providing quality information and citations, encouraging critical thought, and challenging the aspects of our culture that make us fell miserable about ourselves.