Real relief or an elaborate placebo? | A sceptic's guide to wellness

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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.
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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?

0:00 A sceptic's guide to wellness
0:42 Can goat yoga offer real relief?
3:46 Is acupuncture just an elaborate placebo?
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