Is The Drive To Optimize Ruining Your Health?

from In Good Health · host Kristen Farrah, Dr. Barbara Bawer, Amirah Zaveri

Is The Drive To Optimize Ruining Your Health? Wearable technology has given us unprecedented access to personal health metrics. However, this surge in data has allowed wellness companies to manipulate our health anxieties, flooding the market with hyper-specific products promising quick fixes. Our expert cuts through the marketing hype to reveal what will actually make us the healthiest versions of ourselves. Guest: Dr. Barbara Bawer, primary care physician, assistant clinical professor, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Host and Producer: Kristen Farrah Facebook: ingoodhealthpodX: @ ingoodhealthpodIG: @ingoodhealthpodYouTube: @ingoodhealthpodSpotify Apple Podcast In Good Health PodcastSubscribed to the newsletterFull ArchiveContact UsBecome an Affiliate Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Wearable technology has given us unprecedented access to personal health metrics. However, this surge in data has allowed wellness companies to manipulate our health anxieties, flooding the market with hyper-specific products promising quick fixes. Our expert cuts through the marketing hype to reveal what will actually make us the healthiest versions of ourselves.