Category: Woo Watch
“Woo Watch” with Kavin Senapathy explores the claims and claimants in the alternative health, clean food, and spurious parenting worlds, and examines the institutions and personalities driving these movements. Spanning the infuriating, heartbreaking, and just plain mind-boggling, the column will take a fresh look at old school woo, and keep an eye on the newest spurious health trends.
The Overblown Breast is Best Mantra
“As a new mom in 2011, parenting unfolded before me like an obstacle course, an uphill battle of picking the right choices from an ocean of wrong ones. In the complex quest for credible parenting information, one choice seemed clear, backed by seemingly incontrovertible data: When it comes to feeding your baby, breast is best.” …
Pseudoscience Trends in the Pet World
Not all dog and cat owners call themselves “pet parents,” but I became a dog mom to the now twelve-year-old Luna back in 2007, a few years before I had kids. Our family really wanted to add another furry member to our family, so I finally acquiesced in September of last year, even though I’m …
Mom Guilt and the Glyphosate Saga
The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate is the ubiquitous herbicide (and crop desiccant) mired in a weighty controversy.
On Unsubstantiated Yet Prevalent Therapeutic Interventions for Autism [Part II]
The range of conditions classified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is thought to affect 1-3% of the population.
On Unsubstantiated Yet Prevalent Therapeutic Interventions for Autism [Part I]
The range of conditions classified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is thought to affect 1-3% of the population.
Lotus Birth
Those engaging in lotus birth often keep the placenta in a pouch or a bowl to dry, with salt and optional dried herbs and essentials oils to aid in the drying process and to mask the odor of the decomposing placenta.