The most scandalous stories about health from celebrities

Edition vox.com publishes several controversial health-related 2015 stories. In the examples provided by the Internet portal, world stars of show business, bloggers and famous politicians are involved. Journalists warn readers that repeating what these people have done is not worth it.

Gwyneth Paltrow loves spa for vagina

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow this year discovered a new kind of spa. In one of the Korean salons in Los Angeles, the actress found a new service, from which she was completely delighted.

“You're sitting on something like a mini-throne. And from below, infrared waves and a steam shower with wormwood cleanse your vagina. But it’s not just a steam shower, it’s also an energetic release that balances female hormones, regulates the menstrual cycle and even helps correct digestive disorders,” Gwyneth wrote on her website Goop.

And Gwyneth liked the cheap price for the procedure: the 30-minute session costs just 50 dollars.

Donald Trump and vaccines

Donald Trump for the word, as they say, does not get into his pocket. But sometimes the statements of the candidate from the Republican Party look ridiculous. Trump has always said that he is against any vaccination. And this fall, the billionaire stated that vaccines cause autism. The politician even gave an example. They say that an employee who works at Trump's company was recently vaccinated, and the girl became autistic. According to Donald Trump, the disorder (autism) occurs in humans because of frequent vaccinations.

How Elizabeth Holmes failed the test

The Wall Street Journal newspaper published the results of its own months-long investigation into the acclaimed medical company Theranos, which investors estimated at $ 9 billion. Its founder, the youngest billionaire woman, Elizabeth Holmes, was accused of deceiving clients and investors. Holmes created Theranos in the 2003 year to develop tests for blood analysis, for which only a few drops would be enough instead of the usual plasma tubes.

Journalists told the world that the exclusive technology Theranos is used only in a very small number of tests conducted by the company. And one of the developers committed suicide two years ago, admitting to his wife that this technology was not so effective.

Exposing the "Food Beauty"

The famous blogger Vani Hari, aka “Food Beauty,” has gathered around her an entire army of people who prefer exclusively healthy food. Her book helped attract Hari’s supporters, in which the author tells how you can change your life in 21 days, “freed from hidden toxins.”

After reading the blogger’s work, scientists did not find a single scientific confirmation of the stated facts in Hari’s book. Experts noted that “Food Beauty” does not have information even at the level of school textbooks on chemistry and biology. But this did not stop Hari from earning good money “with slogans against GMOs” in 2015.

Previously, the "Forum" wrote that There are 10 health myths.