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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.

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The Overblown Breast is Best Mantra
June 21, 2019
Kavin Senapathy
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“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.” …


Woo Watch
Pseudoscience Trends in the Pet World
April 1, 2019
Kavin Senapathy

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 …


Woo Watch
The Top 10 Woo of 2018 [Part II]
December 31, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

Kavin Senapathy reviews even more strange trends of 2018.


Woo Watch
The Top 10 Woo of 2018 [Part I]
December 27, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

Kavin Senapathy reviews some strange trends of 2018.


Woo Watch
Mom Guilt and the Glyphosate Saga
October 1, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate is the ubiquitous herbicide (and crop desiccant) mired in a weighty controversy.


Woo Watch
On Unsubstantiated Yet Prevalent Therapeutic Interventions for Autism [Part II]
July 17, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

The range of conditions classified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is thought to affect 1-3% of the population.


Woo Watch
On Unsubstantiated Yet Prevalent Therapeutic Interventions for Autism [Part I]
July 9, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

The range of conditions classified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is thought to affect 1-3% of the population.


Woo Watch
Lotus Birth
April 13, 2018
Kavin Senapathy

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.


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