The Health and Wellness Lie

Exposing the hype, hacks and hidden agendas of the well-being machine

Nick Tiller (Author)

The Health and Wellness Lie

Exposing the hype, hacks and hidden agendas of the well-being machine

Nick Tiller (Author)

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'A tour de force, debunking the myths and scams of the modern wellness industry. A great read' – DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, best-selling author of Ultra-Processed People

The global health and wellness market is worth over £5 trillion. But the expensive supplements, fad diets and quick-fix treatments aren't benefiting our health – they're making us fatter, sicker and unhappier. This book is your blueprint for taking back control.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience, exercise scientist Dr Nick Tiller pulls back the curtain on an industry that values profit over people. He exposes how wellness marketing exploits our biases, why social media amplifies the loudest voices rather than the most credible and how bad science drives health misinformation.

From weight-loss drugs and cold plunges to wearable tech and alternative therapies, separate fact from fiction and discover what truly works.

This is essential reading for anyone ready to see wellness culture for what it is – dangerous, dishonest and long overdue for a reckoning – and to take back control of our body and health.

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Introduction
1. Perverse incentives and harmful consequences
2. The marketing ruse
3. Never let facts get in the way of a good story
4. Digital skills for a digital age
5. Friendly fire: When science gets it wrong
6. Weight loss decoded
7. Supplements and snake oils
8. The alternative reality of alternative therapy
9. The long road to wellness
References
Acknowledgements

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Published	Jul 16 2026
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Pages	320
ISBN	9781399424233
Imprint	Green Tree
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Nick Tiller

Dr Nicholas B. Tiller is a British exercise scient…

A scholarly tour de force, debunking the myths and scams of the modern wellness industry. Bravo. A great read.

Dr Chris Van Tulleken, best-selling author of Ultra-Processed People
The Health and Wellness Lie is incendiary, and necessarily so, because we live swamped in a world of wellness lies, hype and bullshit, and the whole exploitative industry needs to be exposed and burnt to the ground. Tiller is holding the match.

Adam Rutherford, science writer and broadcaster
The wellness industry is worth trillions. And it is mostly a massive and harmful grift. How did we get here? Why do so many of us fall for the spin? And what can we do about it? Nick Tiller tackles these critical questions in the engaging, readable, and beautifully researched The Health and Wellness Lie. Indeed, given the growing dominance of misinformation, science-free influencers, and profit-driven health trends, Tiller's book should be viewed as essential reading, a much-needed light during dark times!

Timothy Caulfield, professor and best-selling author of The Science of Celebrity and The Certainty Illusion
Nick Tiller takes us on an eye-opening romp through the 'Wellness Industry' that promises but does not deliver simple cures for complex problems. Along the way he skewers homeopaths, anti-vaxxers, dodgy supplement promoters, uncredentialed 'influencers' and celebrities who peddle pseudoscience. Facts are separated from myths, bamboozlers from scientists ... an illuminating book!

Joe Schwarcz, Professor, Director of McGill Office for Science and Society