Joe McNamee: 'Wellness' sector is worth $1trn — but much on TikTok is downright dangerous

The internet is where science and facts can be distinctly second to clicks, likes, and followers.

Joe McNamee: I near wept at a comment from a 13-year-old girl, wondering if it was healthy for someone her age to lose 6kg in a single month, as promised in the gormless advice of the original poster.

Buzzing after a prolonged evening session at the table tennis club and struggling to sleep, I rolled out my Shakti Mat. Pray tell, says you, what’s a Shakti Mat when it’s at home?

A Shakti Mat is a cloth mat with thousands of small, keenly sharp, hard plastic spikes — effectively a bed of nails.