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Eugene

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Fri Jan 31, 2020, 04:01 PM Jan 2020

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop series on Netflix slammed by NHS chief

Source: BBC

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop series on Netflix slammed by NHS chief

30 January 2020

Gwyneth Paltrow's new Netflix series poses a "considerable health risk" to the public, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said.

The Goop Lab, filmed at the headquarters of the actress's wellness brand, Goop, explores the effectiveness of alternative therapies for physical and mental illnesses.

Netflix says the series is "designed to entertain, not provide medical advice".

Mr Stevens accused it of spreading "misinformation".

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'Dodgy procedures'

Throughout the six-part series, Paltrow enlists the help of doctors, researchers and alternative health practitioners to investigate practices ranging from "energy exorcisms" to the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental-health disorders.

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Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop series on Netflix slammed by NHS chief (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2020 OP
I guess she just gave up on acting TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #1

TexasBushwhacker

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1. I guess she just gave up on acting
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 11:39 PM
Feb 2020

She hasn't done anything but play Pepper Potts in Avengers movies in years.

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