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I found the programme interesting, learning about unusual practices such as Ayahuaska which I had never heard about before this documentary. The only problem I found is that some of the science behind some of the episodes where controversial and overlooked, especially in the case of fasting. It is clear that the programme had an agenda to educate, but when it came to the fasting episode I feel it looked more into the extreme fasting rather than a focus on the healthy types of fasting that can be beneficial and has been scientifically proven to be healthy. I did feel it focused to much on the negatives within that episode, however, the rest of the show was very unbiased and balanced within its opinions on the subjects within each individual episode.

My eyes came across this documentary and watched it without any expectations. It just got me interested in some things that are used for wellness and treatment as I did not know they existed. It did not get into the details of the directors background and other stuff that may influence the perspective provided the series, but from my point of view it tries to be quite neutral, show different opinions, some advantages and risks of one treatment or another. It does not say what is good or bad for us, it just shows that some people go too far and yes, there are some inspirational and phenomenal cases. It's all about to be smart and thoughtfull about yourself. In general - pretty good for a person without any expections or preconceived notions.

I was pleasantly surprised the way they handled the subject. I did Ayahuasca three years ago and it changed my life. The stories are powerful and very moving, and different perspectives including the scientific is covered in a respectful way. I also really liked that they included the perspective of the natives that have shared their medicines compassionately with the west.

What I feel is missing very often concerning documentaries on aya, is the fact that you are responsible to stay off medicines, drugs, alcohol and to cleanse and fast before the ceremony. The other thing is that unfortunalely aya is not healing in itself, if you are not surrounded by experienced, grounded and loving guides! The third thing is that aya requires you to work on your self and make necessary changes in your life, it is you who needs to do the work, and some experience with introspection and reflection is very useful before you choose to do it.

I always been super interested by wellness stuff and snake oil and why people believe in this so i was super stoked to see a series debunking these trends to maybe help some people realize that they are wasting money and energy in dreams and pseudo-science.

But they are not really debunking anything. You have a scientist that come on for 6 minutes telling you it's useless and dangerous for some episodes. But by the end of the episodes you completely forget about the scientific opinion or the woman who lost her husband and they go back to anecdotal evidence and how it maybe helped someone and it all finish with the person with the smile on their face saying it saved her life or whatever.

There is a slight glorification of the treatment talked about in each episode and i didn't really liked that.

And you never end an episode with a rock hard proof that something is useless or dangerous they leave everything to interpretation. I wanted them to go harder on the science and leave a little bit of the biased human experience of someone who goes there already believing it's gonna work.

It's alright i just hope it dosen't give the idea to vulnerable or deperate people to try these things.