Apple cider vinegar is more popular than ever. Before you start drinking it, keep these potential benefits and risks in mind.

Apple cider vinegar is so popular in the wellness world that it's being used as the title of a new TV series about disgraced influencer Belle Gibson. But is it actually good for you?

Throughout Apple Cider Vinegar, journalists are investigating Belle. One of them, a journalist named Justin (Mark Coles Smith), learns about Belle from his partner Lucy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), who takes solace in Belle's feed while she’s undergoing breast cancer treatment—and even decides to pause it altogether and try alternative remedies.

Apple Cider Vinegar' follows wellness influencers Belle Gibson and Milla Blake in their misguided attempts to treat their (both fake and real) cancer through holistic medicine suggested by the Hirsch

Netflix points out that the story is “true-ish,” which is raising a lot of questions about what’s real and what’s made for TV in this fascinating series. So, is the Hirsch Institute real—or, at least, based on a real organization? Here’s the deal.

Who was the real Bella Gibson from Apple Cider Vinegar? One thing the Netflix series didn’t explain was the title of the show. This wasn’t something Bella touted as a cure-all

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Don't worry — there's a cure for that! In the recent Netflix miniseries, "Apple Cider Vinegar," we see exactly how easy it is for wellness influencers to spread dangerous rhetoric . . . or just straight-up lie.

This story contains spoilers for “Apple Cider Vinegar.” Early in the new Netflix miniseries “Apple Cider Vinegar,” the central character of Millie Blake is diagnosed with a rare cancer and told she must amputate her arm.

Apple Cider Vinegar' begs the question of how dangerous wellness ‘trends’ really are, and how little we know about the people who promote