[Perspectives] The rise and fall of the wellness warriors

In 2009, Belle Gibson was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She only had 4 months left to live. But rather than follow her doctor's advice, Belle bravely rejected the medical establishment and beat her cancer through a rigorous wellness regime of superfoods, natural medicine, and Gerson therapy (coffee enemas, hourly raw juice, and an organic, vegetarian diet). After a few years, she remained healthy and beautiful and had amassed over 200 000 followers on Instagram. She learnt to code and created a wellness app to promote the diet that saved her life, which became one of the flagship apps for Apple's new smart-watch and was awarded the Best New Aussie App for 2013.

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