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This one is for all the wellness gurus out there: The Gospel of Wellness contains all of the promises, expectations, and realities of the wellness industry in one book. The 2022 book, written by American lifestyle journalist Rina Raphael, gives readers an inside look at the strange things wealthy women do in the name of good health, based on Raphael's own experiences. Raphael looks into the false claims made by wellness brands and tries to make sense of her spending habits and patterns in a political context. The big themes of the book are the cost of childcare and sexism at work. The writer goes as far as suggesting that women go through some form of gender-based oppression when grocery shopping as they are prone to being affected by exploitive messaging about diet. “Food has become an utterly fraught ordeal for the average woman," she writes.