‘How to Be Well’ Review: In search of the glow

‘How to Be Well’ Review: In search of the glow
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The Wall Street Journal
By Laura VanderkamWomen were once supposed to be skinny. Now they need to be skinny and have a glow obtained through some combination of daily yoga and vegan makeup. “Every generation of American women has had to wrestle with an imaginary ideal, some caricature of femininity to chase and, crucially, to buy.” So writes Amy Larocca in “How to Be Well,” an exploration of the multitrillion-dollar industry hawking everything from supplements to wearable sleep monitors.'A terrible case of the cramps'Today&rsq...

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