Welltodo Today: Lululemon Is Helping The UN, Kenshō Launches ‘The Antithesis Of Goop’, NYC’s New Wellness Club

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Lululemon is helping the UN’s humanitarian aid workers take care of themselves

In the podcast Awake at Night , Melissa Fleming, the chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), explores what it takes to be a humanitarian worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous situations. The stories are heartbreaking and harrowing and utterly fascinating.

Former KIND Snacks Investor Acquires Popchips Under New Healthy Snacks Incubating Platform

Private equity company VMG Partners has acquired popchips under its newly-created healthy snacks incubating platform Velocity Snack Brands (VSB) for an undisclosed sum. Popchips was founded in 2007 by Keith Belling, a serial food entrepreneur who recently launched vegetables-based grain brand RightRice, and Patrick Turpin.

What Really Happens When You Become an Overnight Millionaire?

Peter Rahal started RxBar out of his mom’s kitchen - then sold it for $600 million. Life on the other side of the entrepreneurial fantasy.

Harvard thinks doctors should learn nutrition in med school

“Food is medicine.” It’s a refrain you hear a lot-including from doctors. Which is why it’s surprising news that MDs aren’t taught exactly how food and wellness are connected in medical school. According to integrative and functional medicine Frank Lipman, MD, when he was in medical school, the curriculum devoted no more than two hours to nutrition.

Why Biohacking Is the Latest Major Startup Trend

4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’ve probably heard of biohacking before. The term tends to be associated with microchip implants, DNA injections and overall creepy sci-fi vibes, and sometimes for good reason. Elon Musk, for example, has expressed interest in linking human brains to smartphones using his startup, Neuralink.

Inside NYC’s Private New Wellness Club, THE WELL

Rebecca Parekh and Sarrah Hallock, two of the three co-founders of the THE WELL, have been running on adrenaline ever since the members-only wellness club officially opened its doors in late September. You can’t go anywhere inside the 18,000-square-foot bi-level space in New York City’s Flatiron district, designed by Liubasha Rose of Rose Ink Workshop, without feeling like you need to post a picture ASAP.

Kenshō, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

Goop is cashing in on pseudoscience and, in the process, giving natural health practices a bad name. Krista Berlincourt, the co-founder and chief executive officer of a new startup, Kenshō Health, hopes she can take back the narrative. “We’re the antithesis of Goop,” Berlincourt, a fintech veteran who previously focused on communications and marketing at Simple Finance, tells TechCrunch.