Medically reviewed by Maggie Moon, MS, RD Apple cider vinegar is fermented juice made from apples. It's often used in foods and salad dressings. It's also been used for many home remedies, like treating infections and heartburn.

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.

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

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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

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