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.

Netflix’s new series Apple Cider Vinegar tells the shocking story of a woman named Belle Gibson, who pretends to have cancer and then “cures” it with a healthy lifestyle. But it also draws attention to largely unproven methods of cancer treatment, like black salve.

Why do so many people follow wellness influencers, even if they don’t have many or any qualifications? It makes sense with the gaps in health care, doctors say.

If you were fascinated by Belle Gibson's story in Netflix's "Apple Cider Vinegar," you may also enjoy "Inventing Anna" or "The Dropout."

It's only natural to immediately get lost in a Google/Wiki whirlpool after watching anything inspired by a true story, but especially when the characters and events are as wild as those in Apple Cider Vinegar.

I binged Apple Cider Vinegar, a new Netflix show about the notorious Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who faked brain cancer in order to push her “eating healthy” narrative and sell her app and book,