India, May 30 -- Social media has become all-pervasive in the lives of most people, so much so that many are making decisions that impact their health based on what they are seeing on their feeds.

Health trends have been a big part of social media for a while. However, it is not just doctors and professional healthcare workers who share advice, but also influencers seeking to amplify their reach.

This has given rise to various trends involving, among other things, gut health. Understandably, not all of them deliver on the promised good health. Taking to Instagram on May 30, Dr Saurabh Sethi, a California-based gastroenterologist trained in AIIMS, Harvard, and Stanford Universities, highlighted six such trends that one would do well to a...