15 health products you don't need — from sports drinks to collagen

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Saturday May 18 2024

They are the health and wellness products we think we can't live without, but do we really need detox teas, vitamin "shot" drinks and collagen supplements? A new report by Which? condemns these and other health trends as mostly pointless and a waste of money. The consumer watchdog also warned that "slick packaging" and "premium prices" should not be taken to indicate efficacy when it comes to improving your health.

According to Which? many "must-have" wellness products don't stand up to scientific scrutiny. It found "insufficient evidence", for example, to suggest that "functional mushroom" supplements containing lion's mane, reishi and chaga mushrooms have any benefit, and said the vast majority of products are not authorised to make health claims in the UK. Hair-loss shampoos and