Some days, it feels like there’s a health scam everywhere you look. Grow more hair! Look younger! Feel younger! You can be a better you, for just a few hundred bucks.
It’s easy — and wise — to say that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But every so often, a treatment with a whiff of snake oil turns out to be based in sound science. So we created this quiz, based on our most popular Scam or Not columns, to hone your instincts.
Let’s see how well you can spot a grift.
Erik Vance is a staff editor for The Times’s Well desk, where he focuses on coverage of fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
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