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' follows wellness influencers Belle Gibson and Milla Blake in their misguided attempts to treat their (both fake and real) cancer through holistic medicine suggested by the Hirsch

His daughter continued his work and founded the Gerson Institute. The organisation refers people to clinics, not unlike the treatment centre where Milla goes in Apple Cider Vinegar. There’s one in Sweden, and another in Mexico. Jessica Ainscough visited the clinic in Mexico.

In Apple Cider Vinegar, Milla Blake — a fictional character inspired by real-life “Wellness Warrior” Jess Ainscough — uses black salve on her cancer, only for the corrosive treatment to create open sores on her arms. Oh, and her cancer only gets worse because she’s avoiding actual medical intervention.

Apple Cider Vinegar is based on the true story of Belle Gibson, a social media influencer who rose to fame by falsely claiming she had terminal brain cancer. She operated under the handle @Healing_Belle, where she amassed hundreds of thousands of followers by chronicling her story, which initially seemed both tragic and inspiring.

Milla Blake in "Apple Cider Vinegar" shares similarities with Australian wellness influencer Jess Ainscough, who died in 2015.

Early in Netflix’s latest tech-grifter limited series Apple Cider Vinegar, wellness influencer Belle Gibson (Kaitlyn Dever), her voice breathy and earnest, defends herself during an interrogation. She couldn’t possibly be so morally bankrupt as to be a scammer,