She`s an actress-turned-lifestyle-and-wellness-guru.

And has predicted that psychedelic drugs will be the next big thing in health, during an interview with on Wednesday.

`I think how psychedelics affect health and mental health and addiction will come more into the mainstream,` the 46-year-old Oscar winner forecast.  

Controversial: Gwyneth Paltrow has predicted that psychedelic drugs will be the next big thing in health, during an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. Seen here in November 2018

During the interview, the Shakespeare In Love star specifically mentioned the controversial psychoactive substance ibogaine, but stopped short of recommending it.

`What about ibogaine, that shrub from Gabon?` Gwyneth wondered aloud.

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However when asked if she believed it would be `the next big thing,` Paltrow prevaricated.

`Don`t take my word for it.` 

Ibogaine is banned in the United States, but clinical trials of the substance for the treatment of alcoholism are currently underway in Brazil.

Big ideas: `I think how psychedelics affect health and mental health and addiction will come more into the mainstream,` the 46-year-old Oscar winner forecast. Seen here with husband Brad Falchuk

 The Se7en actress also took credit for the increasing popularity of gluten-free diets during the sit-down.

`I mean, when I did my gluten-free cookbook in 2015, the press was super negative and there were personal attacks about what I was feeding my children and what kind of mother I am,` began Gwyneth.

`Now the gluten-affiliate marketing course free market is huge.` 

Credit grabber: The Se7en actress also took credit for the increasing popularity of gluten-free diets during the sit-down. Seen here in January this year

Paltrow has been the subject of some contempt in the past when critics have accused her of giving herself too much credit for ushering in wellness trends.

`I remember when I started doing yoga and acupuncture, people thought it was outrageous,` she told in October.

`I`ve always been the person who introduces wellness ideas into the culture, and I can see by pattern recognition that people eventually come around...

`You can love or hate it, but Goop is building something that`s changing the world, and it`s irrefutable that the world is coming along with us.`

Polarizing: Paltrow has been the subject of some contempt in the past when critics have accused her of giving herself too much credit for ushering in wellness trends. Seen here January 2019

Speaking to in December, Gwyneth also took credit for popularizing yoga.

`We`re trailblazers. We`re going to write about s*** that people haven`t heard of,` she said.

`Forgive me if this comes out wrong,` the star said. `But I went to do a yoga class in L.A. recently and the 22-year-old girl behind the counter was like, \"Have you ever done yoga before?\"

`And literally I turned to my friend, and I was like, \"You have this job because I`ve done yoga before.\"` 

Yoga has been around for thousands of years. It`s believed to have originated in the fifth or sixth centuries BCE, and has been practiced in India for millennia.

It was introduced to the western world in the 19th and 20 centuries, and experienced some popularity in the US prior to Gwyneth`s birth in 1972.

 

































































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