Newton Homeopathics and
Only Natural Pet Homeopathic Products
Purchased Newton Homeopathics or Only Natural Pet homeopathic products thinking they were "natural remedies" brimming with active herbal ingredients known to heal your pet? Exactly wrong.
According to the long debunked theory of homeopathy, from the 1700s, certain ingredients can cure the same symptoms they elicit when diluted. Assuming you know how an ingredient affects a person (or, here, a specific animal), to give that ingredient super potency in curing a symptom, you simply need to create a super diluted mix of that ingredient. Well-founded theory? No. A money maker? Yes!
Newton Homeopathics for Pets, for example, claims to know how certain ingredients affects your pet's level of stress, fear, inflammation, and other health factors. How? Undisclosed. But in diluting those ingredients at a ratio of 1 drop "active" water to 9 drops "regular" water fifteen times, Newton generates a "super" product that can heal your pet. That's one "active" particle for every 999,999,999,999,999 regular inactive particles! To preserve that one active particle, Newton then mixes in 20% alcohol. While Only Natural Pet dilutes its ingredients to other varying degrees, the company follows the same principle -- and "preserves" the ultra diluted mix in 25% ethanol. Science indicates that these products have no positive effect, whatsoever, on the animals they're supposedly helping.
Because the products have no basis, in 2016, the FTC opined that homeopathic companies should include a disclaimer on advertising stating that (1) There is no scientific evidence that the product works; and (2) The product's claims are based on theories of homeopathy from the 1700s that are not accepted by most modern medical experts. Why do Newton and Only Natural exclude that warning? Because it's bad for sales.
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