ELI5: What’s the deal with “natural” products, are they geniunely better or just an appeal to naturalistic fallacy? or does it specifically depends on the product?
A lot of it is naturalistic fallacy. However, it doesn’t mean that a natural product can’t be better than a more artificial. It just depends on what specifically you’re talking about, and it usually won’t be better just because it’s more natural.
Some highly processed foods are “less healthy” than natural alternatives because they’re formulated to be as tasty as possible and often have high calories and low satiety. But some more processed foods are healthier than their natural alternatives because they’re fortified with vitamins and minerals.
Natural products can be better or worse, but usually it’s for reasons other than how natural they are.
No, natural products aren’t inherently better, and “natural” is a fairly dubious and ambigious branding.
But whether it’s better than the more processed variants, it depends on the product itself, and how the customer defines “better”.
Some people buy organic, natural products from smaller business to pay less money to big corporations who tend to use more processing. Or they’re just cheaper sometimes, or they just want to avoid too many additional chemicals, etc etc.
Really depends on the product. Poison ivy is natural, but I don’t think you’ll find anyone willing to rub it on themselves to help clean, likewise I wouldn’t ingest either that OR shampoo.
Theres a big thing right now where people hear chemicals and forget/don’t know that EVERYTHING is a chemical.
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Depends on the product. “appeal to naturalistic fallacy” is commonplace for a reason, “natural” products tend to be safer.
A lot of it is naturalistic fallacy. However, it doesn’t mean that a natural product can’t be better than a more artificial. It just depends on what specifically you’re talking about, and it usually won’t be better just because it’s more natural.
Some highly processed foods are “less healthy” than natural alternatives because they’re formulated to be as tasty as possible and often have high calories and low satiety. But some more processed foods are healthier than their natural alternatives because they’re fortified with vitamins and minerals.
Natural products can be better or worse, but usually it’s for reasons other than how natural they are.
No, natural products aren’t inherently better, and “natural” is a fairly dubious and ambigious branding.
But whether it’s better than the more processed variants, it depends on the product itself, and how the customer defines “better”.
Some people buy organic, natural products from smaller business to pay less money to big corporations who tend to use more processing. Or they’re just cheaper sometimes, or they just want to avoid too many additional chemicals, etc etc.
“Natural” is just a marketing term. It means very little.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element, but it is not healthy to ingest.
Arsenic and Uranium are natural products, so is Mercury. Just because something exists naturally doesn’t mean it’s good for you.
Really depends on the product. Poison ivy is natural, but I don’t think you’ll find anyone willing to rub it on themselves to help clean, likewise I wouldn’t ingest either that OR shampoo.
Theres a big thing right now where people hear chemicals and forget/don’t know that EVERYTHING is a chemical.