Tag: Wellness scam

A 2024 Netflix series brought new attention to wellness scams, and the character of Lucy, a breast cancer patient, provides a compelling dramatization of real-world consequences. She is not a real person but a fictional composite designed to represent the countless followers misled by fraudulent health claims.

Lettuce is famously comprised of up to 96% water, but this is the same standard H2O that we drink, not the controversial compound H3O2. The claim that lettuce has H3O2 is a marketing ploy linked to unproven 'structured water' theories.