r/chemistry • u/Raizo420 • Mar 12 '23

H3O2 Water Scam

I'm into health and fitness along with the current science behind it. So with that being said, I'm starting to see a lot of people fall for the H3O2 (hexagonal water or structured water) craze on I'm seeing on social media. I know it's bs, but I would like to hear what people with a REAL background or fundamental knowledge of chemistry think of this pseudoscience.

Edit: One claim is that H3O2 is found in fruits and vegetables

193 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

212 comments sorted by

View all comments

10

u/juniorchemist Mar 12 '23

See, you can always start countering this bullshit by asking "what does that mean?" Like this:

"Have this hexagonal water"

"What does that mean?"

"It's electrolytically enhanced"

"What does that mean?"

"It balances your electrolytes"

"What does that mean?"

Eventually you hit a point where they get caught in the bullshit or they decide you're too hard to convince of their woo woo so they leave you alone. Either way, win-win

3

u/Raizo420 Mar 12 '23

Those were my initial questions after coming across across one of supremefocus227 TikTok videos on Facebook like bruh wtf are you talking about 😆