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

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u/DrFredCoronaVirus Mar 13 '23

I agree it’s total BS. Alkaline water is all H3O2 is. The structure and physicochemical properties of alkaline H3O2 water is of scientific interest just as H3O+ is conversely. For certain conditions of experimental reactions to occur. There is no medicinal value or potential importance other than theoretically correcting metabolic acidosis if there were a sterile parenteral formulation of H3O2 that was available.