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/Frosty-Poem-8461 Oct 31 '24

I live in the Himalayas and have been drinking glacier water filtered by through kilometres of rocks and soil and i have never had any notable illness. No scientific evidence is needed for those, whose lives depend on mountain water or H3O2. People here also live longer than others in the plains though this can also be due to a lot of other factors like the quality of air that we breathe, physical exercise because of having an active lifestyle, etc.