Skeptoid #1006: Deconstructing Structured Water

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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We all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water.

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0:00.0	We all enjoy a nice, crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated, which makes
0:08.0	sense because our bodies need it most of all.
0:11.3	So enjoying it is an evolved behavior.
0:14.0	However, some people, notably wellness influencers, have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all.
0:22.9	Who knew?
0:24.2	And that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule,
0:31.2	structured water.
0:33.3	We're going to look at that right now on Skeptoid.
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