Deuterium low-deuterium water is an IQ tax yet to stop debate, and negative deuterium water has appeared on the market again.
On October 9, according to media reports, "Tianke 2 Entropy-reducing Deuterium Water" (hereinafter referred to as "Entropy-reducing Deuterium Water") produced by Tianke No. 2 (Guizhou) Health Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. claims that the deuterium content is lower, which can improve immunity and strengthen metabolism. The product sales said that this water is generally sold in nursing homes and other institutions, and a bag of entropy-reduced deuterium water with less than 500ml is priced at 98 yuan.
"A bag of water that nourishes life" and "the taste from the new ancient times". The packaging promotion of this entropy-reducing deuterium water is full of gimmicks, and the price also gives people a high-end enough feeling. But whether the specific effects are really that magical, and whether they are IQ tax, I'm afraid it will be a question.
First, the salesperson said with certainty that the deuterium content in the sold entropy-reduced deuterium water is negative, but in fact he didn't even understand what the data in the test report meant, let alone the test report it provided was targeting proton negative deuterium water, rather than the entropy-reduced deuterium water sold by the company. Food Engineering PhD Yun Wuxin told the media that the "deuterium isotope ratio of -67 ‰" in the testing project does not refer to the deuterium content. The so-called negative deuterium water has a higher deuterium content than most low deuterium water.
Secondly, sales staff claimed that entropy reduction of deuterium water can improve immunity, strengthen metabolism, beautify the body, and make cancer cells unable to grow without nutrients. However, when the reporter asked whether there were research reports, clinical experiments, etc. to prove their actual efficacy, they only took out a promotional poster and two articles with unknown sources.
Third, although studies have shown that there is a correlation between the growth mechanism of cancer cells and deuterium, experts who have been studying deuterium water for more than ten years said that deuterium water inhibits tumors is a complex process and has not yet entered the clinical trial stage, so more in-depth research is needed. Most of the news searching for low deuterium water is self-promotion by enterprises. The concept of negative deuterium water is hard to say, and the actual drinking effect is illusory. Is this kind of entropy reduction of negative deuterium water a marketing routine? Consumers may need to consider again and again before making a consumption decision. In fact, there are many commercial gimmicks deliberately created around drinking water. Such previously falsified "baby water", "alkaline water", and "magical healthy water" are just scams for merchants to make money and have no scientific nature. At the same time, just as the entropy-reduced deuterium water is mainly sold at institutions such as nursing homes, the targets of health water scams that were previously exposed are often the elderly.
Therefore, consumers should keep their eyes open for the new health concepts created by merchants, carefully verify them based on scientific logic and common sense of life, and make rational judgments to avoid falling into a health scam and spending money in vain. As the saying goes, "If you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you believe in both sides, you will be dark." As long as consumers do not believe in the merchant's "one-one-one words", it is often not easy to be harvested by some exaggerated publicity. What is more important is that for the endless health products and even gimmicks on the market, market supervision departments also need to innovate regulatory measures, increase law enforcement efforts, promptly expose the skins of health scams, and give consumers a clean and upright consumption environment. Only by constantly exposing the scams and removing the false and retaining the truth can we avoid health scams from the source and more consumers.
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