Food Theory: Can You TRUST Your Water?

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What kind of water do you drink? Now most of you are probably like... water? Some of you, though, likely subscribe to the alkaline water life. I've always wondered about the benefits of enhanced water. Does it really help or are you just paying more for some fancy science words? Today, we are going to do a deep dive into the world of alkaline water and see if it really is revolutionary or just a big LIE!


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick, Stephanie Patrick and Luke Barats
Editors: Forrest Lee, Jerika (NekoOnigiri), and Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

#Water #Alkaline #AlkalineWater #Lie #FoodScience #FoodTheory #MatPat #GameTheory #FilmTheory

[ICStars]

okay, as someone who's been studying oxidative stress for the last 4 years for my PhD, I gotta say that was a pretty hilariously awesome short breakdown of what oxidative stress is hahaha

[Nekrubbobby]

Matpat: "Can we trust our water?"
Flint Michigan: "first time?"

[whosyourdaddymedia]

I have had trouble trusting bottled water when I realized that Evian was naive spelled backwards.

[enoraskye]

Fun fact. the water coming out of my tap is yellow, for about 10 seconds. sometimes brown, if I go a week without using the faucet. I inquired to my city health department and they said it's probably just rust from old pipes, and since my apartment is very old and owned by a state entity, it doesn't have to be fixed. Just let the faucet run for 60 seconds before drinking from it, and it will be fine. THAT'S why I drink bottled water at the moment.

[beepbep]

you should do an episode on the best gum brand and judge them off how long the flavor lasts, how much gum you get per stick after chewing for a minute, and price, you could do some other tests to see if it really does help your teeth or if it really makes your breath smell better idk

[mfaizsyahmi]

Alkaline water: "I am the cure to everything!"
Your stomach acid: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Science also shows that any human that has drank water in their lifetime, will eventually pass away.

[sirsky]

Matpat: the FDA recommends watching 3 food theories a day. Also MatPat: EAT YOUR CLOTHES AND CHRISTMAS TREEEE

[nukucat]

So one theory I would love to see is chicken soup really good for when your sick? What about other countries and cultures traditional soups for when your sick is one the best? Or are they all just old wives tales that dont do much if anything at all?

[coolnerdlll]

"Can you trust water?" We need it to survive, so I hope we can.

[bettyhudson]

Me: I always drink water
Matpat: "Can we trust water?"
Me: Well it always has a aftertaste and smells like cinnamon.

[Oddpistachio]

"Can you trust your water?"

Mat Pat: No, but yes.

[kairallison]

okay but the real question that needs a final answer:
is 3 big meals a day or multiple small meals and snacks throughout the day better for your overall health and well being?

[thatnerd]

You've done "Is a Hotdog a sandwich?", but what about is cereal a soup?

[ROGUEthreeoneninezero]

I would love to hear Matpat explain why we, as humans, can't digest corn

[meowWwW]

It’s so strange how this flew over my mind, i have preferably been drinking alkaline water ever since my body felt ever so slightly better while having heartburn and an inflamed stomach (I have GERD with omeprazole medication ).Thanks for the video MatPat!

[AliceMarkley]

So, conversational point here. We recently discovered (kinda by accident) that our drinking water (reverse osmosis) has super low pH. So we added a filter to put a bunch of minerals back in, making it more Basic. And my chronic stomach acid is finally easing up. But I don't think that's because the basic water is helping… it's the fact that I'm no longer making it worse with acidic water.

[omnizoom]

basic chemistry would answer this for everyone instantly, your acidid stomach neutralizes the alkaline water instantly, like literally as soon as it enters your stomach its not basic anymore and your stomach just makes more acid if you neutralize some of it.

[Willow]

Really didn't expect acid reflux would make it's way into a theory. Did a really good job on explaining how it works. Had it for years, 99% managed tho so not many issues.

[TydyeAdventures]

I would love to see an episode on testing the PH levels of water and putting water brands to the test!