Health influencer Matt Roeske claims he’s drunk radioactive water for 250 days, reviving a 1920s wellness craze with unsupported health claims.
Matt Roeske tips a vintage ceramic jug toward his mouth and takes a drink. His reassurance to viewers? “Perfectly harmless, you’ve just been lied to.” The object he is holding is a Revigator, a relic of an era when manufacturers sold radioactive drinking water as a route to better health.
In the September 24 video, the holistic-health influencer claims he has been drinking the water for 250 days. As reported by Futurism, he also makes unsupported claims that it removes supposed vaccine toxicity and helps with electromagnetic-field sensitivity. He provides no credible medical evidence for those benefits.
Neither his specific jug nor its contents have been independently tested in the available reporting. The 250-day claim is his own account, not a verified record of consumption or radiation exposure.
A Museum Piece Gets a Wellness Comeback
The Revigator’s original selling point was precisely what makes it an alarming drinking vessel today. According to Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity, its ceramic body had a porous lining containing uranium ore. Radium within that ore decayed to produce radon, which could dissolve into water stored inside.
Manufacturers marketed this as an improvement on ordinary water. Hundreds of thousands of Revigators sold between 1924 and 1930, with promotional material presenting radioactivity as a missing ingredient in a healthy household. Customers were buying a device intended to add radioactive material to their drinks.
The museum now files these products under “radioactive quack cures.” A century later, Roeske is giving the sales pitch another audience.
Roeske owns the Arizona-based supplement company Cultivate Elevate. According to CBRNE World, citing NewsGuard, the Instagram account carrying the video had approximately 501,000 followers. The post accumulated 170,000 views in five days, while a version on X received another 281,000. Those are reported snapshots of its reach, rather than current totals.
A Drink on Camera Proves Very Little
Calling the water harmless does not establish what is in it. Without testing, viewers cannot know its radioactive content, what dose Roeske might have received, or whether his account of months of consumption is accurate. A swallow on camera cannot answer any of those questions.
The health concerns are real, however. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identifies radon as a known human carcinogen. Its guidance explains that radon released from water into indoor air can increase lung-cancer risk, while ingesting radon-containing water also carries a cancer risk, primarily to the stomach. That does not establish Roeske’s individual exposure or medical condition.
Drinking from radioactive antiques should not be copied. Roeske’s video supplies a confident testimonial, but no reliable evidence that the water is safe or treats anything. The Revigator already had a successful run as a wellness product. Its place in a museum is hardly an invitation to put it back on the kitchen counter.