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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Sofia Piza

Chia water is all over TikTok claiming to boost gut health and satiety - but after trying for a week, it's not for me

Chia water: Sofia trying chia water.

It's been quite the year for wellness trends. From daily lemon water, mint water, and chia water, to the ever-popular apple cider vinegar gummies, TikTok seems to promote a new trending thing to try every day. That's where we come in - connecting you with some of the best experts in the business to help you decipher which trends are scientifically proven to be beneficial and therefore worth your time and money and which ones - well, aren't. 

I'm Sofia, a Health Writer and Producer here at MC UK, and as a regular TikTok user, I've become all too familiar with the social media app's love of nutrition trends. Its latest, chia water, claims to boost your health in a number of ways - and, as a Mexican who's heard my parents and grandparents bang on about how great chia water is my entire life, I was naturally keen to test it. 

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