--- title: "Alternative Health Influencer Boasts That He’s Been Drinking From a Radioactive Jug for 250 Days Straight" description: "Holistic influencer Matt Roeske recently bragged that he's been drinking from an irradiated jug for the better part of a year." date: "2026-10-03" modified: "2026-10-03" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins.md" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/alternative-health-influencer-drinking-radioactive-jug-revigator" categories: - "Future Society" --- # Alternative Health Influencer Boasts That He’s Been Drinking From a Radioactive Jug for 250 Days Straight ![Screenshots of an influencer drinking from a radioactive jug.]() *cultivateelevate via Instagram* In 2026, anybody can cultivate a massive social media following doing anything their heart desires — and that's not necessarily a good thing. For a case in point, look no further than a recent Reel from holistic health influencer Matt Roeske. First spotted [by the publication ]()*[Reality Check]()*, the clip features Roeske promoting radioactive water as a long-forgotten panacea, supposedly shut down by the "Rothschild medical system." In his video, Roeske appears holding a "Revigator," an [irradiated ceramic jug]() from the 1920s sold as a pseudoscientific miracle cure-all. In addition to carnotite — a bright-yellow rock known for its [high uranium content]() — the Revigator contains a slew of chemicals like arsenic, lead, and vanadium, which is all stuff you shouldn't even shower with, let alone mix in your drinking water. "You see all that beautiful water in there?" Roeske asks while tilting the cistern toward the camera. "Perfectly harmless, you've just been lied to," he says before taking a huge mouthful of the stuff. "And it's delicious. And I've been drinking it for 250 days now." For most people, the fact that the federal government outlawed production of Revigators in the 1920s would be enough of a warning. But to Roeske, the government prohibition is proof that it works. "In 1933 when the Rothschilds FDA came along the first thing they went after was radium water... not vaxxines \[sic\], dirty electricity, or pesticides," he wrote in the video's caption. "Gee I wonder why... healthy people don't yield large profits." https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ddo1yOQsI6K/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Indeed, that government crackdown came after the death of Eben MacBurney Byer, a steel magnate and socialite who regularly drank "Radithor," water that had been irradiated in cisterns like the one Roeske has apparently been drinking from for the better part of a year. Byer was estimated to have slammed 1,400 half-ounce vials of the snake oil tincture, which predictably led to some horrifying consequences: his teeth fell out, his whole upper jaw and most of his lower one had to be surgically removed, and as one [*Wall Street Journal* article]() from 1991 noted, "holes were actually forming in his skull." The quantity of radiated water Byer ingested was so high that when radiation oncologist Roger Macklis examined the mogul's remains the year of the *WSJ* story, he concluded that Byer "took enough radium to kill four people if he took it all at once." It's little wonder, then, why [Byer's body]() is interred in a lead-lined coffin. Roeske seemingly has no medical degree that *Futurism* could identify. Instead, his main gig appears to be selling capsules of mushroom powder to his more than 500,000 Instagram followers, while promoting woo-woo practices on his podcast, like [staring at the Sun]() to strengthen your eyes. "My favorite thing about radium water is it pulls the vaccine toxicity out of the body, and also is a solution to \[electromagnetic field\] sensitivity," Roeske says later in his video, holding his radiated jug up for the camera. "It's the opposite spectrum of all the microwaves that they keep selling the people," he declares incredulously. "So do you see why they went after it?" **More on influencers:** *[OpenAI Tried to Hire Influencers to Spread Love for Its Products, But It Backfired Horrendously]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()