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title: "Radithor back on the menu?"
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date: "2026-09-30T22:47:33+00:00"
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#  Radithor back on the menu?

 [Zoe Rutherford](#)

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30 September 2026

Thanks to a notification from NewsGuard's Reality Check it has been made known to us that some 'influencers' are promoting the consumption of 'radium water'.

This isn't a new thing, in the 1920's a radioactive medicine called Radithor was sold and advertised as a cure for the living dead and perpetual sunshine. Among the many ailments it claimed to cure were high blood pressure, rheumatic diseases, and even mental illness! All of which were of course disproved.

According to Newsguard, the false claim of healing radioactive water has been resurrected, thanks to Matt Roeske, a health influencer and owner of Arizona-based supplement company Cultivate Elevate.

- In a Sept. 24, 2026, video [posted](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/auMKu) on the Cultivate Elevate Instagram account, which has 501,000 followers, Roeske drank from what he said was a vintage 1920s radium water jug, saying radium water was “perfectly harmless” and could “heal every single ailment.” The caption on the video stated, “Radioactive Radium Water healing all in 1929.” The video received 170,000 views and 10,700 likes in five days.
- Roeske [posted](https://archive.is/1uFPe) the video the same day on X, where he has 121,000 followers, receiving another 281,000 views and 6,800 likes. An Urdu-language X account, @Pro\_truthseeker, [reposted](https://archive.is/FRKbV) Roeske’s video on Sept. 25, receiving 15,000 views and 52 likes.

Yet another case of a so called healthluencer promoting dangerous practices.

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