{"id":12429,"date":"2025-07-20T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/experts-warn-about-tiktoks-internal-shower-trend\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:00:41","slug":"experts-warn-about-tiktoks-internal-shower-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/experts-warn-about-tiktoks-internal-shower-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Warn About TikTok&#8217;s &#8216;Internal Shower&#8217; Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A viral TikTok health trend called the \u201cinternal shower\u201d is making waves online, with users drinking chia seed water in <!--more--> the morning to relieve constipation and improve digestion. <\/p>\n<p>Though the trend has been around since 2022, experts like Dr. Tommy Martin note there\u2019s little scientific research backing it, even if the fiber-based logic makes sense. <\/p>\n<p>Daryl Gioffre, the gut health specialist who popularized the method, recommends soaking 2 tablespoons of chia seeds in 6 ounces of water with lemon. <\/p>\n<p>However, dietitian Alyssa Simpson warns that drinking it too soon \u2014 before the seeds fully absorb the water \u2014 could actually worsen bloating and slow digestion. <\/p>\n<p>For best results, she advises letting the seeds soak for at least 20 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral TikTok health trend called the \u201cinternal shower\u201d is making waves online, with users drinking chia seed water in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/viralvideos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}