India, March 25 -- If you've walked into a gym or scrolled through social media lately, you would have seen it: water that isn't just water. It's pink, it's bubbly, and it's packed with powders. Welcome to the world of water stacking or loaded water, which is the latest wellness trend promising to turn your humble H2O into a health elixir.

Water stacking essentially aims to make drinking water tasty and nutritious to increase daily intake, by adding flavourings, electrolytes packets, chia seeds, collagen, and vitamins. But while the trend looks cool on social media, experts urge caution.

Dr Sunil Rana, Associate Director and Head of Internal Medicine (Unit III) at Asian Hospital, explains that the body has strict built-in limits. "Once ...