It sounds almost too simple: 3,000 steps, 30 grams of protein, and 3 liters of water.
The Lure of Simplicity
Wellness usually arrives wrapped in complexity.
Powders in silver bags. Watches buzzing at your wrist. Influencers are selling regimens that would exhaust a professional athlete.
And then TikTok handed the world something absurdly simple.
Three numbers, repeated like a mantra:
3,000 steps.
30 grams of protein.
3 liters of water.
The 3×3 Wellness Rule has the elegance of a haiku and the bravado of a cure-all. No gym memberships. No complicated macros. Just a formula you can remember half-asleep while pouring coffee.
It has racked up millions of views because it whispers a seductive promise: You don’t need to overhaul your life. Just do these three things.
But here’s the catch. Simplicity can be a spark or a trap. The science behind each number tells a story more fascinating and more complicated than TikTok admits.