Coffee is a food full of health benefits that we did not know until not too ago. However, introducing it to the anus is not in the list of what scientific evidence recommends to obtain its properties. And not only for a DOSIS MOST DIRECT CAFEINEbut to treat cancer.
They are coffee enemas, and they can do more bad than good.
PEC. Literally. If you had to write a ‘Young speaking guide‘In recent years, an expression that could not be missing is’ pec’. It is the acronym for “by the ass”, a modernization (and vulgarization, depending on who we ask) of the already classic “it is very cool.” In the case of coffee, it is something that is being carried out in a curious way: enemas.
‘Brain. Are Lavatives of coffee they became fashionable a few years ago due to the advice of the actress and businesswoman ‘Wellness‘Gwyneth Paltrow. Through your brand Goop -Centrada in him lifestyle and alternative well -being And holistic beauty-the actress has sold several cosmetic and well-being products, but also others of the most controversial.
On the one hand, Jade eggs and vaginal vapors for intimate health. On the other hand, the Implant-o-rama. The latter is a curious name for something much easier to describe: coffee enemas. Its price is at the level of Best specialty coffee: 150 dollars. These products have been criticized For the scientific community because they lack support and it is not so much that they can be harmful to health, but there are people who replace treatments that support evidence to go to these pseudoscientific practices.


The enemas that Paltrow sells, accompanied by phrases of people who claim that their cancer has been diluted thanks to them
For sample, royalty. There is a real example. Literally. In February of last year it was announced that Carlos III, king of England, had been diagnosed with cancer. It was not specified what type of cancer was, but the monarch began to follow a conventional treatment while performing its functions. A few days ago, however, the story gave a flying: Carlos III was news because, according to nearby sources, left conventional therapy -The chemotherapy- and bet for alternative solutions.
What solutions? Well, those dictated by Gerson therapy. It is an alternative treatment created by the doctor Max Gerson in 1930 designed to treat both cancer and other degenerative diseases. The trident is based on vegetarian and low sodium diet with a huge amount of daily natural juices, supplements such as vitamins, enzymes and extracts to support detoxification and crown jewel: coffee enemas.
Detox. Gerson Consider that cancer appears as a result of a metabolic deterioration of the body and is reflected in a tumor. Therefore, restoring metabolic balance by eliminating toxins and strengthening the immune system, cancer is diluted. Of course, scientific evidence was thrown over because there were no controlled clinical studies that demonstrated the effectiveness of this method for not to cure cancer, but to improve the quality of life of patients.
The National Cancer Institute has carried out studies, concluding that reported cases do not offer objective evidence of therapeutic benefits and, in addition, it is an extremely expensive treatment. When Carlos was still prince of Wales, he praised Gerson therapy in a speech on complementary therapies related to cancer to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The theory after coffee enemas aims to help detoxify the body by stimulating liver and bile ducts. The caffeine It is absorbed through the rectum and dilates ducts, facilitating the elimination of toxins accumulated by cell metabolism. In addition, it relieves pain and improves the immune system. And there are defenders who They affirm that doctors used them in the Second World War or in the Crimean War to relieve the pain of the soldiers.


A portable machine to get enemas. There was a time when everything was worth it to enter the anus, even tobacco smoke
And science arrived. He National Cancer Institute or the United Kingdom Research Cancer They have commented that there is no scientific evidence that supports those statements. And the American FDA, directlydid not approve the use of these practices to treat any disease. It is something that professionals and the medical community have turned its back due to that lack of evidence since the human body already has organs such as the liver or the kidneys responsible for that detoxification.
More bad than good. Well, here we enter a thorny terrain because these alternative theories can be “good” whenever they combine with those that have scientific support. Drinking water with sugar can have a placebo effect Positive for a patient whenever he does not abandon medicine backed by science. The problem of coffee enemas is that it is no longer that it does something positive, but that it can be counterproductive.
Specialists in the digestive system have warned that this practice can be dangerous even in healthy people due to a series of adverse effects that do not sound too well. Inflammation of colon or rectum, infections such as septicemia, electrolytic imbalances, rectal burns and intestinal perforations are on the risk list.
Not all enemas. But, despite all that scientific evidence and information, there are still defenders of these alternative practices to conventional medicine. And public figures that advertise and submit to them. But something important in this matter is that enemas, In some casesthey are necessary. That is, it is a procedure that consists of inserting a liquid into the rectum to empty the intestine before surgeries, in very severe cases of constipation or as part of the treatment of people with intestinal inflammation.
In the end, seeing the case of Carlos III I cannot not think of a phrase of the humorist Ricky Gervais in one of his millionaires and Netflix monologues in which he affirms that it seems very good that someone with a disease resorts to alternative practices as long as he does it while undergoing a treatment that has the support of scientific evidence.
In the end, it seems that the best way to enjoy coffee is still the usual: by mouth.
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