Research Information About Coffee Enemas

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Some info on coffee enemas...

Perhaps the most common and controversial use of coffee enemas is in patients with cancer.

One example is the Gerson regimen, a cancer protocol developed by Dr. Max Gerson involving the use of a strict diet, coffee enemas, dietary supplements and juicing.

According to a 2010 review in the journal Oncology, �coffee enemas are believed to cause dilation of bile ducts and excretion of toxic breakdown products by the liver through the colon wall�.

While widely believed and restated, there isn�t much scientific evidence to support this assertion. Certainly, there are many anecdotal accounts of cancer remission by individuals using the Gerson regimen.

The problem is that scientific evidence is lacking for a few reasons. The first is that the Gerson approach involves many therapeutic components.

Therefore, isolating the specific effects of any given strategy is difficult to do. Also, peer-reviewed analysis of the Gerson regimen has yet to yield verifiable proof that it actually prolongs survival time.

As it turns out, the scant data on the efficacy and safety of coffee enemas comes to us courtesy of researchers in Thailand. Presently, there are two studies in print.

One reports that caffeine absorption from a single coffee enema is about 3.5 times less than a single cup of coffee taken by mouth.

A second trial examined the antioxidant effects of six coffee enemas administered over a two week period. No beneficial changes in oxidant status (glutathione or GSH, malondialdehyde or MDA and trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity or TEAC) were noted.

Lastly, a German study is currently underway which compares the constipation relieving activity of coffee enemas vs. oral coffee. The results from the latter trial are due for publication in the coming months.

Full story with informative links here: https://www.healthyfellow.com/1699/co...nema-research/