The coffee enema, which claims to detoxify and lose weight, is not only bizarre but also risky?

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Recently, a doctor in Taiwan who believed in a ketogenic diet still used coffee enema after suffering from a liver abscess. his condition worsened and died. His wife confirmed on the Facebook fan page that the doctor would die young at the age of 45 because he did not take regular antibiotics, drainage treatment and continued coffee enema detoxification.

A ketogenic diet refers to a diet that is high in fat, low in carbohydrates, and suitable for protein and other nutrients. Coffee enema is the pouring of hot coffee from the anus into the rectum and large intestine. Experts say coffee enema does not help detoxification, weight loss, and long-term ketogenic diet may lead to "intestinal leakage" due to nutritional imbalance, coupled with enema may cause serious infection.

Then why is the practice of coffee enema popular among the people?

Maybe it comes from ancient medical treatment.

1. Toxins in vivo

In ancient times, it was believed that faeces were smelly and dirty because the body was full of toxins and harmful substances. For example, the ancient Egyptians believed that there was a harmful element called "rot" in feces, which could cause disease. In addition to describing the method of enema in ancient Egyptian literature, it is also recorded that the Pharaoh's exclusive health care servant ── is called the "anal guardian".

After thousands of years, with the progress of medical knowledge, we now know that feces will not poison us in the large intestine unless the intestinal mucosa is damaged and blood vessels are destroyed.

2. Black bile stagnation

In ancient times, it was believed that the body would get sick because the liver and gallbladder retained too much black bile, and there was no drainage operation at that time, so the treatment was to expel bile from the anus. Enema is regarded as the most likely savior, which can correct all abnormal phenomena in the human body.

"Gesen Therapy" and Modern Coffee Enema Theory

The deceased doctor also praised the "Gesen therapy", believing that coffee enema can help detoxification. Coffee enema is one of the links of "Gesen therapy". According to the relevant literature, Max Gesen, the German doctor who founded Gesen therapy, believes that cancer cells will produce a large amount of toxins, and the liver will be overwhelmed in order to metabolize toxins. Gesen therapy shares the work of detoxification by strictly controlling diet, replenishing nutrition and using coffee enema.

Physiologically, caffeine palmitate in coffee can stimulate the secretion of antioxidants in the liver, such as glutathione S-transferase, coupled with anatomy, the portal vascular system of the liver connects the liver and the intestine from the mesentery, so the modern theory of coffee enema is that coffee can be absorbed through the large intestine and then into the liver from the portal system, increasing antioxidant function. So when the patient went to the toilet and saw the foul-smelling feces discharged together, he thought that there was really detoxification.

The above sounds smooth and in line with medical theory, but it is a little against the natural function of the body:

1. Enema seldom lavage the whole intestine

Most people think that the enema is like a "water pipe" cleaning, which is to lavage the whole intestine. In fact, the general simple enema can only be infused into the sigmoid colon, and at most drugs can only be injected into the descending colon, but the large intestine, including the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon and the sigmoid colon, each has its own necessary role in order to digest, excrete and absorb, and maintain a healthy body.

2. Limited absorption of coffee by the large intestine

The main nutrients of the human body are absorbed in the stomach and small intestine. In addition to storing feces, the function of the large intestine can also absorb some water and electrolytes. As for caffeine, nicotinic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, tannic acid and so on in coffee, can it really be effectively absorbed into the blood circulation?

In 2013, a randomly sampled, open medical study was designed and divided into two groups. One group was conducted with 500c.c. Coffee enema, one group is drinking 180c.c. Coffee was cross-exchanged 10 days later, that is to say, those who used enema became coffee, and those who drank coffee became enema. It was found that as long as the subjects were treated with coffee enema, the caffeine content in their blood was much lower than 3.5 times that when drinking coffee, so it can be known that the intestine is not the natural physiological function of coffee absorption.

The metabolism doctor said: coffee enema is incomprehensible.

Huang Junwei, a serving metabolic doctor, said in an interview that the doctor's story was a regrettable misdemonstration. The most incomprehensible thing about the other person's diet or detoxification therapy is coffee enema. The intestinal absorption of nutrients lies in the small intestine, the large intestine only has water and part of the nutrient absorption, the intestine does not have the function of detoxification, enema can only assist in defecation.

Huang Junwei said that some people with long-term constipation have to rely on enema to defecate. Under normal use and when the body's immunity is normal, enema will not cause harm. However, because the intestinal mucosa is not as strong as the skin, and there are many bacteria on the surface of the large intestine, maintaining a variety of flora balance in the body, if you give too much pressure to the lumen during the enema and squeeze the bacteria into the blood, infection may occur. Some infection physicians suspect that the doctor's liver abscess may be related to coffee enema.

Some people who advocate ketogenic diet may also try other alternative treatments, such as coffee enema, because they are more adventurous. However, there is not much medical evidence for detoxification by coffee enema, and according to the literature, there have been at least 10 cases of intestinal burns caused by coffee enema, which also increase the risk of infection.

As far as the editor is concerned, if you are ill, you have to go to the hospital, and you'd better drink the coffee.