Through the movie I was thinking of Steve Jobs getting coffee enemas and healing crystals instead of his chemotherapy .-- talk ) 17 : 53, 4 February 2015 ( UTC)
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Some proponents of alternative medicine have claimed that coffee enemas have an anti-cancer effect by " detoxifying " metabolic products of tumors but there is no medical scientific evidence to support this.
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The former patient had been diagnosed with uterine cancer but " Gonzalez discouraged her from following through on her cancer specialist's advice, instead recommending dietary supplements and frequent coffee enemas ".
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For now, though, don't look for university researchers to give coffee enemas or pass magnets over their subjects'injuries, therapies still considered on the outskirts, even of alternative medicine.
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The theory is that gallons of water pumped into the large intestine during a colonic release poisons; and that coffee enemas held for roughly 15 minutes stimulate the liver and gall bladder to discharge bile.
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Customers of his business, The Better Way Health Food Store in Andrews, said he is helpful and pleasant, although some of his recommendations, such as coffee enemas to purge the body, are unorthodox.
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Web sites include those sponsored by responsible groups like the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association as well as ones run by purveyors of herbs and supplements or of unproven treatments like coffee enemas for cancer.
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Indeed, at meetings in Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, alternative practitioners _ including a controversial cancer doctor who has faced scrutiny for pushing coffee enemas and pancreatic enzymes _ have touted untested remedies and begged for funds.
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A review article from the " Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology " is cited that notes the clinical efficacy of coffee enemas has not been proven and the therapy is associated with severe adverse effects previously described in a few case reports.
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There, the 32-year-old, 5-foot-5-inch player did " detoxification " treatment, a standard alternative practice involving colonics, coffee enemas and juice diets, that seeks to cleanse the body of toxins.
