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The latest coffee trend isn’t one that you’ll find at your nearby cafe.
Coffee enemas are making the rounds on social media, with some wellness influencers claiming the treatment has revolutionized their health.
It’s a practice first introduced nearly a century ago by controversial physician Max Gerson, who developed a treatment process featuring coffee enemas that he falsely claimed could cure cancer. It even made its way onto Netflix’s “Apple Cider Vinegar” series earlier this year. One character – loosely based on influencer Jessica Ainscough, who chronicled her alternative cancer treatment with Gerson therapy until her death – experiments with coffee enemas.
“An enema is a way of introducing liquid or medicine through the rectum in order to stimulate the bowel for emptying or to directly treat disease in the rectum or colon,” says gastroenterologist Dr. Brian McGee, MD,. “Regular enemas are safe and have been used at home and in the field of medicine for centuries.”
But do coffee enemas fall under the same category of safety? Here’s what health experts say.
What is a coffee enema?
“This is a popular practice in alternative medicine circles with reported benefits ranging from liver and colon cleanse to improved digestive health by reducing bloating and constipation,” McGee says.
But it’s important to note that “there is no conclusive scientific evidence to support these claims.” In fact, a 2020 systematic review of all coffee enema-related studies was unable to find “any reports on the clinical effectiveness of self-administered coffee enema.” The study did, however, find multiple instances of gastrointestinal-related health issues caused by using coffee enemas.
Does coffee clean out your colon?
Coffee enemas don’t have the medical evidence to back their safety or efficacy, and many of the people online who are pushing the concept throw out trendy wellness buzzwords like “gut health,” “de-bloat” and “detox” without having the proper medical credentials to be offering health advice.
If you’re concerned about potential liver, colon or digestive health issues, step one should be contacting a licensed medical professional who can help you diagnose the issue and work to resolve it from there.
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