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sl8

(13,949 posts)
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 12:56 PM Jan 2018

Canadian doctors slam Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed coffee enema

Photo from Ars Technica article, https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/gwyneth-paltrows-goop-wants-you-to-start-2018-right-with-a-135-coffee-enema/


Quart Size Implant O’Rama

Article from http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/health/canadian-doctors-gwyneth-paltrow-goop-coffee-enema-1.4479955

Canadian doctors slam Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed coffee enema

'Keep the coffee out of your rectum and in your cup'

The Canadian Press
January 9, 2018

Gwyneth Paltrow's natural lifestyle website Goop, which has been widely criticized for promoting potentially dangerous products based on pseudoscience, is now recommending a do-it-yourself coffee enema to "supercharge your detox."

The $135 US Implant-O-Rama is the latest offering being touted on Goop's website featuring health, fitness and beauty products, which the actress has said she plans to make available to Canadians.

The idea of using coffee as a colonic to detox the bowel and the body has been around for a long time, but it's been widely debunked and there's no scientific evidence to support it, said Tim Caulfield, a health law expert at the University of Alberta and a vocal critic of the culture of celebrity-based health advice.

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Canadian doctors slam Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed coffee enema (Original Post) sl8 Jan 2018 OP
With or without cream? brooklynite Jan 2018 #1
I still can't figure out why she and Chris Martin are no longer together. kysrsoze Jan 2018 #2
If you go to Starbucks you're taking it up the ass already. NightWatcher Jan 2018 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Orrex Jan 2018 #4
Well that would certainly perk me up marylandblue Jan 2018 #5
Churning the butt coffee ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #6
Avoid sugar cubes underpants Jan 2018 #7
Gwyneth Paltrow proved you don't have to be smart to be an actress... snooper2 Jan 2018 #8
Jenny Mccarthy Mendocino Jan 2018 #10
She proved that you don't have to be smart to be a Playboy Playmate. FSogol Jan 2018 #11
The inevitable McDonalds hot coffee lawsuit will be epic. nt Codeine Jan 2018 #9
I imagine that would make one pretty hyper Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #12

Response to NightWatcher (Reply #3)

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. Churning the butt coffee
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 01:22 PM
Jan 2018

I have a friend who uses the phrase "Churning the butt coffee" to mean he needs to take a dump. This takes that phrase to a whole new level!

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
8. Gwyneth Paltrow proved you don't have to be smart to be an actress...
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 02:27 PM
Jan 2018

Ben Carson proved you don't have to be smart to be a brain surgeon...


We need to start holding a different class of people up to admire. Like maybe folks who work at NOAA or something

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