The third component of The Gonzalez Protocol,^® and also the most controversial, is detoxification. When cancer cells die, a lot of toxins get released in the body, so it’s important for people with cancer to detoxify themselves. Detoxification is also important during cancer treatment because the body is repairing itself, and a lot of toxins get released during that process.

We are all exposed to thousands of chemicals every day; heavy metals, pesticides, etc. There are thousands of chemicals in our water, air and food, and many of those toxins are stored in our cells, where they remain like a ticking time bomb. In addition, cancer cells produce all kinds of foreign molecules, such as abnormal enzymes and proteins, which are toxic to the cells. Now, when the body repairs itself and tumor tissue is broken down, toxic wastes get released into the bloodstream. The liver and kidneys filter out these toxins, but these organs get overloaded. So I have a series of procedures which I recommend that my patients use to mobilize, neutralize and excrete all of this toxicity out of their bodies.

One of these is the infamous coffee enema, which, paradoxically and ironically, and despite all of the criticism against it, came from conventional medicine. Up until the 1960s, most nursing textbooks recommended them for patients. "The Merck Manual," which is a compendium of orthodox treatments, listed coffee enemas as a treatment up until the 1970s. My understanding is that they were only removed from "The Merck Manual" in future editions due to space constraints.

My eccentric and brilliant mentor, Dr. Kelley, who was a dentist and the first person to revive Dr. Beard’s work, incorporated coffee enemas into his patients’ protocols because they came out of "The Merck Manual" (11th Edition, 1966) and they help the liver to function better, which is also why I incorporate them into my protocol.

In addition, I recommend intestinal cleanses, juicing, skin brushing (which is an old technique used to stimulate lymphatic drainage) as well as other things to assist the detoxification organs with the process of toxin removal. All of these strategies can be done at home, including my five-day liver and intestinal cleanses, and juice fasts. I recommend different detoxification procedures for different metabolic types as some are too alkalinizing for some people. All of these procedures are explained in detail when a new patient starts The Gonzalez Protocol.^®