Tapeworm Diet
This dangerous parasite is banned in the U.S.
BACKGROUND
Eating cabbage soup for two weeks. Exercising three times day. Drinking water with lemon juice and cayenne pepper for 10 days. We can all admit to going to great lengths, even if just once, to lose those unwanted pounds. But the Tapeworm Diet has to get as extreme and desperate as the world of dieting tricks and methods come. The good news is that importing or selling tapeworms in the U.S. is illegal. Tapeworms though, do occur in undercooked beef or raw meat dishes which are prone to contamination.
So what does a tapeworm in your gut actually do? It secretes proteins in our intestinal tract that make our digestion of food much less efficient. A less efficient digestive systems means that you can consume more calories through your food since your "body guest" is also noshing on them for his own growth purposes. Some scientists estimate that those infected with a single tapeworm can lose up to one or two pounds each week. Certain tapeworms can be downright lethal like a pork tapeworm, but for beef tapeworms, you can clear up an infection by taking a dose of antibiotics.
Some diet gimmicks have created tapeworm pills but since then the FDA has intervened and banned these unsubstantiated and dangerous products.
PRO
- Weight loss is pretty much guaranteed
- A scientist in Japan believes that tapeworms can also help clear up allergies like hay fever
CON
- Can be deadly
- Banned by the FDA
- Medical intervention may be needed to get rid of the tapeworm
- There are side effects to having a tapeworm
- Can't purchase or import one
- Once you get rid of the tapeworm, you risk putting weight back if you continue eating like you have a tapeworm
DIET and NUTRITION
The Tapeworm Diet is anything but a diet. Since a sizable percentage of what you eat goes to the tapeworm, it's a virtual dieter's dream: eat whatever you want and lose weight. Taking extra vitamins during an infection might help to prevent the massive nutrient loss. Following an infection, all those lost pounds can be easily put back on if you don't follow a healthy eating plan for just you and not your parasite.
TREATMENT
Treatment for getting rid of a tapeworm varies from grotesque to the less grotesque. A strong course of antibiotics is prescribed to get rid of the tapeworm.
CONCLUSION
Let us truly be thankful for the great strides in the hygienic practices of our farms and slaughterhouses and in our water supply. Even though our bodies have evolutionarily become used to being hosts to a myriad of parasites, our modern day ways have no doubt helped us to stay healthier and live longer. Voluntarily ingesting a tapeworm to lose weight is legally a difficult thing to pull off, not to mention dangerous. Your safer and less uncomfortable way to shed some pounds is probably heeding the advice of science and research: Consume less calories and stay active. Needless to say, this is one approach to weight loss that is not smart nor safe and should not be persued by anyone.
Common Misspellings
tapworm, tapewrom, taipworm, tapewerm, tapeworm's diet, tape worm diet, tape worm
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Worked for me~
ok iv heard all the crap i need to from the lovely people that like to come on this site and worn us but im sorry to say i have done ythe research and i want to try this thing.
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I will love to try it,, i believe it's gross but i really want to do something very effective and i do know for sure that it works because i have met people who have them and lose lots of weigh but these people didnt meant to have it,, so if anyone know how and where i can get one,, hit me back im even going to leave my email here...
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You have feet go run your butt off. Put down the cheeseburger and just go for a fricken walk. Your all crazy if you would do something that stupid!
I would love to try this diet... the legal issues aren't relevant... what are they going to do? cut you open to see if you injested a worm? Anyway... this would be the perfect diet. combined with excersize???!!! Muscle without waiting for the weight loss!!!
Wow, I've heard of this but I always thought it was a lie. People do way more outrageous things...tape worms aren't as crazy as someone splitting open your belly and chopping away half your stomache. i'm interested in this "diet", purely for educational reasons. . . :)
Un-freakin-believable! This is absolutely disgusting! And degrading to the human body to do something like this intentionally. I think it has got to be one of the nastiest things I've ever heard someone use just to try to lose weight. I am absolutely disturbed by this. Gross.
I own an alpaca farm, and I don't think it would be right to hurt animals because these here alpaca's are my heart! I weigh over 346lbs. and have tryed all kinds of diets, if this one works please help me because I only have enough money to get by...
want to try it
i like the idea of this,, i dont think i wud evar have the guts tooh do it, as i just excersise and eat healthy and dnt need to lose any weigh but i think its a fab idea for those who are over weight, defo seams worth it, good luck guyz xx
all I have to say is hahahahahahahaha!
I wish I could get hold of a tapeworm. Think about the benefits. weigh lose, managing your eating habits, great US meds to get rid of it. then the benefits of healthy lifestyle and low cholesterol.
hey everyone..im currently doing a research on tapeworm diet. it'd be really helpful if anyone who had taking this diet could tell me their experiences, do email me . it sounds gross, but we never really know the real thing, rite?
Are people CRAZY!? I googled this subject in order to write a short paper on parasitic flatworms and diseases it can cause in people. I have been studying these things for quite a while and cannot comprehend how DESPERATE people can be. Thanks for some great info though.
That is so gross. I run a sheep ranch and have seen many a tapeworm expelled after the sheep are wormed and that just is not something I want growing inside me. concernedelectron is right too, antibiotics won't kill the worms. You have to take a dewormer for that, but it takes a hefty dose to kill tapeworms. Not to mention, should you injest the worms at the wrong stage of development, they travel to your brain instead of your intestines. where they proceed to give you massive headaches for a while, and then eventually kill you. Guess they didn't tell you about that down in Brazil eh? It's a rather common form of death down in Central and South America, generally from eating meat tainted with feces.
Wow that's crazy! So the tapeworm diet worked for you?!?!Did you get sick at all? I have been curious to know if it ever worked for anyone. Hardly anyone knows anything about it.
I did this diet, I had to travel to brazil and watch them slaughter an infected cow, it cost me 1670.00 they then took the worm pods and cleansed them and out them under some irradiated light. Game me some pilles to kill the worm after 90 days and I came back to the states. I dropped from 300 lbs to 190 in 90 days. The worm died and I started a regular excersize regime and have stayed at 190 lbs for three years.
Yes, I need to lose weight, but not badly enough to ingest a tapeworm!! Has anyone ever heard of eating right and exercise? That works just as well without the pesky parasite.
Some misinformation here. Weight loss is not guaranteed. Antibiotics do not kill tapeworms. Legal issues are more complicated than presented. Otherwise, pretty good.
People are so friggin unwilling to just stop being such a fat and get off the couch! Instead they put deadly worms in their bellies!
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