The Arizona Republic has raised an interesting question. Is it possible to use tapeworms as a diet aid? Won't the tape worm just sit in your stomach and consume all the extra food you eat, and after a while you can pull out the thing? The basic answer is no. This would not be a good idea. They go into some more details:
While a tapeworm might take in some of the food you do, it would at the same time be taking in a lot of vitamins and other nutrients you need to stay healthy. Do you know what ascites are? A big pool of fluid in your tummy caused by an immune response to something in your guts. Something like a tapeworm. It gives you a big potbelly, which runs kind of counter to the look you might be wishing for. And a tapeworm might not necessarily just set up camp in your innards. It can also cause cysts in your muscles, liver and eyes. Your eyes! So don't you think it might be easier instead to just eat a bit less and exercise a bit more?
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1) The adult tapeworms live in your small intestines and the head stays attached there.
2) They don't 'eat' your food. They're actually feeding on your blood. The reason people and animals loss weight while being infested is by the massive length of the tapeworm blocking the intestines from absorbing the nutrients and calories from the food.
3) The way you get tapeworms is by eating the segments that break off filled with eggs or the eggs.
4) Eating the eggs isn't why they encyst in the muscles or other tissue. It's because the body builds up antibodies against the foriegn object and they have to find other places to go. After antibodies have developed, young larvae (young tapeworms) can move to the blood stream from the intestines and then find a place to encyst. They build a protective barrier (the cyst) to save themselves from the antibodies. These can get many more tapeworms developing inside and if they burst can cause massive problems.
In the end you shouldn't do this. It's extremely dangerous and you can die if not at least get extremely sick and cause permanent damage to your body. I agree with what they said, in the end, is it that difficult to just eat less and exercise more? When the tapeworms come out, which they'll have to or you'll die, you'll just gain the weight back since your body will be in starvation mode and when you actually get the nutrients your body's been lacking it will over use them and you'll most likely gain more weight.
http://www.tapewormdiet.net/
To briefly summarize, the beef (cow) tapeworm is the only "safe" tapeworm. Others can have negative side effects. The problem is the beef tapeworm doesn't exist in the United States.
This idea has been pressed over and over though by the few here who actually know what they're talking about opposed to the vast majority of "tapeworms will kill yew omg omg get off fat ass and lose wait nowwwwzz" poster's.
I myself am neutral on the issue, seeing how I have no issue with weight therefor see no need to take such severe measures.
I can say though that bickering over the internet is not going to change someone's view point on the matter.
Then again, I'm 16 so what do I know right?
I was on the "tape worm diet" and found it to really help. I think people get a little carried away with all the side effects, I believed that you need to control the parasite and start the dose again from start after 8-10 weeks, at least thats what i did. I lost approxiamatley 28 kilogrames or approxiamatley 56 pounds in 2 and 1/2 months. But if you do try it remember the bigger it gets the more harm it can cause.
we can be tape-worm-fabulous together 😊
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😕 WHAT THE CRAP? WHO EATS A TAPEWORM? THATS GROSS AND A DRASTICLY BAD IDEA! IT COULD KILL YOU AND STARVE YOU. WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? I AM A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. I JUST SAW THIS AFTER LOOKING UP TAPEWORMS CUZ I THOUGHT THEY WERE ON MY SHEETS! (but they weren't) AND THEN ME AND MY MOM SAW SOMETHING ABOUT TAPEWORM DIET ON YAHOO ANSWERS. MY MOM IS A NUTRITION INSTRUCTOR. THIS IS REDICULOUS THESE DAYS. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JUST STAYING HEALTHY WITH HEALTHY FOOD AND EXCERSCISE???
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Will someone who has please contact me
Ive done the tape worm diet, it worked for what i needed, and f..... u all that think they can try and tell or rather advise us """" ohhhh noooooo please dont they will kill you """" F U theres medicine to sort out the shyts and im thankfull for it
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Gary
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Angie
i want to try them
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Thankx
Angela
Can you email me somehow on where I can get some please
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Angela
Me thinks using a tapeworm for slimming is excellent and very effective... I
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Angela
P.S. I my self have thought of trying it, don't feel bad but remember what ever you do keep moderation, and safety in mind. Thanks
And also, when you take the pills...what is the pil exactly?
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I do not over eat and live off green tea for breakfast lunch and tea with only lots of vitamins and yet have this rotten weight gain and would love to try this as have researched for 2 years now and would not have one in me for more than a couple of months at a time as do not want 25 foot long disgusting thing to grow that big
Angie
im asian, but do chinese people really eat them everyday?
If cannot get soon will not come on here anymore as what is the point unless you can be contacted with some help.
wow i was shocked at wat i saw Fucking hell its awefull I recomended these worms as i did it and worked I even supplied a few peole them but FUCK that never again . Sick its like an alien from PLUTO many thanks