Ack! A Tapeworm diet! Seriously?

[Nelly]

I was looking up diets today and I came across the Tapeworm Diet...has anyone ever heard of this madness before???? Can you imagine giving yourself a tapeworm to lose weight...I mean actually voluntarily putting a parasite in your body!!! Oh I'm so grossed out by this!

[Beth]

...please tell me that this is just some kind of hoax and not a real diet. I don't even want to check for it online in case I find out it's actually real. Ugh.

[tara]

All I can say is ew...and yes, this diet does exist.

[brightstar]

This diet does exist and usually involves swallowing capsules containing parasite eggs that will live and grow in your digestive track where they will eat some of your food. Some people think that this will help to lead to weight loss, but the reality is that a tapeworm steals more than food. It takes your body's nutrients too and as it grows it can lead to serious health problems, and can be dangerous to remove/pass as some can grow up to 30 ft in length!

Also, you should know that while this diet has existed for over a century, it is illegal in the U.S.

[Nelly]

This diet does exist and usually involves swallowing capsules containing parasite eggs that will live and grow in your digestive track where they will eat some of your food. Some people think that this will help to lead to weight loss, but the reality is that a tapeworm steals more than food. It takes your body's nutrients too and as it grows it can lead to serious health problems, and can be dangerous to remove/pass as some can grow up to 30 ft in length!

Also, you should know that while this diet has existed for over a century, it is illegal in the U.S.

Oh....that just makes me feel so upset. Is there any length people won't go to lose weight? I get that people are always looking for the easy way out but if you've reached this point wouldn't you seriously give your head a shake a realize you've just got to bite the bullet and change your lifestyle habits and adopt a new eating and exercise strategy? How crazy do you have to be to want to opt for swallowing a parasite instead of employing good old fashioned common sense???

[speeddemon]

Oh....that just makes me feel so upset. Is there any length people won't go to lose weight? I get that people are always looking for the easy way out but if you've reached this point wouldn't you seriously give your head a shake a realize you've just got to bite the bullet and change your lifestyle habits and adopt a new eating and exercise strategy? How crazy do you have to be to want to opt for swallowing a parasite instead of employing good old fashioned common sense???

Common sense? Nelly, you can't possibly tell me you don't know at least one person in your life who wouldn't consider trying an extreme diet like this? This stuff exists because there are people crazy/desperate enough to do it.

[Nelly]

Common sense? Nelly, you can't possibly tell me you don't know at least one person in your life who wouldn't consider trying an extreme diet like this? This stuff exists because there are people crazy/desperate enough to do it.

Hahaha! When you put it like that Speeddemon...true, very true