Tapeworm Diet.. WTF?!

recesq · December 2011

Hey, it's ALL NATURAL! So how bad could it be, really.

Shannoncore · December 2011

you would be surprised how many people have tape works and dont even realize it. (about a third of people with "fast metabolisms"). you can get it from eating pork not properly cooked ( i found out the hard way and never realized it til i started passing sections). they have a few pills that kill it and the eggs and pass them out with the poop ( gross right?!?)

i_love_vinegar · December 2011

supposedly this is quite common among young women in Hong Kong. When underweight is ideal, and a normal weight is frowned upon...desperate measures.

From what I hear, you eat a capsule and it grows a tapeworm in your stomach. When you decide to kill it, you drink heavy sake.

I might be living in Hong Kong next year...I'll be sure to write a review. :blushing:

servilia · December 2011

bump

shasha_84 · December 2011

I am glad I wasn't eating dinner when I watched that. YUCK! Also what they said about the tapeworm being able to be transferred animal to human if not properly cooked or handled, one more reason why I am glad I am vegan!

76tech · December 2011

The tapeworm diet has been around for ages - way before the 70's. The tapeworm diet has been around at least since the early 1900's. Check out this ad from that time:

Awww....come on everybody! They're easy to swallow - and there's no ill effects! What the hell could possibly go wrong?

What surprises me the most is that they didn't rename the "product" Something like "happy belly friends" or something a little less disgusting than "tape worm"

Spliceintuit · December 2011

Oh my gosh, I saw the title of this topic, and I was curious. Eeeek! I watched maybe 2 seconds of it from your link, and had to close it down. That is frightening. I am not going to judge anyone how they want to diet, but I was scared after seeing 2 seconds of the video.