Vintage Weight Loss: Sanitized Tapeworms

Hah, I'll stick to the healthy diet and exercise thanks!

What's sad is that this product could be reintroduced into the market today, and as long as it was fast, effortless weight loss, people would line up to buy it.

Brian

"Fat the enemy that is shortening your life". I wonder if that pun was intended, cos it's funny:)
However, the whole thing is nasty, ick!

so, wait, i'm confused... why wouldn't you have to bathe?

I think that the baths referred by the ad are steam baths.

Hey! We could start that idea again!

staci said:
so, wait, i'm confused... why wouldn't you have to bathe?[...]

I think they mean you don't have to sit in a bath full of [insert early "detox" component]. You see, just like now we have people drinking only maple syrup for days thinking it will help get rid of "toxins" that are making them fat, back then they'd sit in a bath full of herbs and whatnot to get rid of the "toxins" making them fat.

We have Xenical, they had tapeworms, as Jim said. We have maple syrup fasts, they had baths. As the French say, "the more it changes, the more it stays the same".

I like where it says "no ill effects!"

Did you know that the tapeworm's nervous system is advanced enough that they can learn? Admittedly, it's learning not to smash into things that hurt them, but still!

I'm pretty sure I know people who'd buy this product today...
:(

What I like the best is they are *sanitized* tapeworms. Cause god forbid you put a dirty tapeworm in your gut, no siree. You wanna make sure that tapeworm is clean.

"Invite some new friends home for dinner tonight."

...This is too appropriate for me to not share it:
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2852621/channel/comedy

Yes, sorry. Had to. ^^;

Ewwwwwww! I have grossed out by tapeworms ever since my high school biology teacher explained how they used to get rid of them back in the day (they would starve the person for a few days and then hold food up to the mouth until the tapeworm came to get it and then they would pull it out-it still makes me queasy just thinking of her description, which was much more graphic-I'll spare you the gory details!) What I'm wondering is, how did people who bought this lovely parasite get it into their systems...did you just swallow it while it was small? I saw a tapeworm on Oprah the other day, and they can grow up to 30 feet long. I repeat ewwwwwwwwwwww!!

psychsarah said:
Ewwwwwww! I have grossed out by tapeworms ever since my high school biology teacher explained how they used to get rid of them back in the day (they would starve the person for a few days and then hold food up to the mouth until the tapeworm came to get it and then they would pull it out-it still makes me queasy just thinking of her description, wh[...]

And you believed that?
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/vanities/tapeworm.asp

Kailash said:
And you believed that?
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/vanities/tapeworm.asp[...]

Actually, I have seen a tapeworm removed by holding a glass of warm milk at the mouth after a day of fasting so it's not all rumour. While that is probably not the correct medical procedure I know that it does work.

Lose Weight With Me said:
What's sad is that this product could be reintroduced into the market today, and as long as it was fast, effortless weight loss, people would line up to buy it.[...]

so true.