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Vintage Weight Loss: Sanitized Tapeworms

In the early 1900s a "nutrient absorption" product appeared. Call it an early version of Xenical...

"No diet, no baths, no exercise. FAT - the enemy that is shortening your life - BANISHED. How? With sanitized tapeworms - jar-packed"

No baths? What?


The product appears to be legitimate and was referenced in a 1999 diabetes journal (PDF)

Approaches to decreasing nutrient absorption date from the early 1900s, when diet treatment with “sanitized tapeworms” was widely advertised.

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Chloe
Amy said:
Women used to douche with LYSOL in the 1920's too!
The FDA and Surgion General couldn't let these products back on the market. To find out more about Lysol search Lysol for feminine hygiene, there are a ton of sites on it...... really weird![...]

woah.

ouch.

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Libby Juice

Scientists are looking at parasites to treat allergic conditions such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.

It is one of a range of issues to be examined by 2,000 delegates from 88 countries at the six-day conference on parasitology and tropical disease.

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Libby Juice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5252370.stm

Libby Juice said:
Scientists are looking at parasites to treat allergic conditions such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.[...]

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Tray

If I set aside my initial repulsion I'm pretty sure I would prefer a medically supervised course of treatment that included a tapeworm to a lap band and more so a gastric bypass. Presumably, it would be less painful and less dangerous. (Anybody else watch Big Medicine?) I'm wondering if there's information about a tapeworm's effects on diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.

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nancy

where do you buy the tape worm pills ...i will do it

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nancy
nancy said:
where do you buy the tape wormpills ...i will do it[...]
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kandice

i am on this site looking to see if i can buy tapeworm...yeah it sounds nasty, but heck yes, lose weight AND eat all the crap i want!!!! ok!!!!!!!!! sign me up!!

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A Jackson

I would just like to say, that our world has become way to sanitized lol.

I think we probably DO have worms, at least some and it's a little naive to think we don't lol.

That being said, where do you get one lol.

I personally am ok with being a little fat, doesn't bother me.

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jenna

so would you just swallow the apeworm whole?would it be big enough to see?gross

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sammy

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sammy

;0

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lilli

Hi where can i buy these miracle tape worm pills, and do they really work???

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Gemma

Well, my view of it is that Allah gave you a situation, and tests you on it. He blesses you, and he can also curse you. If you are poor, then you are more eco friendly, and you know allot about the environment and how to keep safe. You are kind hearted. If you are rich, you are more inclined to get greedy for more items or money, simple as that :) (im not saying that all rich people are mean!!) no way do you choose to live like that, but there are sometimes opertunities to choose a lifestyle(not always). I prefer being middle class over being rich.

I think tapworms are gross, but as an alternate medicine, id give anything eco a go!! herbal medicines.. ect. im fed up with market& media producing things and expecting us to pay so much for it!!!! If only their mone-making scemes did us some good. hence the word "money making sceme" pfft. its so impossible!!! but beauty treatments are good! mud bath, steam bath, plastic wrap.. w/e, we all should stick to enviromentaly friendly options, otherwise we will end up with no air left to breath.. even end up with POISON air and water!! so sad! :( i just dont understand why everyone is "just starting to change" its like they are saying:"ok scru the world, lets wait till ur all buried in poision before we make a real effort to change".. maybe they didnt have enough campaignes??.

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Jess

Tape worms are sometimes used as an alternative medicine for people with Crohn's Disease or other bowel diseases. This is because it is believed that the immune system will start fighting the worm instead of the person's digestive system and will reduce inflammation.
My friend suffers from Crohn's and he has considered taking it.
Personally, I would be interested in trying it, so long as I could get it removed if anything went wrong. I've always been interested in trying out alternative medicine.

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Jess

Also, do the worms eat your food or your fat? Or both? I'm interested to know exactly how it works... i'm going to research it now..

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cmac

(echoing previous comments...)

More than the fact that there are ppl who would purchase this, there's actually probably nothing wrong with the idea of using tapeworms to steal a portion of your caloric intake, and certainly less costly and with fewer risks, complications, and lifelong consequences than modern bariatric surgery. Just host the tapeworm long enough to lose some fat (you probably won't actually lose much weight, as the tape worm is growing inside of you), then just kill the tapeworm. Use appropriate dietary supplementation to avoid the specific micronutrient deficits that might be caused by the worm. Believe me, this is a lot safer than surgery.

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Love Chub

So.... Did anyone actually find out where to get one??? and if so... WHERE!!!???

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Token Fat Friend

Hi Love Chubb...I googled "tape worm weight loss" the other day, and you can get them on purpose in Mexico for a mere $1200. Pretty gross, but something involving swallowing a cyst that is taken from beef cattle. You can't legally get them on purpose in the US. I would rather just eat a lot of sushi and rare meat and try to get them on "accident". Try the same Google I did, I'm sure it will pop up. Also says something like "all-natural weight loss" on the site. Gives explicit info on how they curate them and everything. Pretty gross, but whatever works...

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Token Fat Friend

One of my "chunky" friends started losing a lot of weight really quickly, and she hadn't changed anything she was doing. After about 4 months, and losing somewhere around 30 pounds and already looking GREAT, she was STILL losing. She got worried it could be something serious (cancer, thyroid, etc.), so she went to the doc and found out she had worms. (A relief when you think about what the alternative could be.) I wish I had eaten at the same place she did where she got them from. They are gone now, and she looks absolutely amazing, and has maintained her weight for over 6 months. (Still grossed out a little about the worms, but they got the job done.)

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emmie

Stop eatting at Mcdonald's and eat healthy, eat small ammounts instead of stretching your stomach out, and exercise~arobics and working out! I rather live healthy than try to avoid the real reason I gain weight. WHO would be stupid enough to eat worms and think it's the answer to losing weight???

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Jess

Some people can not do aerobic exercise or cardio due to osteoarthritis or other ailments. Having said that, if you already are unfortunate enough to have an extremely slow metabolism, and can not physically exercise, are you just suppose to starve and never eat to stay thin? I don't think so!

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Pilicious

I think this is an awesome business opportunity. If you could find a way to genetically alter these tape worms, I.E. limit the size they can grow to, make them sterile (inability to reproduce), and possibly how long their life span was. Then offer a de-worming treatment all in one package you could become filthy rich!

I think that $1200 bucks is a bit pricey to purposefully give someone worms though. Make it a $20....err wait, $19.99 and you could CRUSH the weight loss industry (not that the FDA would EVER let that happen). And you would get crazy amounts of satisfied customers returning once they killed the worm and started getting fat again!

People say this is gross and unhealthy. Honestly, is any of that crap they sell on TV REALLY healthy for you? Not that the fatties give two shits about being healthy anyways right?

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Ryan

I WOULD BUY THIS PRODUCT TODAY! SURE BEATS CRYSTAL METH!

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kathleen rogers

do you know where i can get a live tapeworm and/or tapeworm eggs?

any help would be greatly apprecieated.appreciated.
redballoonkr@gmail.com

thanks.
kathleen

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SirLaffalot

Sure fire way to get rid of a tapeworm:

Every day for five days stick peeled, hard-boiled egg up your butt along with a cookie. On the sixth day only stick the egg in your bunghole. When the tapeworm sticks his head out looking for the cookie, grab him and pull him out!

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dontdoit

its a real nice idea coz the adult worms are pretty much harmless however the eggs are not, freshly hatched larve can leave the intestine and make cysts on your lungs and liver ect.
which can be fatal... shame

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jake

i had tape worms every summer as a kid with no ill health. graduated high school at 155 lbs now weigh 198 and would love to get some tape worms to loose weight.

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Tessa

I would totally buy that!! Omg, I want a tapeworm.

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missy

well i got it and i lost over 45 pounds in 2moths so i feel great got a pill to get ried of it and i'm great

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Marion

Where did you get it from?

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Linda

Where did you get it?

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AJMGAL

This actually does work. a friend of mine uses it and she eats like 2,500 calories a day and shes HELLA skinny

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gwhitcomb

I have tried many different diets, some safe and sane and some were just fads. This can't be anymore unsafe than 90% diets out there today. If I knew how to get fish tapeworm pills I would surely try it. The availability of this in other countries is tempting me to make the trip. Would I buy this product...absolutely. After age 50 diet and exercise work less and less with more and more effort. I don't enjoy diets or exercise to make it my primary goal in life. I want simple and effective with a reasonable risk. It's certainly safer than bariatric surgery!

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dirtyweasel

there are some worms that end up in your brain and you can get them along with tapeworms. i'll pass.

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