You can’t wriggle your way out of obesity.
Doctors on YouTube have warned viewers that tapeworm egg pills are being sold on the dark web as a quick-fix weight loss solution — putting consumers at risk of serious illness and potentially death.
The parasites are known to make a home in the human gut after their eggs are unwittingly consumed via undercooked meat products, with some that can grow up to 30 feet long while munching on their host’s post-chewed meals, thus triggering weight loss. The bizarre practice of ingesting tapeworm eggs for weight loss goes back to at least the Victorian era, though it’s unclear how commonly the method was used.
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