Tapeworm Diet: Using Beef Tapeworms in Humans
It is undeniable that people will resort to extreme measures in a desperate attempt to shed those extra pounds, but ingesting tapeworms in order to lose weight is not only a radical fad diet method but also an extremely dangerous one.
Thankfully the use of tapeworms as a diet aid is illegal in the US and for good reason.
Tapeworm infestation can result in:
- The formation of cysts in the liver, eyes, brain, and spinal cord with potentially lethal consequences.
- Intestinal Blockages
- Malnutrition
Safer Alternatives
Medifast- For those with over 50 pounds to lose.
Fat Loss Factor- Successful with those that have failed with many other plans.
Weight Watchers 360- Has the best track record for long term, safe weightloss.
Tapeworm Diet Basics
Although it is not possible to attempt the Tapeworm diet in most countries, it is being offered at some places in Mexico. When you arrive at the treatment location you are given beef tapeworm cysts that have been identified microscopically. This is vitally important because some cows may host pig tapeworms, which are very dangerous.
The tapeworm interferes with your digestion and absorption of nutrients, which means that you can consume more calories and still lose weight. However the parasite also competes for vitamins and other important nutrients, which may result in a nutritional deficiency.
According to some scientists, tapeworm infestation can result in a loss of one to two pounds per week. Once the target weight loss is reached, an deworming agent is given, which kills the tapeworm so it can be expelled.
Costs and Expenses
It appears that the treatment is only available in Mexico at the time of this review and the approximate cost is $1500.
Pros of the Tapeworm Diet
- Weight loss is very likely.
- Some scientists believe that tapeworms can also help to alleviate allergies such as hay fever.
Dangers
- Extremely dangerous, can cause unpleasant side effects and in some cases can be lethal.
- Does not appear to be adequate protection for consumers in regard to regulation and safety analysis.
- Rebound weight gain is most likely once the tapeworm is expelled.
- Tapeworms can cause a swollen stomach which is not physically attractive and goes against the desired result.
- Not available in most countries.
- Treatment is expensive and will also need to include travel expenses.
An Extremely Risky Weight Loss Approach
It goes without saying that the Tapeworm Diet is extremely risky and can cause a wide rage of undesirable side effects including death. In addition to this, dieters will probably regain all the weight that is lost if they continue with the same eating habits after the tapeworm is expelled.
Dieters are advised to stick with proven weight loss methods such as consuming less calories and increasing physical activity, rather than risking their lives with a technique that is harmful and unlikely to yield positive long term results by trying the tapeworm diet.
This diet is dangerous and is not recommended!
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So are beef taperworm the same as human taperworm or not ?
I tried it. And I am going to die!!!!
As horrible and as gross as it sounds….I would totally do it if someone can get for me! Hell. I’ll take it on the talk show, and Ill even do a return segment to show results! (Unless I end up in the hospital, then we will have to do the talk show from my hospital bed!) But seriously… I am all for trying anything once! I can’t wait til’ I get my hands on some tapeworm!
I find it strange that people would actually do this diet. I’m overweight.. BUT I am trying to lose weight the healthy way, not some bad diet way.. I am sure it’ll work better than this diet.
Why……..Are people born lacking common sense
Naw….These things are delicious!!! Who wouldn’t want such a tasty breakfast to start their day?
i think this diet is stupid! Why would you ever eat a worm to lose weight! Nobody!! Is that desperate to lose weight!!!
Yes a lot of models do it.. where do you get the worm from?
So what if you went to a country with the tape worm diet legally, and you bought it, (understanding the side effects) what if you were in the hospital for the whole process would’nt they be able to make sure those side effects to would’nt happen, or at least made sure it did’nt kill you? Like, could they? [PLEASE REPLY]
though yo umay be in a hospital, they wouldn’t be able to prevent side effects, they are inevitable, and they may be able to keep you from dying, but as mentioned above it would be a hefty $1500 for the worm itself, than they expenses of the hospital would be massive. go for a walk everyday and eat some salad… wwaayyy easier, more effective, and very cheap… this diet is literally, similar to poisoning yourself, completely unhealthy, and doesnt even work, its incredible hearing people even consider blowing out thier assholes ( one side effect) to get skinny…. sad really
Really????It can still kill you. thats distgusting
No, they could not. Tapeworm larve are microscopic so there would be no way they could detect if the larve were embedding in muscle tissue. Some advertise that they use steril non-reproductive worms, but this would be next to impossible to verify. There are a million other better ways to lose weight.
What has always worked best for me is cutting on carbs while eliminating any processed or fast foods, and especially eliminating high fructose corn syrup and any hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils… read the labels on every single thing you eat. Most peanut butter especially will make you fat because it contains hydrogenated oil.
I can cut weight soooo quickly when I go on a baked chicken legs diet. Leg quarters are $0.88/lb, and if you season them with salt garlic and paprika, then bake them for 90 minutes on 350 F… delicious
The use of tapeworms as diet aid is illegal
Tapeworms do not lay eggs. Tapeworms belong to the class of segmented worms.They reproduce by breaking off segments which grow into a new parasite. A tapeworm segment looks like a little square flattened white thing.
Wrong, better go back and study your biology again. Tapeworms are flatworms and the reproduce sexually by producing eggs or asexually by fragmentation and then growing into a new worm. The eggs hatch into larve that enter the blood stream and then form a cyst in muscle tissue.
Being obese is a serious issue,trying and failing to lose weight is a natural response of our body, but seriously swallowing parasite is mortal…i hav heard Big on beauty..but parasite in stomach to get slim…? i strongly decline this diet.
i agree:)
One of my deepest fears is being infested by a tapeworm. I am horrified of the concept of having such a monstrocity in my gut. That some people consume a tapeworm intentionally is just unthinkable.
guys i did this tapworm diet i few years ago and it worked out good for me i purchased some tapeworm worm fat begone diet pills and 3 weeks later i lost a lot of weight i went to my doctor he gave me some pills and just like that it was gone i had to learn how to maintain a diet and eat right but im thin and great so i c nothing wrong with this
where do you live how did you obtain it what is it called after you lost what you wanted who and what did they give you to get rid of them could you please email me regular way and not thru this site and is this for real
Hi Stacia, I wanted to let you know that emails aren’t shared or published on this website. We would greatly discourage you from trying this type of weight loss method. We have reviewed many safe and effective methods on our site, and we would encourage you to try one of those… Here’s an inspiring story from someone who lost a lot of weight in a healthy way. http://www.diet-blog.com/13/theresa-lost-267-pounds-and-changed-her-life.php
can you tell me where you got them…Thanks Miranda
miranda serously this can kill you dont do this, just start exerciseing. One trick is to cut up your food and spread it out on your plate, it tricks the mind into thinking that its alot of food so you will be full faster
This may make you loose weight for a little while but you would most likely gain it all back because your having help for a little while but then your body will see it as an infestation and try and get rid of it. studies also show that this can lead to yo-yo dieting and other health related issues. My Professor at University of Oregon just lead the class in fad diets and this was the one i researched the most. There are other side effects including: it can eat its way to the brain, eat through your stomach which lets the stomach acid through which then the acid eats your other organs which is very lethal ( which i hope is a no brainer). So if your planing on going though with this think twice before you do. Just saying. Not being mean or anything just giving you the facts.
I think that everyone needs to stop judging.
We are all adults, right? Adults have the right to make their own choices.
For the people who want this treatment, more power to you. You know the risks and the benefits. It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks. They aren’t you, and they most certainly don’t know what you are dealing with.
For the people who are against it… Why are you even commenting? It’s already illegal in the united states, so their no point complaining about that. All you are doing here is making people feel worse about themselves, and their decisions. Does it make you feel better? Oppressing people with your penniless opinions?
Worthless opinions at that. Leave these people alone.
It’s not about judging anyone, it’s about trying to point out to these people and future visitors that this is insane, and you need serious help if you are considering/doing these insane diets.
There’s an immense sense of judgement. It’s exactly the same as telling a smoker that they’re killing their lungs today. 100 years ago no one was sure or even knew how to get lung cancer or mouth cancer or even throat cancer. Today, we know these things are easily contracted by smoking. That’s like saying you can get fat from eating fried food. Duh. We know. But is that gonna stop people from frying food or smoking one after they do? Hell no! So, lay off the criticism. Grown people do what they want 100% of the time. Especially if it effects different people different ways.
Is it any more insane as having part of your stomach stapled? Parts of your digestive system surgically rearranged? Plastic balls placed in your stomach? Large amounts of fat sucked out of your body? Swallowing weird chemicals? Those are all legitimate medical procedures, and have frequent and serious side effects, including death.
what happens when you have a tapeworm does it hurt or something
you’ll feel the tapeworm going in and out of your butthole. it will slither down your leg and throughout your whole body, looking for food. It can also eat part of your organs. Yummy! How wonderful it is to have a living worm that can grow up to 100 feet long tickling my skin, only for me to be unable to scratch it!
no, it just eats half of your fat intake. but it can lay eggs and that would kill you because once those eggs hatch, it might hurt because they would start feeding on your stomach tissue
Don’t judge the person for what they want to do with their body. But I’m doing research on this Tapeworm Diet for my senior chemistry class. And what I’ve come up with so far isn’t good. It’s even illegal in the US. That has to say something to you.
I walk 3 miles a day, I eat six meals carefully measured portions daily, I eat nothing with bleached white flour. My diet is watched over by a trainer and I stick to it like a life line. I am allergic to peanuts and have to avoid so many things. I have been trying to lose weight like this for 1.5 years, I have lost 6 whole pounds eating 900 calories a day. Do not tell me that because I’m fat I’m lazy,I am the mother of 5 kids, do not tell me I’m stupid for not wanting to be fat, do not tell me its my fault that I’m fat. I have spent a lifetime trying to follow your rules. I’m still fat and you still condescend me because of it. You do not know me or my struggles, and you have no place to place your judgements on me. I don’t go around saying I bet she smokes crack she’s so thin. I would never presume to know. How dare you assume my weight is the sum of my intelligence, and character.
Doing a of that for a year and only losing 6 lbs is not normal. Perhaps something is wrong with your thyroid.
Be honest with yourself. If you truly were on a 900 calorie diet, you would be losing an unhealthy amount of weight rapidly. If you eat less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. This is basic physics.
Lying to yourself won’t help anybody. IF YOU CAN’T ADMIT TO YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, HOW CAN YOU EVER RECTIFY IT?
Sounds like me, except that i have not been blessed with a family. Fact is, for some people, thin is just not an option, no matter what we do to try to get there. And you know what? That’s just fine. I’m just as valuable a person as the girl who’s 120 lbs soaking wet. And probably better tempered, having had a lifetime of working to get everything I wanted instead of having it handed to me because I was considered pretty or sexy.
Erika,
Good for you! At least you are doing what you can to lose weight. And congrats on losing a few pounds already! It sounds like you ate well on your way to healthy weight loss. ,Some people such as myself have medical issues that make traditional weight loss difficult. I am about 50 pounds over, and health problems have come with the weight gain. I am about to have my third back surgery, and yesterday suffered my first bout of high blood pressure. I don’t eat a lot, I don’t eat that healthy. I drink 2 cokes a day. And because of some nerve issues and hardware, I am unable to exercise. I am curious about the new weight loss pill, but do not know if I am a candidate. Probably not due to yesterday’s attack of high blood pressure. My thyriod was removed about 8 years ago, and I take meds but I can’t help but wonder if the thyroid (or absence of) is part of my problem. Good luck to you!
Erika,
I completely understand your feelings! I also struggle to balance diet, exercise and serenity time with juggling a family with all that entails. I eat few calories and walk daily, yet my weight makes me feel so out of control. I truly believe our modern food is making us fat.
change needs to happen in the home at the family level
Hi Erika! I work for a medical talk show and we are going to be talking about the pros and cons of this diet. Would love to talk to you about participating. Email me! julie.laplaca@cbs.com
If you are so desperate to lose weight I have a suggestion for you (besides ingesting parasites), eat feces! Feces are how tapeworms spread, and if you are eating pre-masticated food or throwing up and what not (eating poo should help you with the vomitting) then go to the next pile of pig, sheep, cow, or human feces you see, fasten your napkin, and dig in! (OR JUST TRY SOMETHING WITHOUT TAPEWORMS!!!!)
you are the smartest person since einstein, you should have a degree in the science of eating feces.
Why not, if it been watched closly by the specialist.
I work for a medical talk show and we are going to be talking about the pros and cons of this diet. Would love to talk to you about participating. Email me! julie.laplaca@cbs.com
Has anyone ever seen the movie Alien? Stargate maybe? All I need is some tapeworm governing my vote during elections to chose another alien infested leader from the planet tapewormia . . . MUST EAT HAMBURGER!
I really like you sense of humor…LOL!!
You guys are so stupid! You have to be the most stupid person in the world to eat a tape worm to loss weight, buy a stair master or go to the gym and earn your right to loss weight. These fad diets are so full of it and in my eye the tape worm diet is the most ridiculous die of them all. Tape worms are parasites that LAY EGGS! YOU WILL DIE!
This is the most disgusting thing i have ever heard of. Do they actually think people would do this? If you do, that is the most retarted and disgusting thin ever. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW If you do this, you are desperate because that is bad for your health and gross. What is wrong with you people!!!!!!!
Hi, I’m not going to sunction or judge or anything. I don’t know what you’re going through, but I hope before you go ahead with your plans of loosing wait please weigh the consequences carefully. Once it’s done, it’s done. You may be lucky with the results you wished for, but not everybody can be spared the damages and lethal effects. Please don’t get mad. Hope you understand.
This is absolutely disgusting!! Im not sure what is worse, the fact that this is offered by clinics in a “controlled” environment or that people would actually want to do this to themselves. Have some of us really become that delusional that we would risk death to lose 50lbs without having to put in any effort?!?! This is pathetic, rather than eating healthy combined with a short work out to lose weight slowly and safely lets put a PARASITE that might kill us into our body so that we can be lazy and NOT fat. Shame on those that think this is something worth trying.
This diet does have a very high success rate for those who don’t die from it. The danger of things going wrong may turn off a lot of people but some are willing to take the risk.
How selfish of some of you! For your personal, unhealthy, and dangerous weight loss, you’re also willing to put others at the same risk?! I don’t know about the comment regarding them falling out, but tapeworms ARE known to be “contagious”, especially to those who live in the same house as you. SMH. How this even crosses anyone’s mind as a possibility is bizarre.
Listen this diet is lethal even if you manage to safely expel the first tapeworm through your feces chances are it already laid eggs which have probably already spread to the rest of your body which can cause major health issues and can lead to a very slow and painful death have any of you wanting this even seen a tapeworm or been in the OR as the surgeon pulled one out of the intestines of a young girl its not pretty just try proportioned meals with the correct food groups and exercise on a regular basis don’t skip meals it’ll slow down your metabolism and remember there are some people out there who actually want and need to gain weight to be healthy but can’t.
I really want one! I’m not going all the way to Mexico though D:
Hopefully they’ll come to England.
I’m with you pals ! If anyone has a clue where I can buy tapeworms I’ll go for it. and please don’t tell me it’s not safe ! I don’t care ’cause I have tried anything to lose weight with no success ! so spare me the comments please,and if there is a tiny chance for me to be “normal” I’ll try this ! please help !
Anyone who would actually want this is insane. Maybe what you all really need to do is stop and ask yourselves WHY you are so desperate to lose weight in the first place. Is being 10, 20, even 30 pounds overweight really THAT BAD? The whole planet needs to stop being so obsessed with being thin anyway. It’s foolish. The body needs a certain amount of fat to function, let alone be healthy.
And by the way….doctors will tell you that it’s not safe or advisable to lose more than 2 or 3 pounds a week, on the high side, so anyone who’s telling you they lost 20 lbs/mo or more is either doing it wrong or lying to you. At that rate, you’ll waste away to nothing in about 6 mos. Also, the body needs all types of nutrients to be balanced and healthy; removing one from your diet is a bad idea. If you do choose to do a vegan diet, remember you need to get protein from somewhere, unless you want to lose all your muscle along with the fat. And fat is NOT THE ENEMY! Neither are carbohydrates, or sugar. Your body needs them all to live.
Remember, the key is BALANCE. Too much of any one thing is bad.
Hi Lolita! I work for a medical talk show and we are going to be talking about the pros and cons of this diet. Would love to talk to you about participating. Email me! julie.laplaca@cbs.com
I understand your frustration to lose weight, a few years ago I was cleared for bariatric surgery but decided against it at the last minute. It sucked being so heavy that I was no longer a part of life, and I was watching it all from the sidelines!
What has worked for me has been a raw, vegan diet, which was kicked off by doing a fresh fruit and vegetable fast. My energy has increased, my metabolism is faster, and I lose about 20 pounds a month. If you are willing to try anything, they maybe you will be willing to try this. There is alot of support for you from others who are doing this too.
Tape worms are often shed in pieces spontaneously. That means you may have little mini worms that suddenly fall from your rectum and onto the floor. Anyone who is considering this has a screw loose. Get a gastric balloon. Safe, reversible , and effective. Unless the idea of worms dropping from your ass at inopportune times is appealing to you