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THE TAPE WORM DIET. new craze

#1 Postby rainstorm » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:19 am

i heard on the radio that hollywood bigshots are consuming tape worm larvea in a way to lose weight!! BON APPETIT!!
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#2 Postby Miss Mary » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:25 am

Source?

If true, coming from someone who's constantly keeping her 'system' even keel, I don't know why anyone on this earth would elect something so crazy! Same with the colonic washes.

How about plain ole water, good diet and exercise? LOL

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#3 Postby HurricaneGirl » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:51 am

:eek: That's sick! :eek:
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#4 Postby rainstorm » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:41 pm

TAPEWORM DIET SWEEPS HOLLYWOOD!
50-foot parasites are latest weight-loss craze
AP
AMERICA'S celebs have found a new ally in the battle of the bulge: Tapeworms!

The latest fad to strike the diet-crazed citizens of Beverly Hills consists of ingesting larval tapeworms in raw pork, beef, and fish dishes at trendy Los Angeles restaurants.

"You can eat whatever you want and never worry," confides one dieter who claims to have lost 73 pounds in eight days.

"It's like the fad diets, only much, much easier. Plus, I feel like I have my own little diet coach deep down inside."

The parasites lodge themselves into a host's intestines, feeding off the body's food intake and growing up to 50 feet in length -- the bigger they get, the more you lose!

According to biologist Dr. Kurt Honziger of the U.S. National Parasite Board, side effects can include abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation and -- most importantly -- weight loss.

Dieters may also see tapeworm body parts called "proglottids" appearing in their clothing, bedding or feces.

"It's a small price to pay to look great!" says one soap star who prefers to remain anonymous.

"A quick meal of steak tartar and a short incubation period later, and you're in business!"

Fortunately -- unlike pigs or cows -- humans serve as the final hosts for the tapeworms, so dieters won't have to suffer the discomfort of larva burrowing through their intestinal walls into blood vessels to be carried to muscle tissue where the larva form protective capsules around themselves and then develop into bladder worms.

This comes as no small relief to the pricey L.A. restaurants offering specially cultivated, larvarich dishes at extreme prices.

At the exclusive Bitter Grill, for instance, famed chef Hans Bitter serves up a Canadian pike ceviche brimming with Diphyllobothrium latum in an Ecuadorian jalapeno-lime sauce -- for only $145. The waiting list for reservations is three and a half months long.

Will regular consumers ever be able to drop excess pounds with their own pet tapeworms? Thankfully, America's corporate leaders have responded to the challenge.

A new chain of national Tape Measure Weight- Loss Centers is coming soon, promising to provide expert guidance in parasitic implementation at reasonable prices.

Published on: 08/05/2004
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#5 Postby rainstorm » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:43 pm

THEY MAKE NICE PETS TOO!!
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#6 Postby WXBUFFJIM » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:44 pm

They make nice pets, only if you like them.
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#7 Postby alicia-w » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:55 pm

Before or after you swallow them?

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#8 Postby Miss Mary » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:59 pm

Here's the part that gets to me:

rainstorm wrote:TAPEWORM DIET SWEEPS HOLLYWOOD!
50-foot parasites are latest weight-loss craze
AP


According to biologist Dr. Kurt Honziger of the U.S. National Parasite Board, side effects can include abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation and -- most importantly -- weight loss.


"It's a small price to pay to look great!" says one soap star who prefers to remain anonymous.



Yeah - small price to pay!!! Just let me talk to one celeb and they'll try another diet in a heartbeat!!! It's still amazing to me someone would ~elect~ to take this on! Coming from somone who uh, had no say in my struggle after colon cancer. 'Nuff said from me....LOL

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Re: THE TAPE WORM DIET. new craze

#9 Postby kmanWX » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:07 pm

rainstorm wrote:i heard on the radio that hollywood bigshots are consuming tape worm larvea in a way to lose weight!! BON APPETIT!!
I swear i've been loging on to the internet in 3 years and i swear I never come across nothing like this during my searches online nor on TV.
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#10 Postby alicia-w » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:12 pm

I did a search via Google and came back with something on weeklyworldnews.com. But our computer nazis here have a filter that doesnt allow us to see it, so it must be a controversial site of some sort and not a legitimate news agency.
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#11 Postby Brent » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:14 pm

alicia-w wrote:I did a search via Google and came back with something on weeklyworldnews.com. But our computer nazis here have a filter that doesnt allow us to see it, so it must be a controversial site of some sort and not a legitimate news agency.


Weekly World News is that tabloid in the grocery store you see that has the weird headlines. Aliens, person with three hands, two heads, cat that weighs 2,000 pounds.

:lol:
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#12 Postby alicia-w » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:17 pm

ok :roll:
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#13 Postby Brent » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:18 pm

alicia-w wrote:ok :roll:


I was making the point that if that is the source of this article it's likely made up. :wink:
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#14 Postby alicia-w » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:19 pm

i heard ya
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#15 Postby stormraiser » Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:41 pm

This is absolutely repulsive :18:


Obviously, the Weekly World News is a garbage paper. :D
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#16 Postby CaptinCrunch » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:22 pm

:37: :18: :cheese:
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#17 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:39 pm

CaptinCrunch wrote::37: :18: :cheese:


:roflmao:

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#18 Postby blumoon » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:45 pm

......so if they can grow up to 50 feet in length. I saw nothing about diameter. How exactly are these worms removed from the body?
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#19 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:48 pm

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#20 Postby Miss Mary » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:55 pm

Thanks to those that doubted this story! I began to doubt it too, at first I was shocked but now I'm convinced it's made up.

Skipping on to other topics now....I wasted enough time on this topic!

M.
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