Losing weight may be necessary for a health issue, but what happens when you are looking for lose weight whatever the cost. The result can be very dangerous, and a clear example of this is the tapeworm diet. Have you heard of it? Well, in this article you will find how much is myth and how much reality.
Sometimes it is such an obsession with weight loss, that are not measured the risk of losing weight whatever the cost. Such is the case of “consumption” tapeworm to lose those extra kilos. For years now circulating around the interne supposed diet of the tapeworm, which promises to weight loss without too much sacrifice. While this seemed a myth hard to believe, truth is stranger than fiction.
What is the tapeworm diet?
It’s simple, this diet is to eat this parasite and let it work.
Tapeworm, known scientifically as Taenia saginata, is nothing more than a parasite that lives in the intestine of animals and humans due to ingestion of contaminated food.
Those who suffer from parasites because of a tapeworm, suffer from abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss, among other side effects. This last sign of a possible infestation, is what many people want to achieve, lose weight eating everything but without considering the consequences that brings this practice.
Serious complications can result in tapeworm
- Intestinal obstruction
- Seizures by migration of the worms to the brain.
- Neurological problems.
- Eye problems resulting from migration of the parasite to the eyes.
It is first necessary to clarify that the tapeworm (due to infestation tapeworm) is a disease, not a treatment for weight loss.
The extreme diets are extremely dangerous and play with the health of those who do, especially if it is a parasite swallow in order to lose weight. It is important to put the emphasis on health rather than appearance. Slimming may need to be healthy, but not at any price.
Healthy weight loss is possible, get in touch with your doctor or nutritionist and get diet and physical exercise in a conscious and controlled way.
