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If you swallow a tapeworm egg hoping for
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an easy weight loss trick, you are
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making a dangerous mistake. Some people
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believe these parasites will quietly eat
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your extra food and magically melt your
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fat away. But instead of just nibbling
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at your dinner, the worm actually sinks
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razor-sharp hooks directly into your
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intestinal wall. As it aggressively
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steals your vital nutrients, your body
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gets hit with severe malnutrition and
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crippling abdominal cramps. The creature
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does not stay small and can rapidly grow
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up to 30 ft long right inside your gut.
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It then starts releasing thousands of
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tiny eggs that can directly into your
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bloodstream. If these rogue eggs travel
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up to your brain, they form dangerous
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cysts that trigger sudden seizures. You
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will not just lose a few pounds. Your
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organs will slowly starve as the
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parasite drains your energy. To survive
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this massive invader, doctors must use
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heavy drugs to paralyze the worm so your
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body can finally flush it out.
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Ultimately, trying to lose weight with a
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tapeworm does not give you a dream body.
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It just turns you into a living host.
