Is this a good idea for a diet?

Question

I was thinking that a tape worm, possibly in pill form, could be consumed to lose weight. There would also be a pill to flush them out after the goal weight was acheived. I am not saying this would be a healthy alternative to working out but definately no more dangerous than some of the diets already out there. I am thinking of patenting this idea. The hard part will be getting people to consume the tape worm. People that want it bad enough will do it. Any new ideas or concerns are appreciated.

Answer 1

No, but instead try this for a start, then go on to a healthy lifestyle, well balanced diet and regular exercise. This will work....

BASIC FAT BURNING SOUP

6 large green onions 2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes [crushed] 1/2 bunch of celery
1 large head of cabbage 1 pkg. Lipton onion soup
4 cups of water

Season with 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. curry, 1 Tbsp. parsley, if desired or bouillon or hot sauce. Cut vegetables in small to medium pieces and cover with water. Boil fast for ten minutes. Reduce to simmer and continue cooking until vegetables are tender. This soup can be eaten anytime you are hungry. Eat as much as you want, whenever you want. This soup will not add calories. The more you eat the more you will lose. Fill a thermos in the morning if you will be away during the day. If eaten for indefinite periods you would suffer malnutrition.
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DAY ONE: All fruits except bananas. Cantaloupe and watermelon are lower in calories than most fruits. Eat only the soup and fruits. For drinks; unsweetened tea, cranberry juice, or water.

DAY TWO: All vegetables. Eat until you are stuffed with all the fresh, raw, or canned vegetables. Try to eat green leafy veggies and stay away from dry beans, peas, and corn. Eat along with the soup. At dinner time on this day, reward yourself with a big baked potato and butter. Do not eat any fruits.

DAY THREE: Eat all the soup, fruits, and vegetables you want. Do not have a baked potato. If you have eaten for three days as above, and have not cheated, you will have lost 5 to 7 pounds.

DAY FOUR: Bananas and skim milk. Eat as many as 8 bananas and drink as many glasses of water as you can on this day along with the soup. Bananas are high in calories and carbohydrates and so is the milk, but on this particular day your body will need the potassium and
the carbohydrates, proteins and calcium to lessen your craving for sweets.

DAY FIVE: Beef and tomatoes. You may have 10 to 20 ounces of beef and a can of tomatoes or as many as 6 fresh tomatoes on this day. Try to drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water
this day to wash away the acid in your body. Eat the soup at least once this day.

DAY SIX: Beef and veggies. Eat to your heart's content of the beef and vegetables this day. You can even have two or three steaks if you like with the green leafy vegetables, but no baked potato. be sure and eat the soup.

DAY SEVEN: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables. Again, stuff yourself. Be sure to have the soup at least once today.


At the end of the seventh day, if you have not cheated on the above diet, you will have lost 10 to 17 pounds. If you have lost more than 17 pounds, stay off the diet for two days before resuming again from day one.

This seven day eating plan can be used as often as you like. As a matter of fact, if correctly followed, it will clean your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being as never before.

After only seven days of this process, you will begin to feel lighter by at least 10 and possibly 17 pounds, having an abundance of energy. Continue this plan as long as you wish and feel the difference.

This diet is fast, fat-burning, and the secret is that you will burn more calories than you take in. It will flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being. This diet does not lend itself to drinking any alcoholic beveragesat any time because of the removal of fat build-up in your system. Go off the diet at least 24 hours before any intake of alcohol.

Because everyone's digestive system is different, this diet will affect everyone differently. After day three, you will have more energy than when you began, if you did not cheat. After
being on this diet for several days, you will find your bowel movements have changed. Although you can have black coffee with this diet, you may find that you don't need the caffeine after the third day.

DEFINITE NO-NO'S: Fried foods, bread, alcohol, no carbonated drinks, including diet drinks. stick with water, unsweetened tea, black coffee, unsweetened fruit juices, cranberry juice, and skim milk. If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish or baked chicken {skinless} for the beef on only one of the beef days. You need the high protein in the beef the other day.

The Basic Fat Burning Soup can be eaten anytime you feel hungry. Eat as much as you wish. Remember, the more you eat, the more you will lose. Continue this plan as long as you wish and feel the difference both physically and mentally.

Any prescribed medication will not hurt you on this diet.

Answer 2

You must be joking . . . right ??

If you've done any research at all you would know that tape worms can be very dangerous to one's health, in fact it can kill. Ingesting anything that foreign to the human body is not a good idea. It is doubtful that you could get any kind of patent for this since it is not a safe idea from a health standpoint.

Your idea might be plausable in some third world country but not in the USA. People are carzy and will try just about anything but ingesting a tape worm is in my opinion out of the question. And where would you get the worms ? And how would you produce them in antiseptic condition ? How would you get them in a pill configuration ?

It's my guess your idea is strictly a joke and you're not really serious . . . . I hope.

Answer 3

why not ring worm ?round worm ?u can inject some virus also along with it. and if u want keep some mosquitoes , flies & bed bugs in his room. the person will become so thin that u won't be able to see him. he will vanish.there is no problem finding people . why don't u try on yourself ?u can get the reaction yourself & continue the great research if u r still alive.after the experimant. good luck. pl let us know the result of yout research.(if u r still alive after the experiment )

Answer 4

I think the Somalian diet is really the best way to shed pounds. Just throw out your refrigerator and give all your money to a charity or something. By the time your next paycheck rolls around and you can buy food again, you've reached your target weight...or died; and dying is really a way to stop gaining weight.

Answer 5

Well, I don't think it's a good 'diet' idea.. tapeworms are unhealthy.. they don't just make you lose weight, they make you sick. They take all the nutrients your body needs and you don't get anything.. that's not healthy and no one would go for that.

Answer 6

They used to do that in Europe in the 17th century. No new ideas under the sun.

Answer 7

I think its a bad idea they should just work out or eat less! If they want it that bad then they will get surgery!

Answer 8

Sorry, man, but it's already been done! And it's VERY dangerous!

Answer 9

have you considered smoking tobacco, drugs or even unprotected sex with a HIV +ive person ???

No i think it is a nutty idea

Answer 10

who cares what you look like life is too short too care about that