This diet involves ingesting tapeworms. One can get a tapeworm from eating raw meat, eating other foods infested with tapeworms, or being in contact with infected feces. For the purposes of this diet, there are also capsules that one can take that are filled with tapeworm eggs. After ingested, the parasites hatch and grow inside of their host. The tapeworm head attaches to the inner walls of the intestines and absorbs the food and nutrients that the host is digesting, which helps it grow. Tapeworms can grow up to more than 82 feet and live up to about 30 years. The tapeworm diet promotes fast weight loss, but has dangerous consequences. Since the tapeworm feeds off the host’s food and nutrients, this diet can cause malnutrition and vitamin
