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And it seems to be affecting men disproportionately as one in 20 said they’ve used the worms to slim down. Usually, people trying the tapeworm diet will swallow a pill with a tapeworm egg inside.

And it seems to be affecting men disproportionately as one in 20 said they’ve used the worms to slim down. Usually, people trying the tapeworm diet will swallow a pill with a tapeworm egg inside.

The tapeworm diet originates from the Victorian era. It involves swallowing a pill that has a tapeworm egg, so you give yourself a tapeworm infection.