Tapeworms Instead of Liposuction?

Zeus, I mean Poseidon (Zeus now wishes for me to refer to him as Poseidon in my posts...we'll see how long I keep that up), and I were talking about tapeworms the other night.  I think he brought the subject up because I can't imagine why I would.  He had some medical fact or something he had read about involving tapeworms and wanted to share, so I listened.  I then started down my own warped path of thinking, and I had an "aha" moment, though I'm sure I can't be the first person who has thought of this.

Why can't we ingest tapeworms instead of having liposuction or spending so much time at the gym?  I'm being serious in a weird way, because I'm curious, mostly.  Liposuction is costly and there are dangers associated with it (ok, I suppose there are dangers associated with tapeworms also), and then there is the painful recovery process.  Seriously, I've watched enough episodes on the Discovery Health Channel to know what is involved in the liposuction process, and the recovery does not look pretty.

What about a tapeworm doing the work for us?  Isn't it more natural?  It's a living organism that has to eat anyway, so why not let it eat the food for us until we reach our ideal weight?  All you have to do is drink some infested water or, even easier, eat undercooked or raw fish, pork or beef.  Maybe my next sushi outing will result in a tapeworm.

Listen folks, I'm not really suggesting you go out and eat raw meat or chug a tall cold glass of dirty water, so please don't do that.  I'm just curious.  Poseidon brought it up and I'm merely thinking out loud.  By the way, has anyone reading ever had a tapeworm?  OK, I'm off to they gym.  I hear there is a new smoothie store going in next door to the gym.  I'm going to ask them where their water comes from.

--Fortuitous Observer

Comments

[Becky]

Thank you for causing me to go on a wild web search about this topic. It was so pleasant.

[Fortuitous Observer]

I know, I know, I apologize. I did the same thing, searching on Youtube. It was horrifying, yet fascinating in a sick sort of way!