FAT, STUPID, AND EATING TAPEWORMS IS NO WAY TO GO THROUGH LIFE

You wouldn’t think you’d have to warn people not to eat parasitic worms in order to lose weight... but you’d be wrong. Hong Kong health officials were forced to put out just such a warning last week after products containing worm eggs were being promoted as a diet aid on a commercial website. Rather than help you lose weight, the health department warned that ingesting parasitic worms would cause pain, vomiting and diarrhea and could prove difficult to get rid of. "Ascaris infestation may also be fatal due to serious complications in human bodies such as intestinal, biliary tract or pancreatic duct obstruction. The worms may invade such organs as the lungs," warned a spokesman. (AFP)