Hidden Epidemic:  Tapeworms Living Inside People's Brains

It seems like undercooked pork can give you the larvae and the tapeworm, which seem to stay in your intestines. But it is swallowing an EGG that causes the brain infection (and elsewhere I imagine). And it seems that the only way to swallow an egg is from a human’s unclean hands or fece’s contaminated food (ANY kind of food).

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The EGGS are shed in the infected PERSONS’s feces....When the parasite EGGSs reach a pig’s stomach, larvae hatch and burrow their way into the animal’s bloodstream....There they form CYSTS and wait until their host is eaten by a human. (Pork has to be undercooked for the tapeworms to complete their journey.)

But sometimes tapeworms take a wrong turn. [Previous sentence is stupid - the PERSON DID NOT WASH THEIR HANDS, and they are talking about the EGGS, not the tapeworms]. Instead of going into a pig, the EGGS end up in a human. This can occur if someone shedding tapeworm eggs contaminates FOOD that other people then eat. When the egg hatches,.........the larva burrows into the person’s bloodstream and gets swept through the body. Often those parasites end up in the brain, where they form cysts....

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Oh, Reason #762 to not buy that vacation home in Mexico.

I’ve learned just recently God’s directive is for all that believe in Him; good advice for our health from above-—for our own good, but Damn! All considered “scavengers” are what I love to eat! Scallops, shrimp, catfish, pigs (bacon-sausage); as you state, those that chew their cud and those that have fins and scales that swim the ocean are to be our food.

I hear ya...I stopped eating biblically prohibited meats about 11 years ago...I used to love shrimp and scallops. The good thing is that I hardly ever go to Red Lobster anymore.

For the pork products like bacon and sausage there are all kinds of alternatives from chicken, beef and turkey. I love turkey bacon and beef breakfast patties.

See my post 101, what I got from it was the ONLY way to get the egg was from unclean hands or otherwise contaminated food. Undercooked pork “just” gives you the cyst and the worm that stays in your intestine.

Reminds me of the joke about the guy that would come down to the dock everyday to fish. First day down the he tells the guy down there he is on his honeymoon, but his bride is sick.

The second morning he is down there at first light, and the other guy inquires if his wife is feeling better, but sadly the answer is no.

The third day he sees the guy and says “Boy, that sure is a terrible honeymoon for you with your wife being sick and all!” The newlywed holds up his bucket and replies “Oh, it’s not all bad, she’s got worms”.

Now in Mexico, it could be a different story, especially where night soil (human waste) is used to fertilize.

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Makes those Mexican imported veggies seem extra yummy.

It really has made a big difference. We’ve also given up shellfish which for us is hard because we live in Florida. However, we are healthier and happier so for that I’m thankful. Now I’m reading through a book called “The Makers Diet”. It’s helpful.

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