Powerful Parasites in your digestive system; Dr. Oz reveals the "Top 3 Parasitic Worms Found In Our Gut", we're all vulnerable to and how they invade.
Dr. Oz's 4 fiber-friendly foods and 4 metabolic boosters that help you lose weight.
Today Dr. Oz talks about parasites that invade our body, and examines the parasitic worms found in your intestinal tract – and how they get there. They worm their way into your gut making your intestines their home, feeding off you and we are none the wiser until it's too late. Parasite Cleanse
Parasitic worms, and were all vulnerable no matter where we live. When they get inside of you he says it isn't pretty. Tapeworms, round worms and pinworms once they invade they can have havock in your bowels.
The tape worm - you let it in by eating raw, undercooked meat or fish. Still a larva it hitch hikes a ride straight to your gut. Once inside you it comes to life and our intestines provide the nourishment that keeps it alive and growing up to 4 times the length of an average man. You may not feel this massive invader inside of you, but living pieces come out in your stool.
The round worm and pinworms infest in packs, hundreds squirming in your guts at one time. Dr. Oz says more than 40 Million of us are colonized by pinworms every year. Most Doctors are not trained to find and treat pinworms. So if you've been colonized you may go undiagnosed indefinitely. Would you know if you if you had these parasites in your body right now asks Dr. Oz?
Dr. Oz Reveals 3 Most Common Worms In Your Gut
Dr. Mike Leahy joined Dr. Oz today, along with Marjorie from the studio audience showing us a tapeworm, and spread out the length along the first row of the studio audience twice, the tapeworm was over thirty feet long.1. The Tapeworm; Mike Leahy at one point in time put a tape worm in his gut for three months. He said he felt nothing inside of him, but passed 6 egglets within a very short time. Apparently it was very unpleasant to pass the tape worm, but claims he didn't have to pull it out. He talked about how amazing it was to have a tapeworm that big inside of him, and not even feel it in there. His tape worm was approximately six feet long in only 3 months. He said he did not lose weight, which old folk tales claim that you lose lose weight with tape worms. Once upon a time people bought and took this larva to have a tape worm inside them purposely to lose weight.
Tape worms can crawl out of you on their own, and not only in the toilet. Tapeworm Larva is found in the raw meat, and undercooked meat. Dr. Oz says stay away from eating rare meats.
They showed a video and were quite excited about how the tapeworm larva attaches itself with these little hooks onto your intestinal tract and are hooked for good, and then slowly make segment after segment and elongate through the intestinal tract for weeks and months. The eggs are released from the end of the tape worm through poop as it passes through and takes the eggs along with it.
There are anti parasitic agents that will kill the tapeworm, and magnesium salts to get his tapeworm out. But he got the anti parasitic drug because he knew he had the tapeworm in his gut because he put it there.
Symptoms of Tapeworms;
- Loss of appetite
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Nausea
- Abdominal discomfort
2. Ascariasis Roundworm
These are very common the round worm, the round worm often resides in fish. Dr. Oz and Dr. Mike showed that you can be exposed by just going to the grocer. The grocer doesn't want you to know this, but they have this light box that they put over fish to see the worms and pick them out before it is sold to the consumer. Make sure your fish is well cooked.
Symptoms of Ascaris Roundworm
- Shortness of breath
- Cough (sometimes containing worms)
- Loss of appetite
- Wheezing
- Abdominal pain or distention
- Intestinal obstruction
- Eggs or worms in stool
3. Pinworms (Enterobiasis)
The most common worm in America is the pinworm. Forty Million of us have had pinworms in America, it is more common than lice. r. Mike Leahy says they are very small, but very embarrassing. Pinworms spread very easily, they make your butt itch especially early in the morning, the mother pinworms goes outside the anus to lay her eggs, which may be why a child could be itching themselves in the anus area, and then possibly putting their hands on their food or in their mouth. it is very easily spread, and Dr. Mike says it's true, you can catch pinworms of a toilet seat.
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Dr. Oz says for Mom's to take a piece of scotch tape and tape it across your child's anus when they go to sleep at night if they have been itching there. In the morning take the tape off, and look on it to see if you can see worms on the tape.
Symptoms of Pinworms;
- Anal or vaginal itching
- Sleep disturbances
- Poor appetite and weight loss
- Abdominal discomfort
- Appendicitis
Dr Oz How To Avoid Worms In The Digestive System
1. Don't eat food that has come in contact or fertilized with human waste
2. Wear gloves if contacting soil that may be contaminated with human feces
3. Avoid eating or drinking food where safe and sanitary disposal of human waste is not practiced
3. Don't eat raw meat or fish of any kind
4. Wash, peel or cook all raw vegetables and fruits before eating, especially when traveling to endemic areas
5. Keep kids from putting things and fingers in their mouths
6. Wash hands thoroughly and frequently before and after using the bathroom or changing a diaper, and before eating
7. Keep your child's fingernails short and clean
8. Don't share washcloths and towels
9. Only drink bottled or purified water when traveling areas with poor sanitation
10. Do not defecate outdoors or near food sources
11. Dispose of diapers properly.
Avoiding parasitic infections is to practice scrupulous personal hygiene and smart food preparation. Diagnosis is made when worms are visualized or detected in stool. Infected individuals are de-wormed using anti-parasitic medications.
Parasite Cleanses - Parasite Cleansing Kit, Hulda Clark's Parasite Cleanse Protocol, is a complete kit for the natural removal of Parasites from the body within 20 days.
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Four Fibre Foods
1. Flaxseed
2. Oatmeal
3. Whole Grain Breads
4. Citrus Fruits
Four Top Metabolism Boosting Foods
1. Chili Peppers
2. Green Teas
3. Water
4. Fish
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