Ep 39 Invasive animals and their parasites | Dr Narelle Dybing

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]They used to sell tapeworms as a weight loss supplement.

[00:00:03]>> kidding?

[00:00:03]>> No.

[00:00:04]>> [laughter] >> Tapeworms are known to obviously absorb nutrients. So, sometimes if there's a lot of them, they can cause them to get quite skinny. But, if there's only a few, it doesn't really My granddad used to say that to me all the time growing up. He used to say, "You eat so many wheat bix." And he's like, "You must have worms, boy."

[00:00:22]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, like way back when. I can't even remember when they used to do it, but they used to sell tapeworms as a weight loss supplement.

[00:00:29]>> Are you kidding?

[00:00:29]>> No.

[00:00:30]Really?

[00:00:31]>> Yeah. People nowadays >> idea. I know. [laughter] People that nowadays probably would go back onto that. It's probably gone full circle and people >> Look, some people might, but the problem is it takes and absorbs the good nutrients, too. So, your body's not getting really good things. It's getting very minimal nutrients that it needs from the food that you're eating. So, it's really not a good idea to do that.

[00:00:51]No. No.

[00:00:53]>> [laughter]