What's eating you?

I watched this show called Eaten Alive a couple of days ago on Animal Planet and ever since I have been one nervous person.

Did you know over 1 billion people are infected with round worms? Or that tape worms (30 ft long flat worms that slither around in your digestive system) are extremely common?

I didn't.

Parasites, feed off of their host, be it human or animal. If you are infected with one, everything that you eat aids the parasite in growing bigger and stronger.

This show Eaten Alive will probably be the reason for me becoming a full blown vegetarian. No fish no beef and absolutely no pork. In fact the reason that I never have eaten pork is that they do contatin various types of worms.

All of the people on the show who were contaminated with these parasites had eaten exotic food ie: Mexican, Guatemalan or been in exotic locations: Africa, Borneo, Peru, Mexico, or Costa Rica.

I will never leave the confines of the U. S. of A now, it's not safe. (Yes I am aware that the U.S. has it's own disgusting parasites, but luckily I haven't run into any and don't want to take a chance).

I haven't been able to eat a burger or taco and I don't have a desire to. This show has brought to my attention how disgusting meat really is. As a matter of fact, this show has shown me how disgusting eating in a resturant can be. One of the women featured on the show had eaten in a resturant where her food had been contaminated by human feces that contained tapeworm eggs. They burrowed into her brain and were begining to hatch, causing her to experience seizures and the like. The tapeworms had to be surgically removed. Another woman had eaten mexican food that contained roundworm larve and while she was at work, one found it's way out of her anus into her undewear. It was one of thousands that took several months to expell. Also this one guy who had been to Africa had thousands of worms in his body and found out about them during a football game where one made it's way across his eye.

I can't deal with that type of shit.

I've always been told how disgusting it is to eat at resturants and especially fast food. You never know whose handling the stuff that is going to go into your body.

I'm so scared that I have a tapeworm, or roundworms, because it's almost impossible to know you have one unless you are tested or one makes an appearance out of your ass.

As soon as I can, I'm going to make an appointment to be screened for parasites, until then, I hope I don't loose my mind.