# colon, parasite cleansing, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927 "2013-04-05T15:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927/41 "2013-04-06T03:12:19Z")
**Tollhouse** , there’s a really easy way to tell if you have parasites. Look at your stool. See any wiggling white things in there? No? Then you don’t have any! Jeez. The only intestinal parasite I’ve heard of “western” people getting are pinworms. There’s also no way anyone would have those without knowing. And getting rid of them doesn’t require any stupid woo, either. Chew up a chalky pill made of pyrantel pamoate once, and again in 14 days, and voila! All gone. These stories you’re finding on the vast shithole called the internet are just that - stories - and are meant to get you to spend money on stuff you don’t need. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927/42 "2013-04-06T03:27:18Z")
> [@Tollhouse](#): > > I think I might save my money, even if parasites such as tapeworm are in most people, that one article said even if you get them out, they quickly reinhabit anyways. Tapeworms cause weight loss through malnutrition. Do “most people” look like they’re wasting away to you? ---
**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927/43 "2013-04-06T03:54:34Z")
I recall that on a shelf nearby the cleansing products, there was a very interesting product called chinese foot pads…i glanced at it, it stated you put the.pads on your feet at bedtime and the pads help draw out toxins throuh your feet, based on chinese belief the feet are a meridian point, called the second heart. Sounds tempting 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927/44 "2013-04-06T03:56:07Z")
That’s also total bullshit. [Link.](http://doesitwork.nbcnews.com/_news/2008/06/19/4362048-kinoki-foot-pads-sucking-away-toxins-or-just-your-money?lite) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927/45 "2013-04-06T04:25:45Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > **Tollhouse** , there’s a really easy way to tell if you have parasites. Look at your stool. See any wiggling white things in there? No? Then you don’t have any! Jeez. But, but, what about the ones in your **BRAIN** wiggling around!! 😛 (Yes, seriously, I have a co-worker who does these cleansing/parasite removal thingumagigs on a regular basis. She is convinced that all of our ill-health, even lack of optimum health, can be blamed on our entire bodies being riddled with worms and other parasites. Unfortunately, despite her best efforts, she’s still fucking nuts.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927.md?page=2)