Belly Fat? Parasites May Be To Blame

So, you've starved yourself with every hunger-striker diet there is. You've looked up the most brutal workouts and spent many days recovering from them. But it still sits there; almost in defiance, refusing to leave. It's the old spare tire, the bud ha, the gut. It's that disgusting belly fat that sticks to us like glue and mocks all of the hard work we do to make ourselves look better.

Well, if you have tried everything and nothing seems work, you might want to look into something that more and more people are becoming aware of. You may have parasites living in your body that are making you fat.

Now, worms are something we usually only think about taking Fido or Princess to the vet for. We don't stop to think that they could actually be in us as well. Well here is a startling statistic: It has been estimated that over 85% of the world's population suffer from some sort of parasite infestation. There are over 100 known species of parasites that reside in humans. They all have creepy sounding names like hookworm, fluke and nematode.

The link between parasites and belly fat is that these parasites that live in you repopulate at horrific rates. Female worms can squirt out as many as 3000 to 20,000 eggs in one day. These parasites basically eat the same food you eat. They eat many of the nutrients that you should be getting and when they are done with that, they start eating you. And just like any other organism, they have to get rid of their waste. They usually do this in your bowel tract adding to the pounds of fecal matter that is already there. The FDA states that the average person has about 5-15 lbs. of fecal matter in their colon. Now with thousands of parasites contributing to this everyday, it's easy to see how much of the extra weight you have could be attributed to them. Some patients who have cleansed themselves of these parasites have actually seen the rapid fat loss of up to 100lbs.

But it gets worse. More and more doctors are linking the presence of parasites and build up in the colon with many deadly diseases like cancer, heart disease, strokes, arthritis, high blood pressure and others. In fact according to the Royal Society of Medicine: "Death begins in the colon".

Getting rid of these parasites may not only get rid of that extra belly fat you are carrying around with you but it may very well save your life.

How do humans get parasites in the first place? We get therm from the food that we eat, the (non-purified) water that we drink, the air that we breathe and we can also absorb them through the skin. Basically, parasites are everywhere so it makes sense that so many people are infested with them. They are said to be abundantly present in the processed foods we eat, fast food and non-purified water. Stroking the infected family pet can cause an infestation as well as walking barefoot in grassy areas. So if you have been exposed to any of those things and you can't get rid of that extra belly fat, you are a good candidate for internal parasites and may look into getting rid of them.