Ingesting worms on purpose?

I have read several articles in that past week about this new craze that really isn't new.

Apparently, people in Hong Kong are ingesting intestional roundworms to lose weight. Now I have to say that this just totally gives me the creeps and I can't imagine being able to actually swallow a worm. Sadly, they are doing a lot of damage and the Hong Kong government has issued warnings to get folks to stop this practice.

This was something that I have read about in the past and was popular in the early 1900's as a weight loss tool.

I am an advocate of anything alternative and natural, but this is one "remedy" that was better left in the history books.