Last summer, my dogs started to doing the "doggie robot" after finishing their business so I knew they had picked up worms. After the vet took care of them, he turned to me and said "now we fix you up". I'm like WTF Doc? And he's like "ya, you too and here's a couple of horse pills for ya free of charge". So I took em' and I'll be damed if I didn't chit a bowl of what looked like "white rice". Only it wasn't "white rice".

FYI - Adult Tapeworms are gut worms. If you see an adult worm in a cleaned fillet, its not a tape worm. The non-adult or larval cyst stage or "cystercerci" are contained within the flesh. Tapeworms need 2 different hosts to complete its lifecycle. For example, larval cysts live in the muscle meat of big game. A Wolf eats said big game and BOOM...adult tapeworms in the Wolf's lower intestine. Then the Wolf poops and spreads the eggs for the big game to eat while grazing and the cycle repeats.

Fun Tapeworm Facts:
1) Adult TW's are typically 12 - 14 ft. long. The longest ever recorded from a Human host was 82 feet!!!!
2) They can grow about 1 centimeter PER HOUR!!!
3) Worldwide, right now about 20 million poor souls have one inside them and they don't even know it
4) They can live for up to 25 years in their host without complication.
5) Drugs to treat are are Praziquantel (Biltricide) and Albendazole (Albenza). Eating Diatomaceous Earth will also to the trick
6) Sudden, rapid weight loss accompanied with tiredness, upset stomach and the squirts are generally the only symptons (if any).

Lastly, think about this. Tapeworm eggs survive going through all known digestive tracts without dying and being broken down. So they can survive some the harshest acids in the world. Partially or undercooking your food does nothing to the eggs / cysts. Bon Appetit!