• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I mean, nicotine is a natural pesticide made by tobacco plants. It’s kinda the same with capsaicin and humans love that shit. Plus inducing vomiting could potentially get those lil’ critters outta there. In a life or death situation this would probably be preferable to dying, at least.

    Realistically this is probably an older manual and shouldn’t be followed to the letter. You should not be eating less than 2 cigarettes a day.

    No, seriously, don’t eat cigarettes.

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      3 months ago

      Vomiting won’t get them out. If when you vomit you’re bringing up matter from where they live then you’ve got much bigger problems than just a worms infection.

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      3 months ago

      Btw for the capsaicin thing. It’s one of the going theories for why warmer places all around earth tend to traditionally eat much spicier foods than colder places. Food spoils faster in the heat, and the spice both masks the spoilt taste and can help, or is thought to help, cleanse you of parasites.

      (I know spicy plants don’t grow in colder places, too, but the tendency holds for colder regions that would have had access to hot plants)