Gut health · My story

I didn't think I had parasites either. Two weeks later I'd passed about 200 worms

Mariella Oct 13 · 5 min read
Her belly bloated on day 1 and flat on day 14, with a cup of the worms she passed in a circle in the middle
Day 1 vs day 14. The middle one is what came out of me.

I thought the bloating, the tiredness and the brain fog were just normal. Then I saw what came out of me.

This is everything that happened, and what I wish someone had told me sooner.

I was bloated every single day and thought it was normal

Her bloated stomach on a normal afternoon
This was me most afternoons. I thought everyone looked like this after lunch.

I want to start with this, because I think a lot of you are where I was.

I never thought I had parasites. I eat pretty well. I wash my hands. I'm not someone who goes anywhere off the grid.

But I was bloated every day. Not now and then, every day. By the afternoon my jeans felt tight no matter what I'd eaten.

I woke up tired and I went to bed tired. Coffee stopped doing anything.

And my head was foggy. I'd walk into a room and forget why I was there. I'd lose words mid-sentence.

I had an explanation for every one of them. The bloating was getting older. The tiredness was stress. The fog was just life being busy.

Not once did anyone mention parasites. Not a doctor, not a friend, not me.

I had nothing to lose so I did the cleanse anyway

This little green bottle. It lived next to my kettle for a month.

I'd seen people online posting what came out of them after a cleanse. If I'm honest, I thought it was gross and probably fake.

But one comment stayed with me. A woman wrote: "I didn't think I had them either."

So I thought about it practically. It was 40 drops in a glass of water once a day. It came with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

If nothing happened, I'd get my money back and I could stop wondering.

So I ordered it.

A few days in, I looked down and I was SHOCKED

The first worm she passed, in the toiletA second angle of the worms in the toilet
The first ones. I just stood there staring.

The first couple of days were uneventful. I almost forgot I was taking it.

Then one morning I looked down and just froze.

I won't describe it in detail. It was long, it was pale, and it was not the only one.

I passed probably 200 of these parasitic worms

Worms she collected in a cup
Yes, I put them in a cup. I needed proof I wasn't imagining it.

It kept happening over the next couple of weeks. At one point I started collecting them, because I honestly didn't believe my own eyes.

I remember sitting there thinking, these were living inside me. For how long?

So I googled every single one

I did what everyone does at 1am. I opened Google Images and started comparing.

Her phone showing Google Images results for types of parasitic worms
My actual search history that night.

From what I read, these are the ones most people end up with:

Pinworms are tiny white threads and the most common worm infection in the US. Itching at night is the classic sign.

Roundworms are the long ones. They live in the intestines and take the nutrients from your food before you can.

Hookworms hook onto the gut wall and feed on blood, which is why they're linked to tiredness and low iron.

Whipworms live in the large intestine. A lot of them can mean belly pain and digestion that is always a bit off.

Tapeworms are flat and segmented, and they can keep growing in there for years.

This chart is the one that made it click for me:

Chart of common worms: roundworm 3 to 6 inches, whipworm 2 to 3 inches, hookworm about 1/8 inch, tapeworm about 8 inches
The common ones that live in people. Mine looked a lot like the first one.

How does a normal person even get them?

Salmon nigiri with a close-up showing a coiled parasitic worm in the fish
My favourite meal. Probably where it started.

This is the part that scared me more than the photos.

You don't have to do anything unusual.

About 1 in 4 people in the world has worms living in them right now. That's around 1.5 billion people, according to the World Health Organization.

The CDC says more than 40 million Americans may carry the Toxoplasma parasite, and most of them have no symptoms at all.

The ways in are completely ordinary. Sushi and rare steak. Salad and fruit that weren't washed well. The dog licking your face, the cat's litter box.

Kids bringing home pinworm eggs, which can live on bedding, toys and clothes for two to three weeks. Travel, and water abroad.

I love sushi. That was probably all it took.

Nobody caught it because nobody was looking for parasites

Afterwards I went looking for answers, and this one honestly made me angry.

A standard stool test can easily miss parasites.

They don't shed eggs every day, which is why the CDC recommends collecting three separate samples on different days.

Most people get tested once, if they get tested at all.

And the signs look like everything else. Bloating, constipation, feeling tired all the time, sugar cravings, breakouts, a foggy head. So it gets called IBS, or stress, or age.

That was me for years.

I chose this one because it has 18 powerful ingredients to eliminate parasites

The CLEANSL8 bottle surrounded by its botanical ingredients
What's actually in the bottle.

I nearly bought a cheap wormwood capsule instead. I'm glad I didn't.

Most cleanses only kill. When parasites die they release waste, and if nothing carries it out, you can feel worse. That's when most people give up.

CLEANSL8 is a cleanser and a binder in one. It goes after the parasites, then carries them out.

The cleanse: pumpkin seed, oregano, thyme, olive leaf and garlic.

The binder: citrus pectin, chlorella, sodium alginate and brown seaweed.

It's a liquid, it's vegan, and there are no harsh laxatives.

This is what comes out after a few weeks on the CLEANSL8 parasite cleanse

What people sent me after a few weeks on it.

After I posted mine, people started sending me theirs. Same cleanse, same couple of weeks.

Some were long and stringy. Some came out in clumps. Nobody expected to see any of it.

Long strands held up over a toiletWhat was caught in a kitchen strainerA long one laid next to a toothpaste tube for scalePieces laid out on paper towels
A few more from my inbox. The one next to the toothpaste is for scale.

How I felt and looked after the parasite cleanse

Her flat stomach on day 14 of the cleanse
Day 14. Same jeans as the first photo.

Days one and two were nothing. That's normal, so don't panic.

A few days in, the first one came out. Then more.

By the end of the first week my stomach was flatter and my jeans stopped digging in by the afternoon.

By week two I felt lighter, clearer and more in control of my health than I have in years.

Afterwards I went through the reviews to see if it was just me. It wasn't. It has a 4.8-star rating from over 5,000 of them, and a lot read like my own story:

"The bloating I've dealt with forever is finally gone. Within a week my stomach looked flatter and I didn't feel like I had to unbutton my jeans by the end of the day."Michelle H., 29
"The constant bloating and digestive discomfort I'd dealt with for years is gone. I can eat without fear."Rachel K., 42
"I immediately noticed how much lighter I felt around my belly. It really helps me stay regular."James W., 63

It's also tested by Eurofins, an independent lab, for heavy metals. None were detected.

If you're bloated, tired or foggy, do it anyway

That's honestly my only advice.

I thought it was just stress, or my age, or what I was eating. I'd have kept thinking that for years if I hadn't tried it.

And if you think you're fine, I thought that too.

Her hand on the dropper of a CLEANSL8 bottle next to a glass of water
Every morning, before coffee.

The one I used is CLEANSL8 by BioCleanse. When I checked again this morning, their sale was still on: 50% off and free shipping.

I don't know how long it'll last, so if you're on the fence, I'd grab it now.

Check if the 50% off is still available

Only buy from the official site.

If you try it, come back and tell me what happened. I read every comment.Mariella
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