Article #47261

Influencers are promising pills with all sorts of ‘natural’ ingredients, but do they actually work and could they cause harm?

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Parasitic infections are fairly uncommon among otherwise healthy people living in most major developed cities. But this hasn’t stopped a wave of social media influencers spruiking at-home “parasitic cleanses” for any number of symptoms such as constipation, fatigue, poor sleep and brain-fog.

“Just comment ‘deworm’ or ‘cleanse’ for more info,” they may say, promising more information about pills with all sorts of “natural” ingredients including wormwood, clove, turmeric, clove, thyme, and black walnut.