"More recently there has been a small, uncontrolled trial at the University of Pavia, also in Italy, which studied the figures of 25 healthy female patients with a mean age of 38. The patients continued eating normally with, so far as is possible, an exactly similar diet and with physical activity rates that have been kept constant. After eight weeks the women lost, on average, 5 per cent of the girth of their thighs, 5 per cent of their hip measurements but 30 per cent of their subcutaneous fat. "The manufacturers claim that blood flow to the skin increased by 45 per cent, which should, also, improve the skin's appearance." Article taken from The Times on Thursday November 12, 1998 writen by Dr Thomas Stuttaford.