The new way to burn fat - set yourself on fire

Women who want to lose weight are being offered a startling new way to burn fat - by being set on fire.

Would-be slimmers are flocking to a spa in Hong Kong that promises to reduce their waistlines by smearing them with Chinese herbs, dousing them with alcohol and then setting light to them, all for £78 a session.

The spa claims that the intense heat of the fire penetrates deep tissue, increasing circulation and helping the body to absorb the herbal concoction which works to detoxify the body and break down fat.

The results, it boasts, are immediate with customers recording losses of up to 15 centimetres of fat after the first session.

Telegraph | News | The new way to burn fat - set yourself on fire

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