Woman finds dieting secret in silkworms
(China Daily)
Updated: 2004-09-07 16:15

It seems some people will stop at nothing to lose weight. A Changsha woman has taken to drinking the night soil of silk worms to stay slim, reports the New Newspaper of the East.

She also cooks food using silkworm chrysalises. Rao Xiang, who lives in the capital city of Hunan Province, swears by her two cups of silkworm droppings tea a day.

So far, it seems to have worked, with the woman boasting an attractively slim figure.

The magic slimming formula has become so important to the woman that she and her family have taken to breeding their own silkworms at their apartment.

And now her neighbours are flocking in to find out more about Rao's recipe.

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