05.01.03
A special bread from a French bakery is said to help the slimming process…”The Compagnie Internationale Diététique et Panification, Nimes, France, first unveiled its ‘Régente’ bread in July last year. Currently available in 35 outlets in southern France, the baguette will reach its first depot in Paris during May, according to the company. The bread is said to reduce weight problems and results have shown it can cut fatty tissue around the thighs by up to 3.5 cm after daily consumption over a two-month period. The company claims that this is the first time that French baking has innovated on the traditional baguette by adding a functional health action. Régente bread contains a slimming complex produced during a 10-year research period. Made from edible marine algae, the compound is said to help the body eliminate fats more easily by speeding up the breakdown of triglycerides, stored in the fat reserves (the adipose cells). Research carried out by the French firm found that eating half a baguette daily can significantly help to reduce fat. In clinical tests on a sample of women aged 22-57 years old, volunteers taking the Régente slimming compound twice a day lost on average 1 cm of fat around the thigh and reduced ankle circumference by 0.6 cm after 55 days.”
Nutraingredients.com, 3/31/03
Nutraingredients.com, 3/31/03