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In what must be the oddest new weight loss trend, women in Hong Kong are reportedly staring at the sun in order to lose weight.

Hong Kong’s fitness-mad culture means green juices and hypobaric chambers are no longer just the reserve of the most extreme health fanatics.

But the latest means of staying in shape seems really bizarre.

Women have been spotted staring directly at the sun before sunset on a beach in Sam Ka Village, Coconuts Hong Kong reports.


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According to dieters, looking into the sun allows you to absorb solar energy, which means you no longer need calories from food.

Right.

‘We practice sun-gazing as a substitute for eating,’ one dieter told Coconuts Hong Kong.

‘Some of us who have finished the therapy now eat less, and others don’t have to eat at all.’

Some participants say that there is a religious element to the practice.