Folk medicine has used Pineapple for centuries as an adjuvant to physiological digestive processes, due to the presence of bromelain, which facilitates the digestion of proteinaceous foods. Bromelain is the main component of the Pineapple stem; it is a family of proteolytic enzymes also endowed with other activities: anti-edematous and anti-inflammatory action. A peculiar and widespread use is in the blemishes caused by cellulite; in fact, it is well known how excessive water-saline retention in the subcutaneous tissues contributes, together with lipid deposition in the adipose tissue, to the pathogenesis of cellulite and the formation of the so-called "orange peel." Through a removal of water and salts accumulated in the subcutaneous tissue and to a stimulation of diuresis, Ananas Stem can facilitate the restoration of normal trophism
skin and the disappearance of lesions typical of cellulite.