Chitosan is a soluble fiber composed of chitin, which is derived from the shells of shellfish. This fiber has a very high affinity for fats and cholesterol in the digestive tract. This means that chitosan chemically binds to fats and cholesterol so that your body cannot absorb them.
Fibers such as chitosan can adsorb many times their weight of fat and cholesterol. Since normally cholesterol is secreted with the bile and reabsorbed in the intestine, fibers like chitosan can help remove cholesterol from inside of the body.
What it does
Chitosan is a remarkable dietary fiber that promotes the elimination of unwanted fat in the body. It acts like a fat magnet and attaches itself to fats and cholesterol so that the body cannot absorb them. Chitosan does this so well that it can bind up to six times its weight in fat and cholesterol. This complex of chitosan and fat or chitosan and cholesterol passes harmlessly out of the body in the feces.
Chitosan is also a dietary fiber. That means that there is the side advantage of taking chitosan in that it improves bowel function.
Studies show that ascorbic acid (vitamin C) helps activate chitosan in the stomach and intestine into a fat-absorbing gel.
This bottle contains 120 capsules.
Directions for use: As a dietary supplement each gram (3 capsules) taken half an hour before a meal will allow 3 to 6 grams of saturated fat to pass through your body undigested.
Those allergic to shellfish may also experience allergies to chitosan products
(Note: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to treat, cure or prevent any disease.)
