Chitin is a natural component of the material that insects and shellfish make for their exoskeletons. Scientists in Norway have custom processed chitin giving it a natural magnetic binding affinity with fat and cholesterol in the digestive tract. The binding occurs when positively charged chitosan binds with negatively charged fat and bile acids. The binding of these fat and cholesterol molecules to chitosan fiber prevents them from being absorbed into the bloodstream. Chitosan is the first fiber designed specifically to attract and hold fat and cholesterol for safe elimination.

Most fibers absorb fat and bile acid to a limited extent, but chitosan is designed to function like a magnet in attracting negatively charged fat and bile acids. Chitosan can absorb as much as seven to eight times its weight of fat and bile in the digestive tract. The fat and cholesterol are then excreted through the bowel, thereby improving bowel function.

Fat Reduction
While chitosan was originally tested as a cholesterol triglyceride reducing agent, people were most impressed with its weight loss effects. Chitosan's strong fat binding abilities lower the caloric value of food by making the fat content of the food much less absorbable.

By reducing dietary fat absorption, chitosan dispenses with the need for extreme dieting and exercise while sustaining significant weight loss. Chitosan does not block the carbohydrate (sugar) content of food from absorption, but fat calories cause far more weight gain than do carbohydrate calories. Using chitosan's fat absorption blocking effects is not recommend on a routine basis, but can enable those seeking to lose weight to splurge without regaining fat weight.

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