Chitosan is extracted from shells of crabs and shrimps. It is extracted from a substance in shells of crustaceans.It contains 85% Chitin, which has a structure similar to cellulose. It binds itself to fat in the digestive tract, it’s able to absorb fat and sugar it is useful in the treatment of high cholesterol and bad fats in the blood it helps to stabilize the blood sugar of diabetic patients it helps to prevent heart attack stroke and erectile dysfunction in predispose individuals
Uses of ChitosanIt is used for medicine, because of it source which is the hard outer skeleton of shellfish, including crab, lobster, and shrimp. Chitosan is used to treat obesity, high cholesterol, and Crohn's disease. It is also used to treat complications that kidney failure patients on dialysis often face, including high cholesterol, "tired blood" (anemia), loss of strength and appetite, and trouble sleeping (insomnia).Some people apply chitosan directly to their gums to treat inflammation that can lead to tooth loss (periodontitis), or chew gum that contains chitosan to prevent "cavities" (dental caries).In an effort to help "donor tissue" rebuild itself, plastic surgeons sometimes apply chitosan directly to places from which they have taken tissue to be used elsewhere.In pharmaceutical manufacturing, chitosan is used as a filler in tablets; as a carrier in controlled-release drugs; to improve the way certain drugs dissolve; and to mask bitter tastes.
How does it work?Chitosan is extracted from the shells of shrimp, lobster, and crabs. Apart from being a fibrous substance that might block absorption of dietary fat and cholesterol, Chitosan has an additional potential benefit than most other types of fiber.When traveling through the intestines, chitosan binds to a small amount of dietary fat and takes it along out of the body, preventing this fat from being absorbedUsers of chitosan experienced lower levels of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol, and significant increases in high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol, the good cholesterol.