How Chitosan Is Effective for Weight Management

Chitosan has proven effective across multiple industries, including as a weight management supplement. As it is a naturally fibrous biopolymer, it can actively absorb oils, fats and lipids – up to 100 times its weight! This makes it an excellent option for assisting with the treatment of obesity, cholesterol, and other related diseases and conditions.  

Chitosan has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a safe food additive, dietary fiber, and functional ingredient for consumer use.  As chitosan manufacturers with over 20 years of experience and a state-of-the-art chitosan factory, we offer only high-quality, pure chitosan in many formats, including chitosan powder. 

Chitosan and its derivatives, like pure chitosan powder, can have multiple applications, thanks to chitosan's unique properties and bioactivities. Let's take a closer look.

Chitosan properties and bioactivities: 

• Antimicrobial  
• Antioxidant 
• Fat-binding  
• Prebiotic 
• Anti-inflammatory 
• Anti-carcinogenic 
• Antiulcer  

Weight management 

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and strokes. Considering current scientific knowledge and population needs, it appears tactical to provide weight management solutions to tackle the obesity epidemic while promoting calorie restriction to enhance overall wellness. 

Chitosan has nutraceutical properties, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic and antiulcer bioactivities, including its application as a dietary fiber with fat-binding qualities. Chitosan and its derivatives have been shown to lower cholesterol by blocking the absorption of dietary fat and cholesterols. They can also facilitate weight and body fat reduction in humans, subsequently lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Chitosan and its derivatives, like chitosan powder, is also a valuable prebiotic, promoting colonic conditions. 

Primex ChitoClear® chitosan 

Chitosan is a versatile, natural biopolymer that has found a variety of applications in all areas of the food sciences. Chitosan has many intrinsic nutritional values, such as antioxidant properties and health-promoting bioactivities against many chronic diseases, including hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, inflammation, immune diseases, etc.  

In addition, chitosan has excellent emulsifying properties and is used to stabilize various oil-in-water emulsions to avoid the use of synthetic surfactants. The intrinsic properties vary with the molecular weight (MW) and degree of deacetylation (DDA), which are the most important characteristics of chitosan. Indeed, chitosan can be used at low concentration in the food industry for its various functional properties, but its main application has been in the dietary supplement market. 

A recent study assessed the selective fat-binding capacity of ChitoClear® chitosan to different fat types, monitoring fatty acid absorption, neutral sterol and bile acid excretion in guinea pigs, a suitable animal model due to its similarities with human lipid metabolism. This is significant, as different fat types have different metabolism in animals and humans. The results show that ChitoClear® chitosan selectively reduces fat absorption and has a higher affinity to binding fatty acids with higher polarity. 

Clinically proven weight management by Primex Liposan Ultra® 

Primex chitosan products in this category include Liposan Ultra®, that has been formulated into LipoSan Fibers & Vitamin C, ChitoCare Beauty Hair, Skin & Nails, and Liposan Micro. The active ingredient is Primex ChitoClear® chitosan, a unique and proprietary dietary fiber formulation. 

Liposan FIBERS & VITAMIN C

Liposan Ultra® has a higher density and solubility that chitosan itself. By mixing Vitamin C with our proven Liposan Ultra®, increased effectiveness of each capsule has been achieved. In addition to the well-known benefits of Vitamin C, this formulation also reduces the time it takes Liposan Ultra® to dissolve. Within three minutes of working in the stomach, over 90% of the Liposan Ultra® is already working on neutralizing meal-derived fat. Our LipoSan Fibers & Vitamin C is GMP and Halal certified. This product is also available as a retail-finished diet product under the brand name ChitoCare Beauty LipoSan Fibers & Vitamin C .

CHITOCARE BEAUTY Hair Skin & Nails 

ChitoCare Beauty Hair Skin & Nails is a natural marine formula that perfectly balances with fish cartilage extract to create the ultimate hair, skin and nails product. This chitosan-based product contains Icelandic LipoSan Ultra® fibers that are supplemented with hydrolysed fish collagen Type ll, known for its antioxidant properties. It is rich in algae, that stimulates collagen renewal and possesses nourishing, anti-ageing, and moisturizing properties. This proprietary blend also contains silica, a mineral compound of lava, famously found in Iceland's Blue Lagoon and known for strengthening the skin's barrier function. It also incorporates Vitamin C, zinc, selenium, magnesium, and calcium, that help protect cells from oxidative stress. ChitoCare Beauty Hair, Skin & Nails is available as a retail finished product via the ChitoCare Beauty webstore and at select retailers. 

Liposan Micro 

Finally, Liposan Micro is a Primex patented formulation. Our patented formulation is micro-coated to remove any taste, and can be added to food in the form of micro-granulated dust. This efficient way opens the door to endless possibilities, for example adding LipoSan Micro to gravy or whipped cream. Some customers have mixed LipoSan Micro with mayonnaise to neutralize its fat, with great results!

For more information, please visit our Products page. If you would like to buy chitosan quality powder, or chitosan powder in bulk, feel free to contact us, so that we can assist you and answer any questions you may have.