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Testimonials

"Less Pressure"
I have experienced hypertension (high blood pressure) since I was 15 years old. After being on medication for 16 years, it was decided that surgery might help where medications had not. Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful, and my blood pressure remained at 160/105 even with medication. However, two years ago I was introduced to a chitin tablet product. After taking the product for six months I was amazed that my blood pressure had dropped to a safe level of 130/90. Even though I still take my medication, chitin has enabled me to maintain a normal blood pressure reading and better overall health.
Karen McMannus

"Chitin saved my life!"
I’m 41 years old and have always been obese. I have tried every diet in the world to lose this weight. I didn’t want to be slim, just healthy. I tried them all, every last one of them. Sometimes I would lose some weight but in a few weeks I gained it all back and finally I tipped the scales at 330 pounds. I stand 6 ft tall. I visited my doctor for a check up and he told me that he didn’t think I would live to see 45. Not only was I 150 pounds over weight but my cholesterol levels were through he ceiling. I was developing, at age 39, hardening of the arteries and my heart was having problems because of all the fat that had accumulated around the aorta.

It was then I saw a TV infomercial featuring Dr. Mason that explained that chitin could help people like me. Well, I’ve tried everything else, so I thought I would give this a try. I bought 3 bottles and took the tablets as directed. After a month I had lost over 16 pounds. No change in diet, no change in exercise. Today, a year later I’ve lost 121 pounds and my cholesterol is normal! My doctor says I’ll live to be an old man. I’m a believer. I’m now using chitin to keep the weight off while I lose a few more extra pounds.
Marcella Boyle "Healing Quickly"

In March of 1996, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. In April, I had surgery to remove the tumor. After surgery, the doctor told me I had a 75 percent chance that the cancer would return within two years. He advised me to have a full round of chemotherapy to reduce the chance of recurrence to 55 percent. I chose not to have the chemotherapy. I started seeing a nutritionist. He told me about chitin, and I began to take 3 tablets per day (in addition to many other supplements). In July of 1996, I had surgery to repair a hernia from the colon surgery. I continued to take the chitin and my other supplements, and I stayed well and strong until May 1997, when a routine blood test indicated the cancer had recurred.

At this time, I began to take 30 tablets of chitin per day to prepare myself for the surgery I knew I would have to have. After many more tests, I had more abdominal surgery on June 30th. But this time, I was amazed at how quickly I began to heal. Even the doctors and nurses were amazed, and I was released from the hospital two days earlier than usual. In fact, I felt so good I was back in my Tai Chi class the week after surgery. I am back on my maintenance program of three 250mg. capsules of chitin per day, and I look healthy and feel wonderful. I will continue to be monitored every three months by my oncologist, and I hope to win this battle against cancer. And I am so glad to have a product like chitin, which has so dramatically improved my quality of life.
Carol Summers

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Chitin?

Chitin is a safe, functional food that helps the body naturally heal itself. Chitin has been around for centuries. At one time or another it has touched all of our lives, even yours. It’s found in crab, lobster, and shrimp shells. It is also found in the wings of butterflies and in mushrooms. But it wasn’t until the 1800’s that a French professor discovered this polysaccharide. Today, Chitin is the world’s second most abundant resource and is used for a large variety of applications.

What Does Chitin Do?

Chitin is used for a variety of applications. It is known to have the following qualities:, Anti-Viral, Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Fungal, Positively Charged Chitin is used around the world in the following areas:, Immunity, Fat and Cholesterol, Bandages & Wound Dressings, Digestion Aid, Allergies, Arthritis, High Blood Pressure, Surgical Sutures, Agriculture, Waste Treatment, Cosmetics, PackAgeing

How Much Fat can chitin absorb?

Chitin can absorb up to 12 times its weight in fat. It acts like a magnet, attracting fat, and trapping it like a scavenger with an insatiable appetite for fats. One 250mg tablet of chitin can attract, trap and rid the body of about 3 grams of fat.

Can I eat what I like and still not have the fat stick to my thighs, my stomach?

The secret of chitin is that it attracts fat like a magnet, traps it, and then expels it from the body. What is important is that the

What about shellfish allergies?

Chitin is non-allergenic. People with shellfish allergies are allergic to the meat, not the fibre in the shell.

How does chitin differ from other fibres, like cereals, or Metamucil?

Chitin and chitosan have the unique ability to attract and bind fat making it indigestible, especially animal fat.

There are many wonderful fibres that we eat such as oat bran, but chitin is unique in that it is magnetically attracted to fat, especially dangerous saturated fat. Chitin is the only fat binding fibre ever discovered. Chitin seeks out, attracts, traps, soaks up and binds fat stopping it from being digested. In fact, it is the only substance ever discovered that will bind excess fat like this.

This sounds too good to be true. I can eat the foods I normally eat?

I love prime rib, but I won’t have to worry about all that fat and adding weight and my cholesterol and triglycerides?
Not if you take chitin about 15 minutes before your meal. Just eat your chitin whenever you have a meal with fat. If you feel that you can’t resist that Big Mac with French fries, then take your chitin tablets. The fat will be expelled undigested and will never reach your waistline. It will also not enter your blood and be deposited in your arteries. The fat will never get into your system. It’s isolated, sequestered, bound up and expelled.

How do you stop fat from being digested by soaking it up?

Fat is the most difficult by far of the three sources of calories to digest. Of these three sources—proteins, carbohydrates and fat— fat that contains twice the calories per gram as protein or carbohydrates. Moreover, fat is very difficult to digest, and many digestive problems originate with the bodies inability to digest fats. When you take chitin , the enzymes responsible for digestion of fats cannot react with the fat to digest it. In the few hours it is in the body it simply is bound by the chitin, passes through the colon, and is excreted.

You can see this for yourself with a simple kitchen demonstration. When you mix chitin with any fat, especially saturated animal fat such as bacon grease, in water you can see for yourself how chitin soaks up and binds the fat. We invite you to try this yourself. See with your own eyes the process by which chitin works. Once bound, the chitin then passes through your colon and out.

Can I really eat what I like and lose weight?

The amazing, almost counter intuitive, characteristic of chitin as a dietary aide is that you are not required to change either your habit or your excercise routine to lose weight. If you do, then the weight loss will be dramatic, the effects stunning in a very short period of time.

What is even more important to your health is that once you have reached your weight goals, you can use chitin to maintain your desired weight. The most dangerous thing you can do to your body is yo-yo, up and down dieting. It is absolutely more dangerous for you to lose 30-50 lbs. on some fad diet and then put it back on again. The medical weight loss profession is rarely unanimous on any issue, but it does agree that yo-yo dieting is a killer, nothing is more dangerous to your long- term health. Let me repeat that: nothing is more dangerous to your health than yo-yo dieting, period!

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

A set of symptoms occurring together is called a syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is caused by irritability in the digestive system. IBS is also known as "irritable colon" or "spastic colon." The last five to seven feet of you bowel is called the large intestine or colon. It main purpose is to store food that cannot be digested. When the bowel becomes irritated, there is a change in bowel habit and you may experience periods of diarrhea, constipation and/or stomach pains. Other symptoms are nausea and a swollen stomach caused by trapped gas within the colon. Stomach pain is usually relieved by a bowel movement or passage of gas and may be described as crampy, aching, stain, piercing or excruciating. Whatever the case, the pains usually interfere with sleep and cause severe discomfort. The cause is usually poor eating habits with too many fatty foods not being properly digested. Stress is also recognized as a cause.

Diet is the chief culprit. People who eat excess fats usually lack the fibre and bulking foods that are required by the colon to regulate bowel function. Smoking is also a cause, as nicotine is known as an irritant of the colon.

Chitin and its derivatives provide the fibre necessary to relieve symptoms of IBS. Chitin has been shown to produce soft, bulky stools (waste material) which pass more easily through the colon. It is also very important to avoid the fatty foods that cause symptoms to flare. It is also important that when one is suffering from IBS and taking chitin or any other high fibre material that they drink plenty of liquids and not delay bowel movements.

For years, chitin and its derivatives have been used for nutritional and medicinal purposes in the Far East. In fact, many people take dietary supplements made from chitin and chitosan to improve their health. Many of those individuals help them combat a number of ailments, including high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, allergies and arthritis. They also cite improvements in skin, hair and nail health.

Studies have suggested that chitin and chitosan have a number of health benefits, including the ability to promote the growth of Bifidobacteria, healthy intestinal bacteria that help ward off disease. Chitin derivatives such as chitin oligosaccharides and chitosan oligosaccharides (smaller components of the chitin and chitosan molecules) also are believed to have many important health dividends, including promotion of bowel health, anti-tumor properties and promotion of these same beneficial Bifidobacteria.

Cholesterol-Lowering Effects

Research has shown that chitin and its derivatives may be effective in reducing blood cholesterol levels. In 1980, Japanese scientists demonstrated that incorporating chitosan into diets designed to raise blood cholesterol levels in rats, led to decreased blood cholesterol levels in animals. Subsequent animal work showed that chitosan also may bind cholesterol in the bowel. Preliminary results of a supplementation trial conducted in Norway showed that blood cholesterol levels decreased about 25 percent in adults who consumed chitosan daily for eight weeks in addition to their self-selected diets. Although the mechanism for lowering blood cholesterol is not completely understood, it is thought that chitosan molecule acts as fat scavenger in the digestive tract, trapping both fat and dietary cholesterol which

Fibre and Weight-Loss Effects, Lactose Intolerance Aid, Anti-Ulcer Properties
Since chitin acts like a fibre, it is largely indigestible and passes through the gut mostly unchanged. These fibre-like properties can be used to replace calories in foods. Research has shown that chickens fed a form of chitin with their feed were leaner than chickens fed regular feed.

As an added benefit, the study also found that chitin relieved the lactose intolerance caused by feeds containing whey, a cheese by-product containing 70 percent lactose, says Dr. John Zikakis, professor emeritus of the University of Delaware, who performed much of the research of chitin-fed chickens.

Normally, whey had limited use in animal feed, since it can lead to diarrhea. But chickens fed a substantial level of whey and chitin did not develop diarrhea, he notes. It is thought that this same effect may be achieved in humans.

Research has shown that general bowel function and regularity improve with the use of dietary chitin. In animal studies, when gerbils were fed diets supplemented with chitin, the animals became healthier, with improved vigor. Other experiments demonstrated that when chitin was added to bread and then fed to gerbils, the same health benefits resulted. Similar benefits have been reported with chitin supplements in cattle feed.

Researchers speculate that improved regularity also would result in humans who ingest modest amounts of chitin. Chitosan also has been shown to have antacid and anti-ulcer activity in rats and dogs. It is believed that chitosan has physical and chemical properties that are similar to the natural substances which coat the gastric tract.

Summary

The current and potential applications of chitin and its derivatives in fields such as biomedicine, nutrition, food, processing, pharmacology, microbiology, agriculture, and cosmetics are vast and exciting. Nearly 1,000 research papers have been published on chitin and its derivatives and nearly 200 patents have been issued in the U.S., in addition to those issued in several other countries worldwide. Chitin and chitosan have an international following: scientists from dozens of countries, including the U.S. and Russia, gather every three years to present the newest research on chitin and its derivatives. Many believe these natural compounds are poised to make waves, especially in biomedical, nutrition and food industries.

"Chitin and chitosan are ideal biomaterials which hold much promise for the future," notes Prodex’s Joseph Nichols. "There has been increased interest by scientists worldwide and industry is beginning to recognize their possibilities. They could have very well be important biomaterials in the next decade. The day has come for these natural polymers to come into their own." The foregoing information was taken from Chitin: A Natural Product for the 21st Century, International Commission on Natural Health Products, 1995

Once you start taking chitosan or chitin your bowels may be lose because the fibre is new to your body. Diarrhea may occur, this is only temporary. Your digestive system is merely adjusting to the "shock" of having a proper fibre content. You may want to start with one capsule twice a day until your system adjusts to the chitin

Chitin Today

Many countries already use chitin and chitosan in a variety of products, yet a whole array of possible materials could be made from these compounds. In Japan, chitosan was first used for wastewater treatment because of its metal-binding properties, but today chitin and chitosan are found in everything from antibiotics and surgical sutures to dietary supplements, foods and cosmetics. It also can be found in pet foods and is used to make cloth for undergarments and socks. In the U.S., chitin and chitosan are being used in seed treatment, animal feed supplementation and water purification, as well as in hair care products and dietary supplements. Natural substances such as chitin and chitosan demand a closer look at a time when synthetic compounds are losing their appeal. This brochure explores some of the research and more popular applications of chitin and its derivatives.

If you are among the 55% of women and 25% of men in the U.S. attempting to lose 5 pounds or more, chances are you will also be among the 90% that regain the lost weight within a year.

Why?

Yo-Yo, Up and Down Dieting is a Killer! More Dangerous than Excess Pounds
When you decrease your caloric intake by more than 1,000 calories per day, you begin to burn muscle, not fat. And, since it was eating too many calories-and perhaps the wrong kind of calories- that caused the weight gain in the first place, returning to old eating habits will lead to regaining weight. Most "quick weight loss" schemes are too low in calories and harmful to your health. The chitin weight loss program revealed here helps you achieve your weight goals the ideal way: eating right, losing fat, and improving your overall health so you look and feel better, inside and out.

Purchasing a fat absorbing and trapping chitin supplement is the essential first step to a healthier, slimmer you!

You will begin by filling out the simple Guide for Healthful Eating at the back of this booklet.. Make it Your Personal Fat Content Worksheet. You should be eating real foods and should not be going hungry. Remember, when you take chitin supplements you do not have to give up those foods you’ve always loved, not at all! I do ask you to eat intelligently, set realistic goals, and, moreover, once you’ve used chitin supplements to lose weight that you do not gain it back. That is going to take some changes. The most important of which is that you must take your chitin regularly before each fattening meal. We urge you to carry chitin with you like someone who uses breath mints or gum, ready to pop them in your mouth whenever you have a fattening meal or overwhelmed by a "Big Mac Attack." Why Do I Need to Use Chitin?

If you are one of the millions of people who have dieted unsuccessfully, or are one of the millions who need to lose weight to look and feel good about yourself, you MUST face the fact that:

1) fad diets don’t work in the long haul, and are detrimental to your health; 2) lifestyle and eating habits must be altered for permanent, successful weight loss; 3) good nutrition and proper eating is the foundation of healthy weight loss. 4) yo-yo dieting is more dangerous than being obese.

The reason you need to start taking chitin is to help you lose weight in the correct manner: the healthy way. Taking chitin supplements regularly encourages you to eat real and proper foods while augmenting your diet with what it needs. You continue to eat what you have always eaten while you adopt healthy eating habits.

You are not alone in the quest to become lean and healthy. The numbers are shocking. To say the least: According to the National Institutes of Health, 38 percent of American women and 34% of American men are overweight. I don’t mean a few pounds overweight, a few rolls of fat overweight, I mean obese. That means that 38% of women and 33% of men are 20% or more overweight.

350,000 deaths year in the United States are directly linked to obesity. This does not include the many that die from complications related to obesity such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and pulmonary diseases. $70,000,000,000 a year in the U.S. is spent to treat obesity and related medical conditions.

The Battle of the Bulge

In addition, Americans spend over 33 billion a year on weight loss products and services. The money is not well spent as the percentage of American adults who are overweight increase at an average of 1% a year. We fight a personal battle of the bulge and we are losing. For every step forward, two are being taken backward and the effect is devastating on the personal lives of the people who are suffering both short-term and long-term health deterioration.

Every day comes the announcement of a new weight-fighting weapon. The problem is that most of these are psychological oriented pills that attempt to reduce the brain’s craving for fattening foods. The reason that the battle is being lost is that we are eating too much and not being active enough

Let me repeat the essential facts about chitin and its derivatives; Chitosan, Chitin Oligosaccharide, and Chitosan Oligosaccharide, have many properties that make them attractive for a wide variety of health applications. For example, research indicates that it is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, non-toxic and non-allergenic.

Ongoing research is finding numerous uses for Chitin and its derivatives in areas such as: arthritis, heart, allergies, blood pressure, immune system, tumors, digestion, wound dressings, eye and gum treatments, sutures, and skin grafts.

For the past 20 years, chitin and its derivatives have been used for its health benefits in Japan. In 1992, Japan’s Health Department approved chitin and its derivatives as a functional food.

To be considered a functional food, it should contain two of the following 5 functions: fortification of immunity, prevention of illness, prevention of Ageing, recovery from illness, and control of biorhythm. Chitin is equipped with all 5 functions. It is no wonder that millions of people worldwide are using chitin based dietary supplements as a part of their wellness program.

Outline of the uses and claimed benefits of Chitin and Chitosan in the modern world:

Nutritional Uses

Dietary Supplement, Cholesterol Reducer, fibre Source, Bifidobacteria Promoter, Lactose Intolerance Aid, Weight-Loss Aid, Anti-Ulcer and Antacid Food, Nutraceutical, Food Film, Flavor Preservative, Flavor Enhancer, Texture-Enhancing Agent.

Biomedicine

Wound Healing, Burn Healing, Bone Healing, Intraocular and Contact Lenses, Eye and Gum Disease treatment, Plaque Reducer and Other Dental Care Treatment, Skin Irritation Relief, Athlete’s Foot Treatment, Sutures, Clotting Agent, Anti-Clotting Agent, Drug Delivery System, Anti-Tumor Agent, Osteoarthritis Treatment, AIDS inhibitor.

Skin and Hair Care

Moisturizing Creams and Lotions, Hair Care Products.

Environment and Agriculture

Water Treatment, Seed Treatment, Insecticide.

Other

Undergarments, Paper, Textiles, Beverage Clarifier, Feed Additive.