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- Chitosan - The Natural
Pharmacist
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Chitin From Lobster Shell Shows Great Healing And Bio-stimulant Properties
- Science Daily, 7/13/07
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Science building for chitosan weight management benefits - Nutra USA,
4/4/07
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Study Probes Weight Loss Supplement Chitosan - WebMD, 8/25/05
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Little evidence to support weight loss effect of all chitosan supplements
- Nutra USA, 8/24/05 - "Bjarte
Langhelle, marketing director of Primex, which sells the LipoSan brand
chitosan, agreed that there are a lot of “not so good trials out there” ...
Langhelle believes that numerous chitosans on the market are totally
insoluble, making them ineffective"
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Chitosan fails to reduce kilos, finds study - Nutra USA, 8/24/04 -
"receive either 3g of chitosan daily or a placebo for 24 weeks ... The
chitosan group lost an average of 0.4kg compared to a 0.2 kg gain in the
placebo group"
- Chitosan: The Next Weight-loss Agent? - Nutrition
Science News, 10/01 - "in a more
recent study, researchers found a specific brand of chitosan (Chitosol)
produces significantly greater weight loss than placebo ... Although it is
unclear whether chitosan helps with weight loss, it is clear that all
chitosan products are not equal"
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Shell Game - washingtonpost.com, 3/28/00
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Lowly shrimp shells could yield jumbo benefits, researchers say - CNN,
2/4/99
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Why
Americans Are So Fat - Life Extension Magazine, 11/97
Abstracts:
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Evaluating efficacy of a chitosan product using a double-blinded,
placebo-controlled protocol - J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Oct;25(5):389-94 -
"Compared to CTL, the TRT group lost
more weight (-2.8 lbs vs. +0.8 lbs, p < 0.001) and fat mass (-2.6 lbs vs.
+0.1 lbs, p = 0.006). Compared to PLA, the TRT group lost more weight (-2.8
lbs. vs. -0.6 lbs, p = 0.03), % fat (-0.8% vs. +0.4%, p = 0.003), fat mass
(-2.6 lbs vs. +0.6 lbs, p = 0.001) and had a greater body composition
improvement index (BCI) (+2.4 lbs vs. -1.9 lbs, p = 0.002)"
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Effect of chitosan on weight loss in overweight and obese
individuals: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
- Obes Rev. 2005 Feb;6(1):35-42
- Chitosan decreases total cholesterol in women: a randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled trial - Eur J Clin Nutr 2003
May;57(5):721-5 - "assigned to receive
chitosan (1.2 g per day) or placebo ... Chitosan significantly (F=3.19,
P=0.04) reduced total cholesterol compared
to placebo. In a subgroup of subjects with over 60 y of age, chitosan group
significantly reduced total and LDL cholesterol"
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Dietary chitosan inhibits hypercholesterolaemia and atherogenesis in the
apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse model of atherosclerosis -
Atherosclerosis. 1998 Jun;138(2):329-34
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Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of chitosan in normal and neonatal
streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice - Biol Pharm Bull. 1995
Nov;18(11):1623-5
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Interrelated effects of dietary fiber and fat on lymphatic cholesterol and
triglyceride absorption in rats - J Nutr. 1989 Oct;119(10):1383-7
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Interaction of bile acids, phospholipids, cholesterol and triglyceride with
dietary fibers in the small intestine of rats - J Nutr. 1989
Aug;119(8):1100-6
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