In my 40 years of practicing medicine, I’ve seen every kind of diet aid you can imagine. But when it comes to producing lasting weight loss, I’ve never seen anything like chitosan (KITE-o-san).

This natural food supplement—made from the shells of lobsters—forms a gel in the stomach. This gel bonds with any fats that are present, forming fatty “clumps” that are indigestible. These clumps pass out of the body in the feces. Animal studies have shown that chitosan taken before a meal blocks absorption of up to 50% of consumed fat.

One double-blind study in Italy found that people who ate a low-fat diet and used chitosan lost an average of 16 pounds…

compared with seven pounds for those who followed a low-fat diet without chitosan.

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