PBL Reduce Chitosan is a weight loss dietary supplement on the market which is manufactured by Performance Biomedical Laboratories. It is touted as a fat absorber and starch neutralizer. Reduce contains the controversial ingredient chitosan which is said to bind with fat causing it to pass through the body unused, therefore aiding weight loss.

Many chitosan-based products are available on the market these days. All of them promise to block fat in order to promote weight loss. To note, one of the most popular chitosan-based products available is the Reduce Chitosan, formulated and developed by Performance Biomedical Laboratories.

As the name implies, PBL’s Reduce Chitosan contains a substance known as chitosan, which supposedly works to bind to some of the dietary fat that you consume and removes it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed.

Chitosan is a controversial substance which has had many studies to conclude it has no effect on weight loss. While studies have not conclusively concluded that chitosan does indeed cause weight loss, there have been many anecdotal results which back up the claim.

According to some reviews and claims, Reduce Chitosan attaches to the intestinal lining where it tightly binds dietary fats and lipids prior to the absorption in the body. This process happens upon oral ingestion. As a result, the dietary fat is prevented from entering into the bloodstream because when the dietary fat is bound to the chitosan fiber, it becomes a large mass which cannot be absorbed in the body.

Besides chitosan, PBL’s Reduce contains ample amounts of Vitamin C. Several published reports have shown that chitosan works in concert with Vitamin C. It has even been recommended that the action of this substance may be improved by as small an amount of Vitamin C as 10 mg.

Reduce Chitosan also contains an all-natural bean extract that generally inhibits alpha-amylase activity. This prevents the breakdown of dietary starches into glucose, allowing in the end that carbohydrates from starch will pass through the system unaltered.

Further claims noted that Reduce Chitosan is a non-stimulant, all-natural nutritional ingredient derived from the white kidney bean. PBL even said that Reduce is by far the first nutritional ingredient that has been clinically and scientifically proven to neutralize starch that is commonly found in your favorite foods like breads, pasta, rice, crackers, corn and potatoes.

The proponents of Reduce Chitosan hold that during the digestive process, your body converts carbohydrates by breaking down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha-amylase, which is an enzyme produced in the pancreas. These calories are either burned off through exercise or stored as fat in the cells for future use. Unfortunately, this may lead to weight gain as inactivity means that these stored fat cells accumulate. From here enters the chitosan.

Chitosan then binds to some of the dietary fat that you consume and removes it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed. This can also be used for adding fiber to your diet.

The chitosan ingredient used in PBL’s Reduce Chitosan is said to be unsurpassed in its quality and purity. It goes through a process called deacetylation, which refers to the removal of the acetyl groups. What’s more, Lipase, a digestive enzyme is added to Reduce Chitosan in order to help in emulsifying the fats that you eat, making it a superior fat absorber. Note that Reduce is also fortified with Calcium as well as Vitamin C.

Recent researches have shown that the best time to take Reduce Chitosan is just before a starch-rich meal along with 8 oz. of water. However, other studies also showed that Reduce Chitosan could still offer some of its starch neutralizing benefits when taken during or just after a starch-rich meal.

If you would like to try Reduce Chitosan, you can do a search for it online. There are several places you can purchase the product. It appears to have no known side effects, but whether chitosan actually works as a fat and carb magnet, has yet to be proven.