Fat,Magnets,Chitosan,and,Soap, health Fat Magnets, Chitosan, and Soap

If the vagina is not offering the firm grip to your male partner, he expresses displeasure in lovemaking. You need to tighten the orifice and regain lost elasticity. You can make use of herbal remedies for loose vagina treatment naturally. H The technology behind listening devices has improved dramatically in recent years, giving new hope to those with impairment. While still far from a perfect replacement for the natural ability to hear, these devices give those with a disabili

I recently chanced upon a web ad for chitosan, claimed to bea "Fat Magnet", which would let one eat fatty foods and loseweight. Looked like another magic pill. So I turned to my handyGoogle.Com search engine for information.Chitosan is processed from chitin, mostly obtained fromcrushed shellfish shells, crab shells, and similar. Chitosanis a polymer with structure similar to cellulose. It hasapplications in industry, such as to hold catalysts.The national governments of both Britain and the USA havetaken legal actions against makers and sellers of chitosanas a diet supplement, because claims that fat absorption canbe blocked by ingesting chitosan have been tested and provenfalse. Yet many internet sites are still selling this snake-oil medicine. I wonder why that is. Don't the good guys winand make the bad guys go away?One of the diet sales sites told me that chitosan is anextract of crushed shellfish shells, and can ionicallyattract "negatively charged fat like a magnet". Forstarters, the mechanism of magnets does not involve ions orcharge attraction.An example does come to mind in which ions interact withfats, namely the making and use of soaps.Again, let's turn to the handy Google.Com search engine.Soap was discovered at least four thousand years ago, andmany times in many places since then. Soap was not alwaysused to clean, sometimes the soft form being used to treatopen wounds, or as a hair dressing, for two examples. Oneway for soap to form is for fat drippings from a cookingfire to combine with water and the alkali existing in woodashes. This alkali is hydroxide of sodium and potassium. One legend says that rain water falling on fire altarsused for animal sacrifice to gods caused soap to form andflow into streams that were then discovered to be good forcleaning clothes.A molecule of soap consists of a molecule of fatty acid(carbon and hydrogen atoms) chemically combined with an atomof sodium or potassium, with some other atoms, such asoxygen, tied in. The chemical process involves the exchangeof electrons among the parts, said parts being identifiableas positive and negative ions. Soft fats tend to make softersoaps than solid fats. Potassium makes softer soaps thansodium.Soap helps in cleaning because it helps fat to emulsify (orsoponify or saponify) in water, that is the fat moleculesbecome distributed in water containing soap. The alkali endof the soap molecule loves water, and the fat end isattracted to fat. If the fats to be removed start out insolid form, the water can be heated.Many recipes can be found through Google search for makingsoap. Some include boric acid, sodium carbonate, aromaticoils, added heat, and so forth, along with water, fat, andalkali. Be warned that sodium and potassium hydroxide arecaustics which can attack skin, aluminum pans, et cetera.Lye, or sodium hydroxide, is well known as a drain cleaner,and can cause burns, even death, if used carelessly. Simplypouring lye and liquid fat together can make a smelly, hotmess, not yet a usable soap.Does the ability of soap to emulsify fats make it a dietarysupplement to reduce fat absorption? I don't think so. Evenif it did work, I can't see myself eating enough soap todeal with fatty food consumption. Soap solution wouldprobably act as a very powerful laxative, because it can beused for enemas.Thus, I conclude that "Fat Magnets" are just another magictrick that does not work. I add them to the following list."Fat Burners": Anyone who has read my books or articles onhealth knows that the body's "FBs" are "FIBs". Therefore,magic pills, foods, food combinations to "turn up your fatburners" are like any other magic, just tricks."Fat Blocker" / "Starch Blocker": I have yet to read of anydietary supplement for blocking absorption of starches orfats which (1) works, and (2) does so without severe healthrisks.As described in my "Easy Health Diet", the best way forreducing fat in the body is to not eat much fat (or otherconcentrated calories). Prevention is far more powerful thancure. There are plenty of foods low in fat, sugar, andalcohol, to fill up on.AN OBSERVATION: crushed shellfish shells ARE a good sourcefor calcium, but not the most readily absorbed form. Farmersfeed it to chickens to provide calcium while also providinggrit for the birds' food grinding process in the gizzard.Egg layers need a lot of calcium for the shells.** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. ** Article Tags: Shellfish Shells