For many people chitin is unfamiliar substance. Actually this substance was studied by people still for a long time. Even in the treatise "Bencao to a Ganm" there is a mention of it: "The armor rassasyvat hematomas and promotes good digestion".
Description
Chitin represents natural connection from a number of nitrogen-containing polysaccharides. It is also accepted to call it "the sixth element". Chitin in rather large numbers contains in organisms of some insects, various Crustacea, in stalks and leaves of plants. It should be noted that according to the productive data it concedes in the nature only to cellulose.
On an extent in one hundred years chitin was considered as withdrawal as he on the structure is not capable will be dissolved in the diluted alkalis, acids and many other solvents, in water. Plus of chitin is high operational prime cost at direct use, unlike cellulose.
Useful properties of chitin
Scientific and technical opening allowed the person to find a number of interesting properties which cellulose does not possess in chitin. For example, the substance today given – the only edible animal cellulose around the world. It should be noted that chitin is loaded with exclusively positive ions. In addition, minerals, vitamins, fats, sugar and proteins are its part that grants full authority to consider it the sixth vital to the person an important element. Getting into a human body, chitin actively absorbs negatively loaded fatty acids. Thus, this substance interferes with their absorption in intestines. Gradually chitin brings negatively loaded fatty acids out of an organism. Chitin fibers continuously make active a digestion vermicular movement. This influence stimulates the eaten food to move in a digestive tract in the accelerated mode. Thus, chitin is an effective and safe method of weight loss. In addition, fibers of chitin have property to connect cholesterol and fatty acids, interfering at the same time with absorption of hazardous substances in blood vessels. Chitosan which is received by a dezatsetilirovaniye effectively stirs up necessary activity of cells of a human body. At the same time it considerably adjusts nervous self-control and hormonal secretion. Scientific works showed that chitosan has ability to reduce concentration of cholesterol in blood. Thus, it does not allow to settle to it in a liver and interferes with its absorption in a small intestine. In addition, this substance considerably limits absorption of ions of chlorine in a human body, lowering blood pressure and expanding vessels. In a word, chitin significantly slows down process of aging of an organism, strengthening immunity, protecting a liver, regulating functions of internals, making active cages and cleaning an organism from harmful toxins and slags.