Chitosan rapidly clots blood in the biomedical world but there are claims that it is also a fat attractor and expels fat from the body.

Di-Calcium Phosphate is a calcium supplement. Taking di-calcium phosphate can prevent osteorporosis. Although calcium is found in all dairy products like cottage cheese, cheese and yoghurt, milk etc. it is not sufficient to sustain the bones throughout our life beacuse calcium is essential for other things too; like for regulating blood pressure, skeletal maintainance, stimulation of hormone secretion and for controlling the heart beat. Calcium needs to be replenished continously as it gets flushed out from our body due to perspiration and toilet use. Di-calcium phosphate is available in the form of chewable tablets, tablets and in liquid form as well. It is also available in combination with minerals and vitamins. On an average an adult requires 1000 mg to 1200 mg of calcium everyday.

Gelatin constitutes the shells of pharmaceutical capsules in order to make them easier to swallow. Gelatin is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue. It has been commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceutical, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing.

Magnesium Stearate is coommonly used as a filling agent in the manufacture of capsules and tablets, such as vitamins, the source of this ingredient is typically bovine. However, there is an increasing number of vegetarian options in which the product specifically indicates it contains magnesium stearate from vegetable sources.

Vitamin C- The essential nutrient L-ascorbic acid, or rather Vitamin C, is necessary for a wide plethora of metabolic reactions in almost all living beings. In humans, Vitamin C is vital in the collagen synthesis. While most beings are able to make it internally, apes and humans cannot. Interestingly enough, while widely promoted as the best dietary source of Vitamin C, Oranges are dwarfed by the Kakadu plum, which has sixty times the amount. Prominent are rose hips, blackcurrant, red peppers, parsley, the kiwifruit, broccoli, redcurrant, several berries including strawberries and raspberries, as well as more exotic fruits and vegetables like Camu Camu, acerola, seabuckthorn, Indian gooseberry, jujube, guava and baobab. Tomatoes, while very popular Vitamin C source in the US, are very low on the Vitamin C scale.