Composition that relieves heartburn, GERD and hangovers
OwnerOfer Agam, Francis Rhett Brockingtoninventors
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Abstract
A composition and an article of manufacture providing relief of indigestion, heartburn, GERD and some hangovers. The composition is an oleophilic colloidal suspension of a finely ground powder of USP calcium carbonate suspended in a usually tasteless edible oil; wherein the suspension has a weight ratio range of oil to calcium carbonate that is from about 1.0 (oil) to 0.25 (calcium carbonate) to about 1.0 (oil) to 2.2 (calcium carbonate); and a single dose has a calcium carbonate weight range from about 200 mg to about 1000 mg. The composition can include other foods and additives so that it may be used and dispensed in a plurality of delivery systems and foods. The oleophilic colloidal suspension can be dispensed as a soft-gel.
Claims6
A fluid composition, said fluid composition consisting of:
- an oleophilic colloidal suspension (OCS) of a finely ground powder of calcium carbonate suspended in an almond oil, wherein both the calcium carbonate and the almond oil are Generally Recognized As Safe;
- said OCS has a density that is greater than 1 g/ml and less than 1.73 g/ml, is a fluid at body temperature, is immiscible with water and water based fluids including gastric acid, wherein the calcium carbonate in the OCS is insoluble in water, and the OCS is oleophilic with better wetting of a cellular wall that makes up an interior lining of a stomach;
- said OCS has a weight ratio range from about 1.0 (almond oil):0.16 (calcium carbonate) to about 1.0 (almond oil):2.14 (calcium carbonate);
- wherein, when ingested as a liquid, the combination of fluidity, higher density, and immiscibility with water causes said OCS, confined to interior surfaces of the esophagus, to flow onto interior walls of a stomach as the OCS is immiscible with watery interior contents retained within the stomach;
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- said OCS is largely devoid of taste.
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