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US 10,488,423 B2Granted
Method
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsJanet Alexander, Penelope Morris, Adrian Hewson-Hughes
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Abstract
A method is provided, comprising feeding a cat a foodstuff comprising a protein to fat ratio of 1:0.27 to 1:0.63 on a gram:gram as fed or dry matter basis, and measuring the level of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in a blood sample from the cat before and after feeding the foodstuff. A reduction in GIP levels and/or maintaining low levels of GIP post-prandially is indicative of a foodstuff useful in preventing accumulation of and/or reducing body fat in a cat and therefore controlling the body weight of a cat.
Claims7
A method of screening a cat food, comprising:
- (a) preparing a foodstuff expected to provide a stabilized GIP level upon ingestion by a cat, the GIP-stabilizing foodstuff consisting essentially of aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, proline, of myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, palmitoleic acid, oleic acid and linolenic acid, the foodstuff further comprising a protein to fat ratio of 1:0.27 to 1:0.63 on a gram:gram as fed or dry matter basis,
- (b) feeding the cat solely the foodstuff for at least 14 days,
- (c) measuring the level of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in a blood sample from the cat before and after feeding the foodstuff, and
- (d) evaluating the measured GIP levels to determine whether the foodstuff is effective to stabilize the GIP level of a cat,
- wherein a measured GIP level of 50 pg/ml or less post-prandially indicates a foodstuff effective to stabilize the GIP level of a cat.
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