Nutrition composition
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsMika Hamada, Kenji Nagao, Asuka Seki
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Abstract
The present invention provides a food intake regulating agent which improves anorexia and overeating and is safe for ingestion for a long term. The present invention relates to a food intake regulating agent containing 3 kinds of amino acids: threonine, methionine and tryptophan, as active ingredients.
Claims14
A method of regulating food intake in a subject in need thereof, wherein said subject suffers from a reduction in appetite or suffers from undernutrition due to a reduction in appetite or wherein said subject suffers from overeating or a lifestyle-related disease caused by overeating, comprising administering a composition to said subject comprising, by weight percent:
- a) 3.5% to 40% tryptophan,
- b) 5% to 65% threonine,
- c) 6% to 45% methionine, and
- d) not more than 20% of isoleucine;
- and
- wherein the composition does not contain any amino acid other than tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine.
A method of regulating food intake of a subject in need thereof, wherein said subject suffers from a reduction in appetite or suffers from undernutrition due to a reduction in appetite, comprising administering a food or drink to said subject, wherein said food or drink is in a unit packaging form for one meal, and wherein said unit packaging form comprises not less than 0.06 g of tryptophan, threonine and methionine, wherein the weight ratio of tryptophan, threonine and methionine is 1:0.5-12:0.2-10, wherein said food or drink comprises, by weight percent:
- a) 3.5% to 40% tryptophan,
- b) 5% to 65% threonine, and
- c) 6% to 45% methionine;
- and
- wherein the food or drink comprises not more than 20% of isoleucine;
- wherein the food or drink does not contain any amino acid other than tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine.
A method of regulating food intake of a subject in need thereof, wherein said subject suffers from a reduction in appetite or suffers from undernutrition due to a reduction in appetite, comprising administering a food or drink to said subject, wherein said food or drink is in a unit packaging form for one meal, and wherein said unit packaging form comprises not less than 0.06 g of tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine, wherein the weight ratio of tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine is 1:0.5-12:0.2-10:0.5 12, wherein said food or drink comprises, by weight percent:
- (a) 3.5%-40% tryptophan,
- (b) 5%-65% threonine,
- (c) 6%-45% methionine, and
- (d) 0.001%-45% isoleucine;
- and
- wherein the food or drink does not contain any amino acid other than tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine.
A method of regulating food intake in a subject in need thereof, wherein said subject suffers from a reduction in appetite or suffers from undernutrition due to a reduction in appetite, comprising administering a food or drink to said subject which is in a unit packaging form for one meal, and wherein said unit packaging form comprises not less than 0.06 g of tryptophan, threonine, methionine, and isoleucine, wherein the weight ratio of tryptophan, threonine, methionine, and isoleucine is 1:0.5-12:0.2-10:-0.5-12, wherein the food or drink is free of an amino acid other than tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine.
A method of regulating food intake in a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject is elderly, said method comprising administering a composition to said subject comprising by weight percent:
- a) 5% to 33% tryptophan,
- b) 8% to 60% threonine,
- c) 10% to 40% methionine, and
- d) not more than 20% of isoleucine;
- wherein the composition does not contain any amino acid other than tryptophan, threonine, methionine and isoleucine.
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