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US 2003/0147938 A1Published application
Method and composition for enhancing weight loss
OwnerAlan R. Hirschinventor
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Abstract
Compositions for enhancing satiety and weight loss in an individual, assays for assessing a tastant for enhancing satiety and weight loss, and methods of using the composition to suppress appetite and enhance weight loss are provided.
Claims19
A satiety enhancing composition, consisting essentially of:
- an amount of at least one tastant in combination with a carrier, and optionally with an anti-caking agent, a coloring agent, or both, which amount is effective to effect an average weight loss of about 5 lbs. or more over an about 6-month period, when the composition is applied to and ingested with a foodstuff on a daily basis over the about 6-month period.
A method for enhancing weight loss in a person, comprising the steps of:
- administering a foodstuff to the person for ingestion on at least a daily basis for an about 6-month period to cause an average weight loss in the person of about 5 lbs. or more over the 6-month period, the foodstuff comprising an effective amount of a satiety enhancing composition comprising a tastant to effect said weight loss when ingested daily by the person over the 6-month period.
A method for enhancing weight loss in an individual, comprising the steps of:
- providing a satiety enhancing composition consisting essentially of a tastant, a carrier, and optionally an anti-caking agent, a coloring agent, or both;
- the tastant selected from the group consisting of a primarily salty tastant or a primarily sweet tastant;
- combining an effective amount of the satiety enhancing composition with a food to form a foodstuff, wherein a composition comprising a primarily salty tastant is combined with a primarily salty food, and a composition comprising a primarily sweet tastant is combined with a primarily sweet food;
- and
- administering the foodstuff to the individual for ingestion.
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A method of promoting weight loss, comprising the steps of:
- administering to an individual for ingestion on a daily basis, a foodstuff comprising a food combined with an effective amount of a satiety enhancing composition to effect an average weight loss of about 5 lbs. or more over an about 6-month period;
- wherein a satiety enhancing composition comprising a primarily salty tastant is combined with a primarily salty food, and a satiety enhancing composition comprising a primarily sweet tastant is combined with a primarily sweet food.
A method of enhancing weight loss, comprising the steps of:
- administering with each food to be ingested by an individual on a daily basis for an at least one month period, an effective amount of a satiety enhancing composition consisting essentially of a tastant, a carrier, and optionally an anti-caking agent, a coloring agent, or both, to effect an average weight loss of about 5 lbs. or more over an about 6-month period;
- wherein a satiety enhancing composition comprising a primarily salty tastant is combined with a primarily salty food, and a satiety enhancing composition comprising a primarily sweet tastant is combined with a primarily sweet food.
A method of assaying a tastant for effecting weight loss of an individual, comprising:
- selecting a tastant based on a food to be ingested, the tastant selected from the group consisting of a primarily salty tastant or a primarily sweet tastant;
- formulating a composition consisting essentially of the tastant, a carrier, and optionally an anti-caking agent, a coloring agent, or both;
- combining the composition with each food to be ingested by an individual to form a foodstuff;
- wherein a composition comprising a primarily salty tastant is combined with a primarily salty food, and a composition comprising a primarily sweet tastant is combined with a primarily sweet food;
- administering each of said foodstuffs to the individual for ingestion;
- repeating the combining and administering steps on a daily basis for an at least one month period;
- and
- assessing the effectiveness of the composition to effect weight loss according to a change in weight of the individual.
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