Rice protein supplement and methods of use thereof
AssigneeAxiom Foods, Inc.
InventorsDavid Janow, Ralf Jäger
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Abstract
Some embodiments relate to nutritional supplements comprising rice protein isolate. Some embodiments of the nutritional supplement comprise less than about 90 mg of leucine per gram of rice protein isolate and less than about 50 mg of lysine per gram of rice protein isolate. Some embodiments pertain to methods of using the nutritional supplements described herein to achieve one or more of weight gain, weight maintenance, growth, muscle growth, muscle maintenance, decreased muscle loss, or improved exercise training results.
Claims20
A nutritional supplement comprising:
- protein comprising:
- less than 85 mg of leucine per gram of protein;
- less than 55 mg of lysine per gram of protein;
- less than 180 mg of glutamic acid per gram of protein;
- and
- wherein the protein of the nutritional supplement consists of rice protein.
A method for improving a result of exercise training in a subject, the method comprising:
- providing a nutritional supplement comprising protein;
- wherein the protein of the nutritional supplement consists of rice protein;
- and
- wherein ingestion of an effective amount of the nutritional supplement by the subject before, during or after exercise training results in at least one of increased skeletal muscle hypertrophy, increased muscle mass, increased strength, increased power, improved body composition, increased VO2 max, and increased endurance.
A method of supplementing the diet of a subject, comprising:
- administering to the subject a nutritional supplement comprising protein;
- wherein the protein of the nutritional supplement consists of rice protein comprising:
- less than 85 mg of leucine per gram of protein;
- less than 55 mg of lysine per gram of protein;
- and
- less than 180 mg of glutamic acid per gram of protein;
- wherein the subject is a newborn, infant, toddler, child, adolescent, adult, or geriatric individual;
- wherein ingestion of an effective amount of the nutritional supplement by the subject results in at least one of muscle growth, muscle maintenance, and/or decreased muscle loss.
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