Nutritional Supplements Containing A Peptide Component And Uses Thereof
AssigneeMead Johnson Nutrition Company
InventorsEric A.F. van Tol, Marieke H. Schoemaker, Gabriele Gross, Teartse Tim Lambers, Peter Wielinga, Robert Kleemann
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to nutritional supplement including a peptide component. The nutritional supplement further includes a source of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. The disclosure further relates to methods of protecting against obesity and its related metabolic disorders and inflammatory diseases in a target subject by providing the nutritional supplement(s) disclosed herein to a target subject, which includes a pediatric subject.
Claims17
A method for protecting against obesity by providing a nutritional supplement, comprising:
- a source of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid;
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG;
- and
- a protein equivalent source,
- wherein 20% to 80% of the protein equivalent source includes a peptide component comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 4, SEQ ID NO:
- 13, SEQ ID NO:
- 17, SEQ ID NO:
- 21, SEQ ID NO:
- 24, SEQ ID NO:
- 30, SEQ ID NO:
- 31, SEQ ID NO:
- 32, SEQ ID NO:
- 51, SEQ ID NO:
- 57, SEQ ID NO:
- 60, and SEQ ID NO:
- 63, and
- wherein 20% to 80% of the protein equivalent source comprises partially hydrolyzed protein, extensively hydrolyzed protein, or combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.