Methods of internment caloric restriction for imparting health benefits to an animal
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorYuanlong Pan
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset of an organ disease in an animal and for reducing the biological age in an adult animal using an intermittent partially restricted diet. Such methods can include feeding an animal two different diets having differing caloric contents in a specific ratio to achieve such benefits.
Claims15
A method for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset of an organ disease, or decline of organ function, or condition relating thereto in an animal, the method comprising:
- feeding the animal a caloric maintenance diet containing calories that meet the animal's maintenance energy requirements for a caloric maintenance period;
- and
- feeding the animal a caloric reduction diet containing from about 40% to about 60% of the calories contained in the caloric maintenance diet for a caloric reduction period;
- wherein the caloric maintenance period and the caloric reduction period is in a ratio of about 4:3.
A method for reducing the biological age in an adult animal or the biological age of an organ in the adult animal, the method comprising:
- feeding the adult animal a caloric maintenance diet containing calories that meet the adult animal's maintenance energy requirements for a caloric maintenance period;
- and
- feeding the adult animal a caloric reduction diet containing from about 40% to about 60% of the calories contained in the caloric maintenance diet for a caloric reduction period;
- wherein the caloric maintenance period and the caloric reduction period is in a ratio of about 4:3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.