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US 2025/0130247 A1Published application
Method of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (gip) stabilization
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsJanet ALEXANDER, Penelope MORRIS, Adrian HEWSON-HUGHES
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Abstract
A method is provided, comprising feeding a cat a foodstuff comprising a protein to fat ratio of 1:0.27 to 1:0.63 on a gram:gram as fed or dry matter basis, and measuring the level of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in a blood sample from the cat before and after feeding the foodstuff. A reduction in GIP levels and/or maintaining low levels of GIP post-prandially is indicative of a foodstuff useful in preventing accumulation of and/or reducing body fat in a cat and therefore controlling the body weight of a cat.
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A GIP-stabilizing foodstuff comprising:
- each of amino acids aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, and proline, and each of fatty acids myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, and linolenic acid in a ratio of 1:0.45 amino acid:fatty acid;
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- a protein to fat ratio of 1:0.37 on a gram:gram as fed or dry matter basis.
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