Oral composition
AssigneeDai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd.
InventorGaku Ueno
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Abstract
The present invention provides auxiliary food having the effects of decreasing food intake as an external factor by suppressing the sensibility to sweetness in eating food, and the effect of decreasing a desire for eating as an internal factor by increasing the number of times of chewing. The auxiliary food is used as chewing gum for helping diet and abstinence from drinking and preventing obesity, containing 0.3 to 130 mg of gymnemic acid as an effective ingredient.
Claims2
A method for decreasing the sensitivity of the tongue to sweetness comprising orally administering a composition in the form of a chewable gum, chewable tablet, oral refrigerant, or oral troche, said composition containing gymnemic acid in an amount effective to decrease the sensitivity of the tongue to sweetness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.