Dietary supplementation with and methods for preparation of yeast-derived chromium salts
AssigneeViva Life Science, Inc.
InventorsMichael Arnold, Ping Yang
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Abstract
The present invention solves the need for non-toxic forms of bioactive chromium which is an essential part of the human diet. This invention provides novel dried-yeast products containing chromium as well as a method of producing the dried yeast products. The method uses organochromium complexes comprised of trivalent chromium, nicotinate, and glycine having high Glucose Tolerance Factor chromium activity. The invention also provides nutritional supplements containing the novel chromium-containing dried-yeast products and methods of administering these products and supplements to increase glucose uptake and insulin binding.
Claims19
A method of producing an edible chromium yeast product comprising:
- a) admixing a live yeast culture with an organochromium solution comprising about 500 ppm to about 25,000 ppm chromium glycinate dinicotinate to form a yeast-organochromium mixture;
- b) incubating the yeast-organochromium mixture for about 5 to about 100 minutes;
- c) adding growth media to the yeast-organochromium mixture to form a yeast-growing mixture;
- d) grow the yeast in the yeast-growing mixture for at least 10 hours;
- e) isolating the yeast from the yeast-growing mixture;
- f) washing the yeast to remove extracellular chromium glycinate dinicotinate;
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- e) pasteurizing and drying the washed yeast cells to yield the chromium yeast product.
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