Dietary supplement containing alkaline electrolyte buffers
OwnerJanmarie Hornack, Lawrence E. Dormaninventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An improved dietary and/or therapeutic supplement composition comprising a quantity of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent having a pH that upon ingestion with food or a beverage would limit the effectiveness of the agent and a sufficient amount of an alkaline electrolyte additive is provided in combination with the agent to raise the pH of the composition to a level of from about 8 to about 12.5 to increase the effectiveness and functional utilization of the agent while the composition is in the person's stomach. The supplement composition is designed to provide for optimum utilization of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent when taken orally with food or a beverage.
Claims4
A method of improving uptake of a dietary supplement through the stomach, when the supplement is ingested with at least one of a food and a beverage, the method consisting essentially of:
- a) providing an ingestable mixture, the mixture including:
- i) a quantity of at least one dietary supplement selected from the group consisting of a water soluble acidic vitamin, a bioflavanoid, a mineral, a trace mineral, a whole plant food product containing phytonutrients, and a herb, wherein the dietary supplement has a pH of 6 or less and is in a liquid form;
- and
- ii) a quantity of a liquid alkaline electrolyte selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium and potassium electrolytes;
- wherein
- b) when the mixture is ingested, the quantity of alkaline electrolyte is sufficient to provide a pH of from about 8.63 to about 12.5 as the mixture is being ingested.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.