Composition and method for management of diabetes or pre-diabetes
AssigneeOmniblend Innovation Pty Ltd.
InventorsChristopher Walter Lichti, Peter Richard Wynter Best, Janena Frances Best, Gottfried Lichti
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Abstract
A drink for moderating blood glucose levels produced by a meal in a human subject suffering diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) the drink comprising: at least one water soluble or water dispersible compound selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides and proteins in a total amount of at least 8 g on a dry weight basis per serving of drink; aqueous liquid in an amount of from 70 ml to 400 ml (preferably in an amount of from 100 ml to 250 ml and more preferably from 125 ml to 175 ml) per serving, and wherein the drink exhibits shear banding when subject to the shear banding test herein described.
Claims8
A method for moderating the blood glucose levels produced by a meal in a subject suffering diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance, the method comprising:
- providing a unit serving of powder for preparation of a drink, the powder comprising:
- at least one water soluble or water dispersible protein in a total amount of from 8 g to 40 g on a dry weight basis of the powder serving and a polysaccharide in an amount of from 1 g to 10 g per serving;
- mixing the unit serving of powder with aqueous liquid in an amount of from 70 to 400 grams of aqueous liquid per unit serving;
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- administering the drink prior to ingestion of the meal;
- wherein the drink exhibits shear banding on a standard rotating cylinder shear banding test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.