Diet composition and method

• US 20060002984A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adam Brook
• Original Assignee: Adam Brook
• Inventors: Brook, Adam
• Application Number:
  US11/170,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20060002984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/439
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/30 Dietetic or nutritional methods, e.g. for losing weight A23L33/10 takes precedence

Abstract

A method of dieting includes providing a first food item; determining the caloric density and the number of calories of the first food item; providing a second food item; determining the caloric density and the number of calories of the second food item; adjusting amounts of the first and second food items based on a difference between the caloric densities between them; and consuming the amounts of the first and second food items, the number of calories in the first and second food items being less than or equal to a predetermined amount of calories.

Claims

1. A method of dieting, comprising:

providing a food item;

determining the caloric density of the food item; and

consuming an amount of the food item based on its caloric density.

2. The method of claim 1, further including consuming a larger amount of the food item if its caloric density is less than or equal to about two.

3. The method of claim 1, further including decreasing a portion of the food item if its caloric density is greater than about two.

4. The method of claim 1, further including determining the number of calories of the food item and at least one of its weight and volume.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the food item is provided because it is healthy.

6. A method of dieting, comprising:

providing a first food item;

determining the caloric density and the number of calories of the first food item;

providing a second food item;

determining the caloric density and the number of calories of the second food item;

adjusting amounts of the first and second food items based on a difference between the caloric densities between them; and

consuming the amounts of the first and second food items, the number of calories in the first and second food items being less than or equal to a predetermined amount of calories.

7. The method of claim 6, further including reducing the first amount of the first food item if its caloric density is greater than a first predetermined value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first predetermined value is about two.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the first food item has a caloric density greater than the caloric density of the second food item and the amount of the first food item is less than the amount of the second food item.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined amount of calories is chosen so that a person on the diet loses body weight at a desired rate.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined amount of calories is chosen so that a person on the diet maintains a desired body weight.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining the caloric density of the first food item includes dividing the number of calories in the first food item by its weight or volume.

13. A method of dieting, comprising:

determining a desired number of calories to consume;

providing a first portion of food with a first caloric density and a first number of calories;

providing a second portion of food with a second caloric density and a second number of calories, the combination of the first and second number of calories being less than or equal to the desired number of calories and the first caloric density being less than the second caloric density; and

adjusting the first and second portions of food so that the first portion of food is greater than the second portion of food.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the desired number of calories consumed reduces a person'"'"'s body weight by about one to two pounds per week.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the desired number of calories consumed maintains a person'"'"'s body weight.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first portion of food is a first food item with a caloric density less than or equal to about two.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the second portion of food is a second food item with a caloric density greater than about two.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first portion of food includes a liquid with a caloric density less than or equal to 0.4.

19. The method of claim 13, further including determining the first and second number of calories from one or more dietary guidelines.

20. The method of claim 13, further including determining the caloric density of the first food item by dividing its number of calories by its weight or volume.