Therapeutic system for dietary health management
First Claim
1. A dietary health management system for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition comprising a meal program containing a plurality of prepackaged individual meals for each day, each of said individual meals including a plurality of meal components and containing a predetermined level of nutritional enhancement, whereby consumption of a daily diet comprising a plurality of said individual meals supplies said patient with a desired total daily calorie content, wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such that about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake derives from protein and such that about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake derives from fat;
- improved quality of life; and
sufficient nutritional enhancement to improve the management of said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source of dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consumption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in an amount less than about 2400 mg; and
potassium in a range of about 3000 mg to about 3500 mg; and
includes simple sugars in an amount less than about 107 grams.
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Abstract
A dietary health management system for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cancer, diabetes, and combinations thereof. In particular, the system comprises a plurality of prepackaged meals which may provide dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams; vitamins and minerals at about 100% USRDA; less than about 2400 mg of sodium; at least about 3500 mg of potassium; less than about 96 grams of simple sugars; protein, such about 15 to 20% of caloric intake is derived from protein; and fat, such that about 20 to 30% of caloric intake is derived from fat. Comsumption of a daily diet comprising a plurality of the individual meals supplies the patient with the desired total daily calorie intake, improved quality of life, and sufficient nutritional enhancement to facilitate the management of the diet-responsive condition.
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1. A dietary health management system for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition comprising a meal program containing a plurality of prepackaged individual meals for each day, each of said individual meals including a plurality of meal components and containing a predetermined level of nutritional enhancement, whereby consumption of a daily diet comprising a plurality of said individual meals supplies said patient with a desired total daily calorie content, wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such that about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake derives from protein and such that about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake derives from fat;
- improved quality of life; and
sufficient nutritional enhancement to improve the management of said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source of dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consumption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in an amount less than about 2400 mg; and
potassium in a range of about 3000 mg to about 3500 mg; and
includes simple sugars in an amount less than about 107 grams. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- improved quality of life; and
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19. A dietary health management system for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition comprising a meal program containing a plurality of prepackaged individual meals for each day, each of said individual meals including a plurality of meal components and containing a predetermined level of nutritional enhancement, whereby consumption of a daily diet comprising a plurality of said individual meals supplies said patient with a desired total daily calorie content, wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such that about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake derives from protein and such that about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake derives from fat;
- improved quality of life; and
sufficient nutritional enhancement to improve the management of said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source of dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consumption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in an amount less than about 2400 mg; and
potassium in a range of about 3150 mg to about 3850 mg; and
includes simple sugars in an amount less than about 107 grams. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- improved quality of life; and
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27. A dietary health management planning and control system for providing nutritionally enhanced dietary management to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition comprising:
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a plurality of prepackaged individual meals for each day wherein each of said meals is included within a group and has a group identifying code corresponding to the type of meal and wherein each of said meals further includes at least one category identifying code corresponding to a particular diet-responsive condition; each of said individual meals includes a plurality of meal components and contains a predetermined level of nutritional enhancement, whereby consumption of a daily diet comprising a plurality of said individual meals supplies said patient with a desired total daily calorie content, wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such that about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake derives from protein and such that about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake derives from fat;
improved quality of life; and
sufficient nutritional enhancement to improve the management of said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source of dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consumption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in an amount less than about 2400 mg; and
potassium in a range of about 3000 mg to about 3500 mg; and
includes simple sugars in an amount less than about 107 grams. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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