Nutritional composition for controlling blood sugar level

• US 7,641,924 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2002
• Issued: 01/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Meiji Dairies Corporation (Meiji Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Meiji Dairies Corporation (Meiji Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Makoto, Mizumoto, Kenji, Kume, Hisae, Sasaki, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Tate; Christopher R
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCORMICK, MELENIE LEE
• Application Number:
  US10/487,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20050002988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,678 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 424/757
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/33 containing sugars or derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/30 containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin products from apiculture A23L21/20; artificial sweetening agents A23L27/30
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/10 using additives addition of substantially indigestible substances A23L33/21
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/115 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/12 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/125 containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols; containing starch hydrolysates indigestible substances A23L33/21
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/20 Reducing nutritive value; Dietetic products with reduced nutritive value
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/40 Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 5/00 Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/20 having a carboxyl group bound to a chain of seven or more carbon atoms, e.g. stearic, palmitic, arachidic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/23 of acids having a carboxyl group bound to a chain of seven or more carbon atoms
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/7016 Disaccharides, e.g. lactose, lactulose lactobionic acid A61K31/7032
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/20 Milk; Whey; Colostrum
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/16 Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof enzyme inhibitors A61K38/005
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/1709 from mammals
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/02 Nutrients, e.g. vitamins, minerals
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/04 Anorexiants; Antiobesity agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/10 for hyperglycaemia, e.g. antidiabetics

Abstract

A nutritional composition for controlling blood sugar level comprising a protein, a lipid and a carbohydrate, wherein energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 25%, 20 to 35% and 40 to 60%, respectively; and oleic acid in the lipid energy percentage is 60 to 90% and palatinose and/or trehalulose in the carbohydrate energy percentage is 60 to 100%. The composition is useful as an oral or tube feeding nutrient for nutritional management or blood sugar level control of patients suffering from diabetes and glucose intolerance, or for obesity prevention, a therapeutic diet, a diet for diabetic patients at home, an obesity preventive diet or a food with health claims.

Claims

1. A nutritional composition suitable for diabetes patients, glucose intolerance patients or obesity patients which comprises a protein, a lipid, and a carbohydrate, wherein the energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 25%, 20 to 35% and 40 to 60%, respectively;

wherein oleic acid is 60-90% of the lipid energy percentage and wherein palatinose and/or trehalulose is 60-100% of the carbohydrate energy percentage, the remainder in the carbohydrate energy percentage being at least one sugar alcohol when said palatinose and/or trehalulose is less than 100%.

2. A nutritional composition of claim 1, wherein the lipid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a milk phospholipid, soybean lecithin, high oleic sunflower oil and perilla oil.

11. A nutritional composition of claim 1, wherein energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 24%, 20 to 30.2% and 40 to 60%, respectively;

wherein oleic acid is 60-80% of the lipid energy percentage and wherein palatinose and/or trehalulose is 60-80% of the carbohydrate energy percentage.

12. A nutritional composition of claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate includes maltodextrin, xylitol, or a mixture thereof.

3. A blood-sugar-level controlling method, which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof, an effective amount of a nutritional composition comprising a protein, a lipid and a carbohydrate, wherein energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 25%, 20 to 35%, and 40 to 60%, respectively;

wherein oleic acid is 60-90% of the lipid energy percentage and wherein palatinose and/or trehalulose is 60-100% of the carbohydrate energy percentage, the remainder in the carbohydrate energy percentage being at least one sugar alcohol when said palatinose and/or trehalulose is less than 100%.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the lipid of the composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a milk phospholipid, soybean lecithin, high oleic sunflower oil and perilla oil.

5. Method according to claim 3, wherein the patient is suffering from diabetes or glucose intolerance, or obesity.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein the composition is a diet for diabetic patients at home or an obesity treating or reducing diet.

7. Method according to claim 5, wherein the composition is an oral or tube feeding (enteral) nutrient.

8. An obesity treating or reducing method, which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof, an effective amount of a nutritional composition comprising protein, a lipid and a carbohydrate, wherein energy percentages supplied by the protein, lipid and carbohydrate are 10 to 25%, 20 to 35% and 40 to 60%, respectively;

wherein oleic acid is 60-90% of the lipid energy percentage and wherein palatinose and/or trehalulose is 60-100% of the carbohydrate energy percentage, the remainder in the carbohydrate energy percentage being at least one sugar alcohol when said palatinose and/or trehalulose is less than 100%.

9. Method according to claim 8, wherein the lipid of the composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a milk phospholipid, soybean lecithin, high oleic sunflower oil and perilla oil.

10. Method according to claim 8, wherein the composition is an oral or tube feeding (enteral) nutrient.