Therapeutic system for dietary health management
First Claim
1. A method for treating a diet-responsive condition in a patient in need thereof comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one quantifiable indicator of said condition;
administering to said patient a daily diet comprising a plurality of prepackaged individual meals, each of said individual meals 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, improved quality of life, and sufficient nutritional enchancement to manage said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consuption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in am 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 and wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such protein supplies about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake and such that fat supplies about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake; and
monitoring said at least one indicator of said condition.
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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 method for treating a diet-responsive condition in a patient in need thereof comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one quantifiable indicator of said condition; administering to said patient a daily diet comprising a plurality of prepackaged individual meals, each of said individual meals 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, improved quality of life, and sufficient nutritional enchancement to manage said diet-responsive condition, such that said nutritionally enhanced daily diet of meals includes an added source dietary fiber providing dietary fiber in the range of about 20 to 30 grams, and a source vitamins and minerals, such that consuption of said daily diet provides vitamins and minerals of at least about 50% USRDA, sodium in am 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 and wherein the percentage of calories provided in said daily diet by protein and fat, such protein supplies about 15 to about 20% of caloric intake and such that fat supplies about 20 to about 30% of caloric intake; andmonitoring said at least one indicator of said condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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4. The method of 1, wherein said desired total daily calorie content is in a range of about 1200 to 1500 calories.
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