Dietary supplement and method

• US 8,197,842 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2010
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Freedom Health LLC
• Original Assignee: Freedom Health LLC
• Inventors: Bedding, Peter M. J., Pellegrini, Franklin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): GHALI, ISIS A D
• Application Number:
  US12/702,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20100136044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 424/442, 424/439, 424/438, 424/441, 424/440, 426/630, 426/635, 426/601, 426/807
• US Class Current: 424/442
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/10 Organic substances
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/158 Fatty acids; Fats; Products containing oils or fats
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/20 for horses
• 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 36/28 Asteraceae or Compositae (Aster or Sunflower family), e.g. chamomile, feverfew, yarrow or echinacea
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/31 Brassicaceae or Cruciferae (Mustard family), e.g. broccoli, cabbage or kohlrabi
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/48 Fabaceae or Leguminosae (Pea or Legume family); Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/55 Linaceae (Flax family), e.g. Linum
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/63 Oleaceae (Olive family), e.g. jasmine, lilac or ash tree
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/889 Arecaceae, Palmae or Palmaceae (Palm family), e.g. date or coconut palm or palmetto
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/899 Poaceae or Gramineae (Grass family), e.g. bamboo, corn or sugar cane
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/00 Drugs for disorders of the alimentary tract or the digestive system
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/04 Antibacterial agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/10 Antimycotics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 39/06 Free radical scavengers or antioxidants
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 426/807 Poultry or ruminant feed
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 426/808 Starch base snack product

Abstract

A novel dietary supplement and methods for the manufacture of the same are disclosed for feeding to equines and other animals. The dietary supplement of the present invention is beneficial to the health of equines and other animals. The dietary supplement of the present invention consists of safe and natural ingredients rather than drugs, and is orally administrable. The ingredients of the dietary supplement make the dietary supplement of the present invention highly beneficial to the health of equines and other animals.

Claims

1. A dietary supplement composition comprising:

a polar lipid supplement that has been isolated from its natural source which polar lipid supplement is high in galactolipids and antioxidants;

a soluble beta-glucan fiber source that has been fractionated from its natural origin which soluble beta-glucan fiber source exerts a beneficial effect on health;

at least one amino acid that provides at least one beneficial effect on a digestive system; and

at least one nutricine that absorbs and/or eliminates pathogenic bacteria and/or mycotoxins in the digestive tract consisting of mannan oligosaccharides;

wherein said polar lipid supplement, said soluble beta-glucan fiber source, said at least one amino acid, and said at least one nutricine are present in respective amounts sufficient to cause the dietary supplement to exert a beneficial effect on the health of an equine.

2. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said polar lipid supplement contains lipids of oats.

3. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said polar lipid supplement comprises:

oat oil.

4. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 3, additionally comprising:

at least one oil selected from the group consisting of sunflower oil, soybean oil, olive oil, palm oil, com oil, rape seed oil, and linseed oil.

5. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said soluble beta-glucan fiber source is derived from at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of oats, barley, and soybeans.

6. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said soluble beta-glucan fiber source is derived from oats.

7. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1 wherein said beta-glucan fiber source comprises oats.

8. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one amino acid comprises:

L-threonine.

9. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one amino acid comprises:

L-Glutamine.

10. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one amino acid comprises:

glutamine peptide.

11. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one nutricine that absorbs and/or eliminates pathogenic bacteria and/or mycotoxins in the digestive tract is derived from a yeast cell wall product.

12. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 11, wherein said yeast cell wall product comprises:

a non-estrified yeast cell wall product.

13. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 11, wherein said yeast cell wall product comprises:

an estrified yeast cell wall product.

14. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, additionally comprising:

a nutricine that strengthens the immune system, comprising a supplement containing dietary nucleotides.

15. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 14, wherein said nutricine which enhances growth and/or strengthens the immune system is derived from brewer'"'"'s or baker'"'"'s yeast.

16. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, additionally comprising:

an emulsifier that thickens said dietary supplement composition and prevents the constituents of said dietary supplement composition from separating.

17. A dietary supplement composition as defined in claim 1, additionally comprising;

at least one mineral micronutritional additive.

18. A dietary supplement composition comprising:

a polar lipid supplement that has been isolated from its natural source which polar lipid supplement is high in galactolipids and antioxidants;

a soluble beta-glucan fiber source that has been fractionated from its natural origin in an amount sufficient to exert a beneficial effect on health;

at least one amino acid in an amount sufficient to provide at least one beneficial effect on a digestive system; and

at least one nutricine in an amount sufficient to absorb and/or eliminate pathogenic bacteria and/or mycotoxins in the digestive tract consisting of mannan oligosaccharides.

19. A method of making a dietary supplement composition, said method comprising:

providing a polar lipid supplement that has been isolated from its natural source which polar lipid supplement is high in galactolipids and antioxidants;

providing a soluble beta-glucan fiber source that has been fractionated from its natural origin which soluble beta-glucan fiber source exerts a beneficial effect on health;

providing at least one amino acid that provides at least one beneficial effect on a digestive system;

providing at least one nutricine that absorbs and/or eliminates pathogenic bacteria and/or mycotoxins in the digestive tract consisting of mannan oligosaccharides; and

mixing said polar lipid supplement, said soluble beta-glucan fiber source, said at least one amino acid, and said at least one nutricine together in relative amounts sufficient to cause the dietary supplement to exert a beneficial effect on the health of an equine.