Use of DL-lipoic acid as a medical food in the treatment of diabetes mellitus

摘要

The object of the invention is the use and inclusion of DL- lipoic acid in a physician supervised, orally administered, modular- formula medical food in the management and treatment of a metabolic disorder, more specifically, a metabolic aberration of the multi-enzyme complex of pyruvate dehydrogenase, symptomatic of diabetes mellitus.