DIETARY SUPPLEMENT, AND DIETARY METHODS EMPLOYING SAID SUPPLEMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA dietary supplement, for use with from 61.3 to123 grams of dried skimmed milk (or the equivalentquantity of liquid skimmed milk) in the dietary regimeto provide a complet low-calorie diet for the treatment of obesity in man, in which theamount of said supplement which contains a datum levelof 18 - 9 mg iron also contains at least 182 mg sodium,at least 308 mg potassium and at least 64 mg magnesium,as well as Vitamin A in an amount of at least 750 µg retinolequivalents, at least 100 i.u. Vitamin D, at least 0.76mg thiamine, at least 14 mg nicotinic acid (or nicotin-amide), and at least 18 mg aseorbic acid, and in which thetotal calorie content (if any) of that amount of supplementis not greater than 200 Kcals, usually is less than 100Kcalories, and preferably does not exceed 25 Kcalories.The supplement preferably also contains 50-150µg iodine and/orat least 157 mg phosphorus, and/or traces of copper, zincand manganese, and/or at least 2 mg Vitamin B6, at least5 µg Vitamin B12, at least 30 i.u. Vitamin E, at least0.4 mg folic acid and at least 0.7 mg riboflavin. Italso desirably contains trace amounts of pantothenicacid, d-biotin, p-aminobenzoic acid, choline and/or VitaminK, as well as optionally up to 500 mg of L-methionine and/orL-cysteine and/or L-cystine, and/or from 1.0 g to 10 g ofessential fatty acid(s).