Patent ID: 9491955
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A23D

Claim Text:
1. A method of improving serum lipid parameters of a human subject, the method comprising the step of administering to the subject a dietary composition having a fatty acid composition consisting essentially of: (i) polyunsaturated fatty acids including linoleic acid, wherein said linoleic acid is at a concentration of 5 to 40% by weight of the fatty acid composition; (ii) monounsaturated fatty acids at a concentration of at least 10% by weight of the fatty acid composition; and (iii) saturated fatty acids at a concentration of 15 to 55% by weight of the fatty acid composition; wherein said saturated fatty acids include myristic acid at a concentration of at least 3% by weight of the fatty acid composition and lauric acid at a concentration of at least 3% by weight of the fatty acid composition, wherein 10 to 40% by weight of the fatty acid composition is myristic acid and/or lauric acid, and wherein the weight ratio of myristic acid to lauric acid in the fatty acid composition is 3:1 to 1:4; whereby one or more serum lipid parameters of the subject selected from the group consisting of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL-cholesterol are decreased and whereby said total cholesterol, triglycerides, and/or LDL-cholesterol are decreased more than would be obtained by administering an equivalent dietary composition including myristic acid at a concentration of less than 3% by weight of the fatty acid composition and lauric acid at a concentration of less than 3% by weight of the fatty acid composition.