Patent ID: 6534487
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of suppressing appetite in a subject in need thereof, wherein said subject is healthy, the method comprising administering to said subject, in an effective appetite suppressing amount, a food composition comprising:(a) about 10 to 75 percent by weight of slowly absorbed complex carbohydrate; (b) about 10 to 40 percent by weight of rapidly absorbed complex carbohydrate; (c) about 2 to 40 percent by weight of protein; (d) about 2 to 40 percent by weight of fat; and (e) at least one sweetening agent in an amount effective to sweeten said food composition; wherein the amount of simple sugars other than fructose in said composition is less than about 3 grams.