Patent ID: 8202543
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting the maintenance of healthy blood lipid levels, reducing blood serum cholesterol levels and treating hypercholesterolemy in human and animal subjects by the oral administration of a human or animal dietary supplement composition comprising a blood lipid health-effective amount of one or more long chain (C24-C36) primary alcohols comprising policosanols dispersed in food-grade fats or oils, wherein the particle sizes of the alcohols are greater than 2.6 microns and less than 10 microns within an acceptable oil carrier having beneficial blood lipid profiles, wherein the food-grade fats and oils comprise: not less than twenty five (25%) by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acids; not less than ten percent (10%) by weight of omega-3 fatty acids; not less than eight-hundred fifty parts per million (850 ppm) by weight of tocopherols and tocotrienols in total; and wherein the policonsanols comprise from about 0.1 percent by weight of the fats or oils to about 6.0 percent by weight of the fats and oils, and further comprising a food-grade emulsifier.