Patent ID: 8178487
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A23L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing plasma glutamine concentration in a stressed mammal, the method comprising the step of administering to the stressed mammal a nutritional composition having as its sole protein source a protein source having at least 80% by weight of a component selected from the group consisting of whey protein, and a protein mixture which simulates the amino acid profile of whey protein consisting of approximately 80% to about 90% by weight of casein, approximately 0.5% to about 2% by weight of isoleucine, about 2% to about 8% by weight of leucine, about 1% to about 5% by weight of cysteine, and about 1% to about 5% by weight of lysine, wherein the nutritional composition has an energy content from about 600 kcal/1 to about 1200 kcal/1, wherein the whey protein is hydrolyzed whey protein and contains less than about 5% by weight of free amino acids, about 15% to about 55% by weight of peptides having a molecular weight of less than 1000 Da, about 20% to about 55% by weight of peptides having a molecular weight of 1000 Da to 5000 Da, and about 15% to about 35% by weight of peptides having a molecular weight of greater than 5000.