Patent ID: 7959950
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
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 2.0 microns and less than 10 microns, 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 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.