Nutritional supplementation system

A three (3) stage process of nutritional supplementation used on a daily basis with varying dosages & ingredients for the three stages, morning, pre-workout, and night stages, in combination with at least one work-out during the day. The third or night stage is the opposite of that for the second, pre-work-out stage, with the third or night stage using no stimulants and the latter heavy stimulants, with the second, pre-work-out stage using heavy stimulants. Exemplary, preferred ingredient, dosages and times of day for the three (3) stages are disclosed.

TECHNICAL FIELD 
The present invention is directed to a nutritional supplementation system 
used for the betterment of heath, in which one's basic nutritional diet is 
supplemented in three distinct stages--morning, pre-workout and night, 
using varying dosages and ingredients in the dietary supplements. 
BACKGROUND ART 
The prior art does not contain any individual "prior art" reference which 
disclosed all aspects of the invention, but only showed that some of the 
individual aspects of the invention were known, typically in non-analogous 
situations. 
The below listed patents are believed to be exemplary of the prior art. 
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4,973,467 
4,980,168 
5,051,258 
5,164,384 
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For example, the three patents to Sahley (U.S. Pat. No. 4,973,467, 
4,980,168 & 5,051,258) owned by Natrol, Inc. of Chatsworth, Calif., are 
directed to specific dietary supplements for adults and children, 
respectively, which have as one of their basic ingredients "GABA" 
(gamma-aminobutyric acid). Each patent then includes other various 
ingredients to be used with GABA. 
The patent to Paul (U.S. Pat. No. 5,164,384) owned by Metagenics, Inc. of 
San Clemente, Calif., is directed to an anabolic mineral formula for use 
as a nutritional supplement, which formula includes vanadyl sulfate as its 
major ingredient, along with other ingredients. 
None of these noted patents suggests the three stage, varying supplement 
approach of the invention having the same or an analogous formulation as 
the invention. 
The present invention provides a more effective dietary supplementation 
system for the betterment of health than that achieved in the prior art. 
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF INVENTION 
The present invention involves preferably .a three (3) stage process of 
nutritional supplementation used on a daily basis with varying dosages & 
ingredients for the three stages--morning, pre-workout, and night 
stages--in combination with at least one work-out during the day. The 
third or night stage is the opposite of that for the second, pre-work-out 
stage, with the former using preferably no stimulants and the latter heavy 
stimulants. 
A purpose of splitting the dietary supplementation into three parts of the 
day is because one needs the opposite at night than one needs before a 
workout. It is believed that no other such supplementation system includes 
the approach of breaking the supplements distinctly down to morning, 
pre-workout, and night stages. 
Particular, exemplary ingredients or components for the nutritional 
supplements of the invention included in the three, different, distinct 
stages are described in detail below. 
In general the morning the user takes light stimulants, before a workout 
the user takes heavy stimulants and at night the user takes no stimulants. 
Preferably the ingredient vanadyl sulfate is taken throughout the day but 
the dosage of it is the heaviest before a workout. The GABA (gamma 
aminobutyric acid) is given throughout the day but heaviest at night, 
because it elevates ones natural growth hormone output and causes the 
user's muscles to grow while sleeping. Caffeine, which is a stimulant, is 
taken heavily before a workout and only lightly in the morning. 
Ephedrine (Ephedra) is also a stimulant, whose dosage in the preferred, 
exemplary embodiment of the invention is very light in the morning and 
heavy before a workout. Ephedrine HCL is taken only before a workout and 
in a moderate dosage of, for example, fifty (50 mg) milligrams. A 
variation of this is that the Ephedrine HCL is sometimes taken at a heavy 
dosage of, for example, one hundred (100 mg) milligrams. It should be 
noted that there is a significant difference between Ephedra and Ephedrine 
HCL. 
Also, an off week is sometimes added after using the preferred system of 
the invention for, for example, four weeks so that the body does not get 
"used to" the dietary supplements being used. 
Another exemplary variation is to seriously increase the dose of caffeine 
before a workout to, for example, about five hundred (500 mg) milligrams, 
or even seven hundred and fifth (750 mg) milligrams, or even a thousand 
(1000 mg) milligrams. Caffeine definitely enhances the benefits of hard 
exercising which in turn in synergistic combination enhances muscular 
growth, while it does not have this beneficial effect when combined with 
light or less exercise. 
For purposes of comparison, it is noted that two (2) cups of coffee have 
about two hundred (200 mg) milligrams of caffeine in it. 
However, it is noted that a problem occurs if all of the ingredients noted 
above and below are put into a mixed powder form. Instead, it is 
preferable that the ingredients be put into, for example, gelcaps, for 
consumption, so that the ingredients are protected against stomach acids, 
the exposure to which would cause the ingredients to loose their potency, 
or at least have their potency significantly reduced. 
It is thus a basic object of the present invention to provide a nutritional 
supplementation system, including the use of varying ingredients and 
dosages taken in different, distinct stages, preferably three (morning, 
pre-workout and night), for one's nutritional diet, which system is used 
for the betterment of health and which is more effective than those of the 
prior art.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
The preferred, exemplary embodiment of the methodology of the present 
invention involves a three (3) stage process of nutritional 
supplementation used on a daily basis with varying dosages & ingredients 
for the three stages, morning, pre-workout, and night stages, in 
combination with at least one workout during the day. The third or night 
stage is the opposite of that for the second, pre-workout stage, with the 
former using no stimulants and the latter heavy stimulants. 
In the morning the user takes light stimulants, before a workout the user 
takes heavy stimulants, and at night the user takes no stimulants. 
The ingredient vanadyl sulfate is taken throughout the day but the dosage 
of it is the heaviest before a workout. The GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid) 
is given throughout the day but heaviest at night because, inter alia, it 
elevates ones natural growth hormone output and causes the user's muscles 
to grow while sleeping. Caffeine, which is a stimulant, is taken heavily 
before a workout but only lightly in the morning. 
Ephedrine (Ephedra) is also a stimulant, whose dosage is very light in the 
morning and heavy before a workout. Ephedrine HCL is taken only before a 
workout and in a moderate dosage of, for example, fifty (50 mg) 
milligrams. A variation of this is that the Ephedrine HCL is sometimes 
taken at a heavy dosage of, for example, one hundred (100 mg) milligrams. 
Also, preferably an off week is sometimes or intermittently added after 
using the dosages and ingredients for, for example and preferably, four 
weeks or thereabouts, so that the body does not "get used" to it. 
Another variation is to seriously increase the dose of caffeine before a 
workout to, for example, about five hundred (500 mg) milligrams, or even 
seven hundred and fifth (750 mg) milligrams, or even a thousand (1000 mg) 
milligrams. 
It is preferable that the ingredients be put into, for example, gelcaps 
when the supplements are manufactured or at least before the user consumes 
them. 
Exemplary times of the day for the taking the dietary supplementations in 
the three stages of the exemplary embodiment are, for example: 
STAGE 1--8:30-9:30 AM for the morning stage or preferably right after 
awakening; 
STAGE 2--within, for example, about fifteen to thirty (15-30) minutes of 
the beginning of the daily workout, which workout preferably is done not 
earlier than late morning or early afternoon and typically is done in the 
evening hours; and 
STAGE 3--9:30-11:30 PM for the night stage preferably right before bedtime. 
Particular examples for the supplement are presented below, along with 
exemplary, acceptable ranges for the ingredients. 
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EXEMPLARY NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS 
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Example 1 
Morning Ephedrine 10 mg 
Caffeine 25 mg 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
20 mg 
GABA 3 grams 
Preworkout Scoop 
Ephedrine HCL 50 mg 
Caffeine 125 mg 
Ephedrine 100 mg 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
50 mg 
GABA 1 gram 
Night GABA 4 grams 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
10 mg 
Example 2 
Morning Ephedrine 10 mg 
Caffeine 25 mg 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
20 mg 
GABA 3 grams 
Preworkout Scoop 
Ephedrine HCL 100 mg 
Caffeine 300 mg 
Ephedrine 100 mg 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
80 mg 
GABA 1 gram 
Night GABA 5 grams 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
10 mg 
Ranges of Ingredients 
Ingredient Minimum Maximum 
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Epedrine HCL 1 mg 500 mg 
Caffeine 1 mg 1,500 mg 
Ephedra 1 mg 1,000 mg 
Vanadyl Sulfate 
1 mg 1,000 mg 
GABA 200 mg 20 grams 
Ginseng 1 mg 1,500 mg 
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Ginseng is an example of an alternative ingredient that could be added. It 
preferably would be added to the pre-workout scoop in order to add an 
extra, antifatigue effect. An exemplary, proper dose would be about two 
hundred and fifty (250 mg) milligrams. 
It is further noted that an exemplary "workout" in the context of this 
invention typically comprises going to a health spa or gym or using like 
home exercise equipment for intense exercise, primarily weight-lifting, 
for approximately an average of about ninety (90) minutes. In such a 
workout the user is primarily interested in muscular development. 
Additionally, it should be understood that the nutritional supplementation 
of the invention is an integral part of such a muscular growth regime and 
is totally different from and non-analogous to multi-stage diet systems 
which do not involve significant weight lifting and are typically followed 
by the elderly, sick and infirm. 
Of course the invention is subject to many variations in detail, dosages 
and methodology and the foregoing disclosure should be considered merely 
exemplary except where otherwise indicated. 
Because many varying and different embodiments may be made within the scope 
of the inventive concept(s) herein taught, and because many modifications 
may be made in the embodiments herein detailed in accordance with the 
descriptive requirements of the law, it is to be understood that the 
details herein are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting 
sense.