Patent ID: 8668898

Claim:
A method for reducing in certain cells of a human the radiocarbon content of at least one component selected from the group consisting of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), histone proteins and chromatin, comprising the formulation of a mixed-level-radiocarbon food or nutritional supplement, wherein said mixed-level-radiocarbon food or nutritional supplement comprises a mixture formulated by adding together (I) a therapeutically effective or beneficial amount of at least one low-radiocarbon component, including nutritionally acceptable salts or solvates thereof, comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of: (A DNA precursor compounds selected from the group consisting of purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides, deoxynucleosides, nucleotides, deoxynucleotides, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides and mixtures thereof; (B) histone precursor compounds selected from the group consisting of amino acids, dipeptides, tripeptides, oligopeptides, polypeptides, proteins, including hydrolyzed, substantially hydrolyzed or partially hydrolyzed proteins, and mixtures thereof; and (C) mixtures of (A) and (B); and (II) a therapeutically effective or nutritionally beneficial amount of at least one component having a natural background level of radiocarbon comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of fats, lipids, fatty acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and ingestible dietary organic compounds other than said DNA precursor compounds (A) or histone precursor compounds (B); and whereby said human, or the pregnant mother of said human during the gestation of said human, or the lactating mother whose milk is ingested by said human, ingests an effective amount of at least one said mixed-level-radiocarbon food or nutritional supplement so as to form in vivo in said human at least one of said DNA, histone proteins or chromatin comprising a reduced concentration of radiocarbon compared to the natural abundance concentration of radiocarbon; and wherein said low radiocarbon component (I) exhibits a level of carbon-14 that is at least 50% lower to 100% lower than the natural abundance concentration of carbon-14; and wherein said at least one natural background radiocarbon component (II) exhibits a level of carbon-14 that is at about the natural abundance concentration of carbon-14; and wherein said mixed-level radiocarbon food or nutritional supplement exhibits an overall level of carbon-14 for the group consisting of all members of DNA precursor compounds (A) and histone precursor compounds (B) that is at least 50% lower to 100% lower than the natural abundance concentration of carbon-14.