Patent ID: 7875291

Claim:
A nutritional supplement composition for improving metabolic function in a human comprising: a first formulation comprising, packaged together, a plurality of minerals, including chromium polynicotinate, magnesium glycinate, manganese sulfate, selenium, vanadium, zinc, copper, iodine, and boron; and a plurality of vitamins, including vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin D, biotin, alpha-lipoic acid, and folic acid; and a second formulation comprising, packaged together separately from the first formulation packaging, a plurality of essential fatty acids, including evening primrose oil, flax seed oil, sunflower oil, sesame seed oil, and pumpkin seed oil; and a plurality of vitamins, including vitamin E and vitamin Q-10 wherein the components of the first and the second formulations are present in approximate ranges for achieving a daily dose of: minerals in the first formulation: chromium polynicotinate, 200-1500 mcg; magnesium glycinate, 100-1500 mg; manganese sulfate, 2-10 mg; selenium, 25-200 mcg; vanadium, 5-50 mg; zinc, 10-70 mg; copper, 2-5 mg; iodine, 50-250 mcg; and boron, 1-5 mg; vitamins in the first formulation: vitamin C, 50-1000 mg; vitamin B1, 10-200 mg; vitamin B2, 10-200 mg; vitamin B3, 10-200 mg; vitamin B6, 10-50 mg; vitamin B12, 100-10,000 mcg; biotin, 1-5 mg; vitamin D, 100-1000 U; alpha-lipoic acid, 100-1000 mg; and folic acid, 200-5000 mcg; essential fatty acids in the second formulation: evening primrose oil, 100-1000 mg; flax seed oil, 100-1500 mg; sunflower oil, 100-1000 mg; sesame seed oil, 100-1000 mg; and pumpkin seed oil, 100-1000 mg; and vitamins in the second formulation: vitamin E, 100-1200 U; and vitamin Q-10, 20-1000 mg.