Patent ID: 8648040

Claim:
A method of treating individuals afflicted with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes, said method comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a nutritional liquid, the nutritional liquid comprising: (A) from about 2% to about 98% of a protein source, as a percentage of total calories, including an amino acid blend comprising isoleucine, leucine, valine, cysteine, and methionine, at weight ratios of isoleucine to leucine, isoleucine to valine, isoleucine to cysteine, and isoleucine to methionine independently from about 10:1 to about 500:1; and (B) from about 2% to about 98% carbohydrate, as a percentage of total calories, including at least one of maltitol, erythritol, sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol, glycerol, isomalt, and lactitol; wherein the nutritional liquid has a pH of from about 2.5 to about 8 and a caloric density of from about 8.1 kcal/100 ml to about 40 kcal/100 ml.