Patent ID: 7968529

Claim:
Method of treatment of a subject having high plasma or serum cholesterol and high triglyceride levels, said method comprising: administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a food item, said food item enriched with a plasma or serum cholesterol and triglyceride lowering agent consisting essentially of a sphingolipid according to the formula (I): wherein Z is R 3 or —CH(OH)—R 3 , A is sulphate, sulphonate, phosphate, phosphonate or —C(O)O—, R 1 is H, hydroxyl, alditol, aldose, an alcohol, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or an amino acid, R 2 is H or an unsaturated or saturated (C 1 -C 30 ) alkyl chain, R 3 is an unsaturated or saturated (C 1 -C 30 ) alkyl chain, Q 1 is a primary amine group (—NH 2 ), secondary amine group (—NH—) or an amide group (—NH—CO—), and t is 0 or 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and optionally one or more excipients; determining, after said administering, a plasma or serum cholesterol level in said subject; and determining, after said administering, a plasma or serum triglyceride level in said subject.