Patent ID: 8765195

Claim:
A method of increasing sex steroids and human growth hormone in a human being, comprising: providing an oral nutritional supplement consisting essentially of: about 1 mmol L-arginine, about 1 mmol Oxo-proline, about 2 mmol L-lysine, about 1.5 μmol N-acetyl L-cysteine, about 2 μmol L-glutamine, and about 125 μg Schizonepta (aerial parts) powder; and orally administering the nutritional supplement to a human being exhibiting one or more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder orally administering the nutritional supplement to the human being in an amount effective to: increase lean body mass; reduce obesity, adipose tissue mass, or anxiety; support weight loss; decrease appetite and atrophic processes in skeletal muscle, liver, kidney, spleen, skin, or bone; improve energy, endurance, sleep, metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, cardiovascular health, sympathetic nervous activity, thyroid response, fat metabolism, glucose utilization, mental/cognitive function, reaction time, bone density, hair health and appearance, nail health and appearance, skin health and appearance, or libido; and/or affect one or more condition(s) and/or disease(s) that depend upon androgen activity.