Patent ID: 7772195

Claim:
A method for treating obesity and insulin resistance in regulating of glucose in the blood in a mammalian patient in need of such treatment which comprises administering to said patient a composition of a purified mixture consisting of at least two molecules having structures where R is H, glucosyl or galactosyl; R′ is H, OH or OCH 3 ; and R″ is H, OH or OCH 3 with the proviso that when R is H, then R′ is not OCH 3 or R″ is not OCH 3 , or both R′ and R″ are not OCH 3 wherein one of the at least two molecules has R is galactosyl, R′ is OH, and R′ is H and is cyanidin-3-galactoside or one of the at least two molecules has R is galactosyl, R′ is H, and R″ is H and is pelargonidin-3-galactoside; and allowing the composition to treat the insulin resistance in regulating glucose and treat the obesity in the patient.