Patent ID: 8143215

Claim:
A method for promoting weight loss in a person comprising applying an effective amount of a satiety enhancing composition onto substantially all food items to be ingested by a person during the period to suppress the person's appetite; and, on a daily basis for an at least one-month period, administering to the person for ingestion each of the food items to which the composition was applied, wherein the satiety enhancing composition is selected from a set of compositions consisting of a first composition and a second composition, wherein each of the first composition and the second composition is separately packaged and in the form of a free-flowing powder or granules, the first composition comprising a tastant having a sweet flavor quality and the second composition comprising a tastant having a salty flavor quality, and wherein the first composition is for applying to all primarily sweet foods ingested during the period and the second composition is for applying to all primarily salty foods ingested during the period.