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The present invention provides compositions comprising therapeutic nucleic acids such as interfering RNA that target apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) gene expression, lipid particles comprising one or more (e.g., a cocktail) of the therapeutic nucleic acids, methods of making the lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering the lipid particles (e.g., for the treatment of lipid diseases or disorders such as atherosclerosis or a dyslipidemia such as hypertriglyceridemia or hypercholesterolemia).

The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes micronutrients to facilitate reduction of cholesterol, and/or reduction of homocystein and/or reduction of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) oxidation in humans. In one embodiment the supplement is a multi-vitamin, a mineral supplement which includes at least one component known to reduce cholesterol. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.

The present invention relates to novel ether compounds, compositions comprising ether compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemias, dysproteinemias, and glucose metabolism disorders comprising administering a composition comprising an ether compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease, Syndrome X, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-related disorders, septicemia, thrombotic disorders, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, cancer, inflammation, and impotence. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents.

The present invention relates to novel ether compounds, compositions comprising ether compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemias, dysproteinemias, and glucose metabolism disorders comprising administering a composition comprising an ether compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease, Syndrome X, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-related disorders, septicemia, thrombotic disorders, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, cancer, inflammation, and impotence. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents.

The invention discloses a layer feed containing a traditional Chinese medicine additive. The layer feed comprises the following components in parts by weight: 60-80 parts of corn powder, 8-10 parts of bran, 8-10 parts of bean pulp, 8-10 parts of fish meal, 8-10 parts of shell powder, and 2-12 parts of traditional Chinese medicine additive, wherein the traditional Chinese medicine additive comprises the crude drugs in parts by weight: 5-10 parts of dandelion, 3-5 parts of herba andrographitis, 3-5 parts of rhizoma atractylodis, 5-10 parts of honeysuckle, 5-10 parts of fructus cnidii, 10-15 parts of selfheal, 10-15 parts of baical skullcap root, 10-15 parts of astragalus root, 10-15 parts of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, 5-10 parts of hawthorn, 0.5-1 part of lucid ganoderma, 10-15 parts of codonopsis pilosula, 10-15 parts of angelica sinensis, 5-10 parts of semen cuscutae, 5-8 parts of clove, 5-8 parts of pericarpium citri reticulatae, 5-8 parts of hawthorn and 5-8 parts of cinnamon. The immunoreactive substance can enhance the immune function of organism, improves the anti-stress ability and the disease resistance of the animal, improves the production performance of the animal, and simultaneously has the advantages of small toxic and side effects, no drug-resistance, no residue and the like; the survival rate of chicken is greatly improved; the lecithin content of the egg is obviously improved; the cholesterol content of the egg is reduced; and the nutritive value of the egg is improved.

The slimming diet fiber biscuit is produced with flour and diet fiber as main material and supplementary material including salt, seasoning, etc. The diet fiber will expand after absorbing water and this makes the eater produce satiety to reduce the ingestion; and it will reduce the time for food to stay in intestinal tract to consume fat inside body and result in slimming effect. In addition, ingesting diet fiber can reduce the re-absorption amount and alter food digesting speed and digestion secretion amount to prevent gall stone, duodenal ulcer, peptic colonitis and other diseases.

The invention discloses a barley noodle, which comprises the following parts: one or more component from barley noodle, wheat flour, maize starch, manihot starch, sweet potato starch, potato starch and glutelin powder, one or more of glutamine transaminase, xylanase and cellulose enzyme, one or more of guar gum, xanthan gum, sodium polyacrylate, sodium alginate and konjaku flour, one or more of monosodium calcium lactate stearate, diacetyl tartaric acid monoester, soya phosphatide and monoaliphatic acid glyceride, water, salt and egg.

A Chinese-medicinal additive of forage for improving the output and quality of egg is prepared from 15 Chinese-medicinal materials including astragalus root, Chinese angelica root, pilose asiabell root, dodder seed, etc.

The invention discloses a laying-hen feed additive. Hawthorn power with obvious lipid-reducing function in western China, tea powder (processed byproducts), eucommia leaf powder, gynostemma pentaphyllum powder (processed byproducts), mulberry leaf powder, ginkgo leaf powder, seabuckthorn leaf powder, chili powder (processed byproducts) and other plant resources are optimized, matched and combined through a functional complementation principle to be taken as the laying-hen feed additive for low-cholesterol health eggs. The additive has the advantages of ensuring that the cholesterol content of eggs is lower than a normal level by over 35 percent, obviously improving the color of egg yolk, ensuring longer retention period of the eggs and obviously reducing non-viral diseases of laying hens in feeding period.

The invention discloses prescriptions of feeds for breeding pigeons in different growing phases and a breeding method thereof. Corresponding feed prescriptions are respectively provided according to the characteristics of different growing demands of breeding pigeons in different growing phases at different ages in days, components of the feed prescriptions are common feeds, and are low in cost, convenient to buy and strong in feed conversion ration. The feed prescriptions for growing phases can be used for effectively preventing common diseases of breeding pigeons in the growing stage, balanced supply of energy and protein can be met according to the characteristics of different growing-phase demands of pigeons, the growing development and multiplication of the breeding pigeons can be promoted, the laying amount and the laying quality can be improved, the content of cholesterol in meat can be reduced, and the body health can be benefited.

The present invention discloses a microbial feed additive. It is made up by using carrier, protein feed, rice bran or wheat bran, cane sugar, bone powder or shell powder, white peony root, acanthopanax root, aspidium and fermenting agent through a certain preparation process. The above-mentioned described carrier can utilize waste material obtained by cultivating edible mushroom. Said additive can raise utilization rate of feed by 20%-30%, and can promote animal growth and development.

A method and system for managing a wellness programme includes obtaining personal information pertaining to an individual, the personal information including at least the individual's age and gender. In addition, health information pertaining to the individual is obtained. The health information typically includes at least one of exercise, diet, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight. The personal information and the health information are then used to determine a wellness programme for the individual, the wellness programme including a plurality of programme areas with which the individual must comply. Information is then received regarding the individual's compliance or non-compliance with the individual's wellness programme and points are awarded to the individual for compliance with the wellness programme. At predetermined intervals the total number of points awarded to the individual are calculated and a reward is awarded to the individual based on the total number of points accumulated.

A Chinese medicine for preventing and treating cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and the inflammation of biliary tract, and improving the function of gallbladder and liver is prepared from 23 Chinese-medicinal materials including tackahoe, capejasmine fruit, white peony root, cyprus tuber, etc.

Provided are methods of reducing cellular cholesterol levels using lipid particles that are capable of cellular entry. Such lipid particles may be used for treating or preventing a disease or condition that is caused by or associated with an increased cellular cholesterol level and for treating or preventing a disease or condition, that is caused by or associated with a virus, that relies on cellular cholesterol for its replication.

A health-care knitting fabric is made up of hemp fibre, color cotton fibre, bamboo fibre, soybean protein fibre, chitin fibre, and natural wooden pulp fibre through twisting, knitting, boiling, softening, baking and high-pressure ironing.

The invention belongs to the technical field of poultry feed and especially relates to a Chinese herbal medicine feed additive for laying hen and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method of the Chinese herbal medicine feed additive for laying hen comprises the following steps of respectively carrying out reflux extraction of motherwort, prepared rehmannia root, cape jasmine fruit, malaytea scurfpea fruit and dried orange peel orderly by 60 to 90% of ethanol and drinking water, merging extract, mixing the merged extract and water extract solutions of radix astragali, barbary wolfberry fruit, root of pilose asiabell, Chinese angelica, cape jasmine fruit, rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, cortex eucommiae, haw, isatis root, raspberry, ligusticum chuanxiong hort and white peony root, concentrating the mixed solution, drying , carrying out processing to obtain dry powder, uniformly mixing the dry powder, crushed pine needle powder and crushed hot pepper powder, and carrying out packaging. The preparation method provided by the invention adopts the scientific and reasonable raw materials and has strong operationality in preparation. The Chinese herbal medicine feed additive for laying hen allows a trace dose, has high efficiency and good palatability, is safe and nontoxic, and improves laying performances of laying hen, egg quality and nutritive values, and economic benefits of a laying hen culture.

The invention provides nourishment chocolate which is prepared from the following components: cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, healthy sugar, milk powder, whey powder, vanillin, phospholipid and a health care product. The invention also provides a preparation method of the nourishment chocolate, which is simple, low in cost and high in yield, and the nourishment chocolate is good in quality, rich in nutrients and scientific and reasonable in formula.