116 results about "Bone health" patented technology

The present invention relates to a composition for maintenance of bone health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone disorders. It also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement, a treat or a medicament; and a method of promoting bone growth or for the maintenance of bone health, which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of oral mucosal disorders and for promotion of bone health. In particular, the present invention describes new therapeutic and preventative uses for 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM), or a DIM-related indole, alone or in combination with anti-inflammatory agents and/or antibacterial agents, to treat oral mucosal disorders and promote bone health. The compositions of the invention are used to prevent and reverse oral mucosal disorders and bone loss (osteopenia and osteoporosis) associated with aging and chronic inflammation. Oral mucosal disorders include Periodontitis, gingivitis and related oral mucosal inflammation. Formulations of the compositions of the invention include capsules, tablets, toothpastes, oral gels, mouthwashes, mouth rinses, lozenges, chewing gum, dental floss, and dental topical formulations, and fortified foods.

The invention relates to bone health compositions comprising an acidic protein fraction of milk, to a method of producing said bone health composition, to methods of treatment comprising said bone health compositions and to medicinal uses of said bone health compositions. One broad aspect of the invention provides a bone health composition comprising an acidic protein fraction derived from milk, from a component of milk, from whey, from hydrolysates thereof, or from a combination thereof, or from a combination thereof wherein the composition does not comprise caseinoglycomacropeptide (CGMP). Another broad aspect provides a method of manufacturing the composition of the invention using anion exchange chromatography.

The present invention comprises a method of improving bone health and muscle health in a companion animal comprising administering a composition comprising a fatty acid component to the companion animal wherein the fatty acid component comprises a ratio of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from about 3:1 to about 25:1. The present invention additionally comprises a composition comprising a fatty acid component comprising docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) wherein the ratio of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is from about 3:1 to about 25:1.

Disclosed are methods for improving bone health, strength and formation in an infant who may be susceptible to developing bone health issues from conception through adolescence. The methods include administration of a nutritional formulation including at least one LCPUFA to a woman during pregnancy and optionally during lactation and breastfeeding of an infant.

Collagen peptide chelated mineral products, pharmaceutical formulations thereof and methods for preparing same are provided. Also provided is a method for generating the optimal size of collagen peptide for optimum mineral chelation as well as optimum biological function for supporting bone health and joint health. Also disclosed are methods of increasing bone density/preventing osteoporosis, of reducing joint pain and/or joint deterioration from osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease, joint defect, and rheumatoid arthritis.

The present invention relates to an orally ingestible food or pet food composition or cosmetic composition containing glucosamine generated from plant materials through a drying process for the maintenance of joint health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, or the improvement of the skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin. It also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement, a treat, a medicament or a cosmetic product and methods for the maintenance of bone health, prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of osteoarthritis, improvement of the skin quality and prevention or restoration of age-related alterations of skin which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition.

The present invention relates to oral nutritional and therapeutic products which are useful for providing vitamins and minerals required for bone health. The present invention is an oral nutritional and therapeutic composition of calcium succinate, magnesium R-(+)-alpha-lipoate, and Vitamin D for use in the maintenance of bone health, the optimization of bone growth, reducing the risk of bone fracture, and the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The pharmaceutical products and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in building bone mass, quality, and density during growth, maintaining bone mass, quality, and density over time, reducing bone fracture risk, and treating osteoporosis in men and women.

Glycine phosphate (phosphoglycine) and glycine citrate (citroglycine) are used in solubilizing carbonate salts of calcium and optionally zinc in water. Stoichiometric proportions of these ingredients when added to water cause an effervescent reaction that results in an aqueous solution containing completely solubilized and bioavailable calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite), calcium hydrogen citrate, glycine and optionally, zinc citrate. The aqueous solution of this invention, after addition of suitable flavor(s), sweetener(s), acidulent(s), other nutritional and/or herbal ingredients can be added to the aqueous solvent. The resultant solvent provides a clear aqueous beverage including completely absorbable bone minerals for maintaining bone density and strength and to prevent osteoporosis. The beverage of the present invention can be used as a substitute for plain bottled water, sodas, and the like, and as a substitute for people who are allergic to milk.

The invention relates to a powdered soup and a manufacturing method thereof, specifically to a multi-bone health-care powdered soup and a manufacturing method thereof. The multi-bone health-care powdered soup is processed through mixing 85-90 parts by weight of a base material and 15-10 parts by weight of a health-care material. The base material is processed from the following raw materials, by weight part: 200-300 parts of animal bones, 10-20 parts of water-soluble glucosan, and 2-3 parts of reducible glutathione. The health-care material is processed from the following raw materials, by weight part: 5-10 parts of Chinese wolfberry fruits, 10-30 parts of black tartary buckwheat, 10-15 parts of burdock, 10-20 parts of red dates, 5-10 parts of black sesame, 5-10 parts of oats, 5-10 parts of walnuts, and 5-10 parts of dried longans. The manufactured multi-bone health-care powdered soup has abundant nutrition and is high in nutritive value. The multi-bone health-care powdered soup tastes fully mellow, is free of fishy smell, has good fluidity, and is not prone to agglomerate.

A computer-implemented method for personalized assessment of a subject's bone health includes extracting a plurality of features of interest from non-invasive subject data, medical images of the subject, and subject-specific bone turnover marker values. A surrogate model and the plurality of features of interest are used to predict one or more subject-specific measures of interest related to bonehealth. Then, a visualization of the one or more subject-specific measures of interest related to bone health is generated.

A first embodiment disclosed herein is a method of enhancing total tract digestibility of one or more dietary components in a companion animal, the method comprising administering to the companion animal a companion animal composition comprising fructooligosaccharide. Kits comprising the companion animal composition and information that use of the companion animal composition by a companion animal is useful for enhancing total tract digestibility of one or more dietary components in the companion animal, are also disclosed. In a related, but separate, embodiment, a method selected from enhancing calcium absorption, improving bone health, improving strength, improving physical activity performance, and combinations thereof, the method comprising administering to a companion animal a companion animal composition comprising fructooligosaccharide, is disclosed. Kits comprising the companion animal composition and information that use of the companion animal composition by a companion animal is useful for a purpose selected from the group consisting of enhancing calcium absorption, improving bone health, improving strength, improving physical activity performance, and combinations thereof, are also disclosed.

Disclosed are methods for improving bone health, strength and formation in an infant who may be susceptible to developing bone health issues from conception through adolescence. The methods include administration of a nutritional formulation including a prebiotic to a woman during pregnancy and optionally during lactation and breastfeeding of an infant.

The invention discloses a sitting posture monitor and a control method. The sitting posture monitor is characterized in that: a camera housing is supported on a pedestal through a support; the pedestal is internally provided with a control circuit; the camera housing is provided with a first camera and a second camera which are arranged on two sides and constitute a binocular camera, and a loudspeaker which is positioned in the middle part; the first camera, the second camera and the loudspeaker are connected to the control circuit through a lead which successively passes through the camera housing, the support and the pedestal; and the camera housing is provided with a power supply switch and a SET key which are connected to an external power supply and the control circuit. The control method comprises the calibration of inner and outer parameters of the cameras and system control; the calibration is to utilize the binocular camera to synchronically shoot a plurality of groups of checkerboard calibration plate images, set the calibration parameters and store in the storage device. The system control is to enter the main control procedure, the original parameter setting process and work parameters setting process after the system initialization is proceeded. The invention can help the user to correct the sitting posture so as to prevent the myopia and protect the bone health.

The invention is suitable for the field of nutrition and health care and provides a health food capable of enhancing bone mineral density and immunity and a preparation method of the health food. The health food comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 20%-40% of D-glucosamine, 20%-40% of calcium, 8%-15% of a kudzuvine root extract, 5%-10% of chondroitin sulfate, 2%-5% of casein phosphopeptides, 0.5%-3.3% of colostrum basic protein and the balance of auxiliary materials. According to the health food, bone metabolism is promoted by the modes of restoring or improving the normal physiological functions of the organism, such as regulating the hormone level in the organism, improving the capacity of a bone tissue for actively absorbing osteoblast nutrients, stimulating osteoblast proliferation, self-synthesizing ossein, repairing bones and joints and bone tissues, improving the skeleton micro-structure and improving the bone immunity; the bone health is maintained; and the condition of the bone mineral density is fundamentally improved.

Compositions and methods for maintenance of bone health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone disorders are presented. The present invention also provides the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement or a medicament for promoting bone growth or for the maintenance of bone health and methods regarding same. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising an active ingredient having an effective amount of a plant or plant extract containing at least one phytochemical having the ability to induce bone morphogenic protein expression.

The invention discloses a neural-network-based bone status evaluation model building method. The method comprises the steps that evaluation data of multiple groups of users with different bone statuesis obtained, wherein each group of the evaluation data comprises image data and text data; multiple groups of the evaluation data are preprocessed, multiple groups of standard evaluation data are obtained, and a training sample set is built; a bone status evaluation preset model is trained based on the training sample set and bone health standards, and parameters of the bone status evaluation preset model is updated, and the bone status evaluation model is obtained, wherein the bone status evaluation model is used for outputting current bone statuses of the users according to data input by the users. The invention further provides a neural-network-based bone status evaluation model building device.

A method for enhancing the bone health of a consumer comprising the step of providing the consumer at least about 8 fluid ounces of a nutritional beverage wherein said nutritional beverage comprises at least one beverage base and: a) about 10 to about 60% D.V calcium; b) about 10 to about 60% D.V vitamin D; c) about 10 to about 60% D.V vitamin K; d) about 10 to about 85% D.V. phosphorous; e) about 10 to about 60% D.V magnesium; f) about 10 to about 60% D.V. potassium; g) about 150 to about 600 milligrams food-grade strontium; and h) about 1 to about 10 milligrams food-grade boron.

A regimen for enhancing the bone health of a consumer by consuming at least about 8 fl. ozs. of the nutritional beverage of the present invention at least about two times per day to provide and improve availability of minerals in the body, prevent bone loss, and promote bone growth.

The present invention discloses a low-fat fermented dairy product and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the steps of: (1) mixing and stirring a component A and 0-5% of collagen peptide, performing secondary homogenization, performing sterilization, cooling to get a liquid A; mixing and stirring a component B and 0-5% of collagen peptide, performing secondary homogenization, sterilizing to get a liquid B; wherein the component A and the component B respectively comprises 20-60% of low-fat milk and 0.1-1% of a thickener; the total amount of collagen peptide is 2-5% and the molecular weight is 2000-6000 daltons; and total amount of low-fat milk is 70-95%; (2) inoculating fermentation bacteria in the liquid A, keeping warm for fermentation, and cooling; and (3) mixing and stirring a fermented milk base material and the liquid B, and performing sterile secondary homogenization. The invention also discloses application of collagen peptide in a low-fat fermented dairy product. The low-fat fermented dairy product of the present invention is beneficial to bone health and beauty, good in taste, moderate in viscosity, and suitable for daily diet and long-term consumption of general population of all ages.

The present invention discloses a health-care product for improving bone density. The health-care product comprises the following components: tricalcium phosphate, calcium citrate, vitamin D3 and vitamin K2. The provided health-care product for improving the bone density is prepared from double calcium sources of the calcium phosphate and calcium citrate. Different from the calcium carbonate, thecalcium phosphate does not cause phenomena of flatulence, hiccup, etc. formed by a large amount of carbon dioxide in the stomach; and the calcium citrate is high in absorption rate and suitable for consumers to take at any time. The added MK-7 type vitamin K2 can activate osteocalcin, effectively enables the osteocalcin to catch calcium ions absorbed by human body, is used for bone mineralization,and helps the human body effectively use and ingest the absorbed calcium. The vitamin K2 and D3 produce synergic effects, improve bone health, and prevent osteoporosis caused by menstrual female inflammation.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composite, and the composite is characterized by comprising, by weight, 15-20 parts of ginseng, 15-20 parts of deer bone, 10-15 parts of Schisandra chinensis, 10-15 parts of lucid ganoderma, 20-15 parts of medlar, 5-10 parts of Angelica sinensis, 5-10 parts of cortex acanthopanacis and 5-10 parts of cordyceps sinensis. The invention further provides anti-fatigue ginseng and deer bone health care wine and a preparation method thereof, and the ingredients of the anti-fatigue ginseng and deer bone health care wine comprise the traditional Chinese medicine composite and yellow wine serving as basic liquor. The anti-fatigue ginseng and deer bone health care wine is mile in property and good in taste and has the functions of relaxing muscles, stimulating blood circulation, resisting fatigue and the like, and especially after stabilizer is used, the problem that the yellow wine is poor in stability is solved.

The invention discloses a medicinal liquor comprising the following constituents (by weight proportions): white spirit (over 45 degrees) 5000-7500g, Clematis chinensis 30-50g, drynaria 30-50g, root of achyranthes 30-50g, Chinese starjasmine 25-50g, sargentgloryvine 25-50g, coix seed 20-40g, root of Fructus Rosae Laevigatae 40-60g, honey-suckle stem 30-50g, nandina domestica thunb 20-40g, buck grass 15-40g, celastrus articulatus 30-50g, Chinese actinidia root 20-40g, and Moghania philippinensis each 15-30g.

Multi-dose packages of nutritional supplements are provided that are designed for regular and continuous use by a specific target (i.e., consumer) over a reoccurring predetermined period of time. The multi-dose packaging of nutritional supplements contains supplements that vary in dosage and that are each intended to be taken at a specific time during the predetermined period of time. Each supplement in the series is tailored to contain unit dosages of nutritional supplements that are designed to address specific needs of the intended consumer during the predetermined period of time at which the supplement is intended to be ingested.

The present invention relates to a composition for maintenance of bone health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone disorders. It also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement or a medicament; and a method of promoting bone growth or for the maintenance of bone health which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition.