2113 results about "Lost Weight" patented technology

The present invention provides a low-lipid, high-fiber, balanced-nutritional, instant-taking and instant-resolving powder made from all natural components including corn, bean, flower, vegetable, fruit, tea and bi-usage plants for both food and medication. The nutritional powder provided by the present invention has not only the functions to balance the nutrition, but also the effect to decrease the body weight, lower the blood glucose, and effectively prevent and treat the diabetes.

The present invention relates to a treatment of obesity, and in particular to a therapeutic method belonging to a surgical field for obesity wherein it is possible to reduce a calorie intake amount and to lose weight using a gastroscope used for endoscopic examination of the stomach in such a manner that a certain balloon is inserted in the interior of stomach of fat person for thereby decreasing the entire volume of stomach, so that a user feels a earlier fullness during eating food thus decreasing the amount of food intake.

A method for increasing metabolism of a subject's body in order to lose weight, comprising:

• • a) contacting a part of the body with a cooling element to remove heat from the body; and
  • b) repeating or continuing (a) so as to remove enough heat in total to lose at least 1 kilogram of body weight.

An automated identification, weight measurement and data reporting system that allows users to have their weight measured at a remote location and sent electronically to a data center. The invention can use biometric identification technology to confirm the identity of the user at the time of the measurement of the user's weight. The user's body weight may be measured via an electronic scale connected to the biometric identification device. The measurement data is then sent via a network (such as the Internet) to a central database. This secure weight measurement data is then used to offer incentives to individuals to lose weight. The more weight an individual loses, the larger the earned incentives. The invention also includes programs to measure health functions and to provide incentives to improve their health including body fat reduction, quitting smoking, reducing their blood pressure, or other health function.

This invention relates to a nutritional intervention composition for enhancing satiety prior to a meal and extending satiety after a meal. The nutritional intervention composition decreases food intake producing weight loss over time. The composition consists of Niacin, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Chromium, Chitosan, Fenugreek, Ginseng, White willow bark, Garcinia cambogia, Aloe Vera gel powder, Momordica charantia, Griffonia simplicifolia, Lagerstroemia speciosa and Vanadyl sulfate. The invention does not require stimulants or anabolic ingredients. There are three phases of activity within the composition. One, enhanced satiety through elevated serotonin. Two, improved carbohydrate metabolism, reduced blood glucose and slowed gastric emptying. Three, enhanced fiber binding of lipids and excess bile acids.

Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine.

Methods and devices are provided for adjusting the height of devices in a gastric restriction system. In general, the methods and devices allow one or more implantable housings coupled to an implantable restriction device to have an adjustable height. The housing can include, for example, a fill port housing, a sensor housing, and any other type of housing that can be used in an implantable restriction system and desired to have an adjustable height. The housing can lower in profile over time, e.g., as the patient loses weight, thereby maintaining the housing in a generally predictable location where it can be found and accessed.

The invention provides plant enzyme probiotic powder and a preparation method thereof. In terms of percentage by weight, the plant enzyme probiotic powder disclosed by the invention comprises the following raw materials: 0.1-10 wt% of raw enzyme powder, 0.1-10 wt% of probiotic powder, 20-60 wt% of dietary fibre, 10-45 wt% of maltodextrin, 0.1-0.5 wt% of a sweetening agent, and 1-5 wt% of an acid agent, wherein the sum of the percentage by weight of various raw materials is 100%. The invention further provides a preparation method of the plant enzyme probiotic powder. The plant enzyme probiotic powder provided by the invention is good in mouth feel, convenient to carry, free from any artificial essence and pigment and wide in market development prospect, and has the dietary therapy effects of adjusting human intestinal microecology, relaxing the bowels, losing weight and the like.

The present invention features a novel therapy for effecting weight loss which involves treating a subject with a sympathomimetic agent (e.g., phentermine or a phentermine-like drug) in combination with an anticonvulsant sulfamate derivative (e.g., topiramate) such that the subject experiences weight loss.

The combination methods of the present invention also are effective against symptoms associated with Syndrome X. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions and kits for use in the practice of these novel therapies.

A computer program, method, and system for dynamically and interactively providing nutrition content information for consumables such that a user may monitor, tailor, plan, and review their intake thereof in light of a health-related interest or concern, such as, for example, weight-loss, food allergies, or diabetes or other nutrition affected illnesses or disabilities. Consumables are categorized and displayed in lists associated with an appropriate color to draw attention to relative nutrition content and to facilitate quicker and easier evaluation of a consumable of interest. Summaries are provided of a user's actual intake in light of a pre-established target intake for a particular day. Detailed reports may be generated showing consumption over a user-specifiable time period.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine health care type pet food for cats and dogs, comprising the following components: animal protein, vegetable protein, carbohydrate, flaxseed oil, antioxidant, multi-vitamin, mineral substance, seaweed and natural fermentation seafood seasoner. The invention is characterized in that the pet food contains milk veteh, rhizoma atractylodis alba, medicated leaven, dyer woad leaf and lotus leaf. The pet food of the invention has the following beneficial effects: the pet food has total nutrition and health care function; the added milk veteh contributes to replenishing qi and improving immunity and disease-resistance capability of pets, the rhizoma atractylodis alba and medicated leaven can help improve the appetite of pets and promote the digestion thereof, the dyer woad leaf can help resist virus and eliminate minor inflammation, while the lotus leaf can help the pets lose weight with ease without food amount restriction. In the invention, comparative trials are carried out on pet cats and pet dogs, results show that the capability of resisting disease of the pet cats and pet dogs eating the pet food of the invention are twice as that of the pet cats and pet dogs eating ordinary pet food; in addition, skin and hair thereof are obviously smooth and soft, body thereof is sturdy and mobility and playfulness thereof are also improved; moreover, no pets put on weight while not resisting food amount.

The invention discloses a fruit and vegetable juice, a fruit and vegetable juice beverage and a preparation method of the fruit and vegetable juice. The preparation method of the fruit and vegetable juice comprises the following steps: (1) selecting and cleaning fruits and vegetables; (2) preparing raw fruit and vegetable juice; (3) carrying out cold enzyme deactivation and color protection treatment on the raw juice; (4) carrying out enzymolysis treatment; (5) carrying out refined filtration and hollow filtration; (6) carrying out low-temperature vacuum concentration; and (7) carrying out a cold sterilization procedure. According to the fruit and vegetable juice and the fruit and vegetable juice beverage prepared by the method, cold enzyme deactivation and cold sterilization technologies are adopted for the fruit and vegetable juice in enzyme deactivation and sterilization, so that the prepared fruit and vegetable juice and the fruit and vegetable juice beverage completely reserve nutritive value and health functions of fresh fruits and vegetables, and have the health functions of clearing heat, removing internal heat, promoting the secretion of saliva or body fluid, quenching thirst, moistening the lung, removing fat, lowering pressure, detoxifying, dispelling the effects of alcohol, inducing diuresis, reducing swelling, and losing weight.

An apparatus that provides for the measurement of a person's weight via a portable remote readout located at eye-level. The weight measuring device comprises a low profile mat with weight sensors that are activated whenever someone steps on the mat. The sensors communicate a sensor weight signal to a transmitter, which in turn communicates the weight signal to a receiver preferably located at eye-level and provided with a variety of mounting means. A preferred embodiment provides for a magnet which enables mounting of the receiver on a refrigerator door. Such a location is envisioned to provide an incentive for those trying to lose weight, by providing one's current weight on the refrigerator door to avoid any unnecessary snacks.

The present system combines image morphing technology, exercise programming, supplement sales, and motivational techniques into one product. Users begin by entering their current measurements, measurement goals and current picture into the system, preferably via a Web site. The picture is segmented into body components, and each affected segment is morphed based upon the measurements, goals, and the segment's responsiveness to weight loss in order to create a modified image representative of the user in a post-regimen condition. This system helps health and fitness businesses obtain new members and retain existing members by showing the members how they will look after following a specific regimen of diet and/or exercise. The system also predicts health risks of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke associated with the user's pre-regimen and post-regimen conditions.

The invention discloses a nutritious food especially for diabetes patient and a manufacturing method. The nutritious food consists, according to the weight percentage, of 8 percent to 16 percent of tuckahoe, 8 percent to 16 percent of medlar, 8 percent to 16 percent of white hyacinth bean, 6 percent to 12 percent of semen phaseoli, 8 percent to 16 percent of tartary buck wheat, 3 percent to 10 percent of chitosan, 3 percent to 10 percent of dioscorea opposite, 3 percent to 10 percent of coix seed, 3 percent to 12 percent of isolated protein of peanut, 1 percent to 5 percent of whey condensed protein, 3 percent to 10 percent of sealwort, and 3 percent to 10 percent of polygonatum. The above nutritious food also consists of one or a plurality of kinds of the following componets: 0.5 percent to 2 percent of spirulina platensis, 0.5 percent to 2 percent of low ester pectin, 1 percent to 5 percent of cinnamon, 1 percent to 5 percent of cactus, 1 percent to 5 percent of balsam pear, 0.04 percent to 0.2 percent of tea polyphenols, 0.03 percent to 0.05 percent of zinc gluconate, 0.0001 percent to 0.0005 percent of sodium selenite, 1 percent to 4 percent of milk calcium, 0.2 percent to 0.8 percent of magnesium carbonate, 0.1 percent to 0.5 percent of vitamin C, 0.01 percent to 0.05 percent of vitamin B1, and 0.01 percent to 0.05 percent of vitamin B2. The invention has a double regulation function of the blood sugar of diabetes patients, helps diabetes patients to keep the relative stability of the blood sugar, and at the same time reduces the sense of hunger, thus beneficial to lose weight and reduce blood fat. The invention supplements nutrition and is beneficial to cooperate with the diet control and treatment of diabetes patients.

The invention discloses a nutrition meal replacement composition, which is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 10-300 parts of euglenophyta powder, 60-500 parts of quinoa powder, 100-400 parts of chia seed powder, 40-450 parts of collagen powder, 50-520 parts of a carbohydrate compound, 0-200 parts of vitamin and 0-500 parts of mineral substances. The invention further discloses a nutrition meal replacement refresher. The refresher is prepared from the nutrition meal replacement composition and a food additive. The nutrition meal replacement composition has the effects of regulating intestinal tracts, dual-directionally regulating blood glucose and providing abundant nutrient substances needed for a human body while losing weight and controlling the weight.

Disclosed is a novel long-acting glucagon conjugate in which glucagon or its derivative is covalently linked to a polymer carrier via a non-peptide linker, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an effective ingredient useful for the prevention and treatment of obesity. Since the long-acting glucagon conjugate of the present invention shows improved in vivo durability and stability, when used in combination with an anti-obesity drug, it is possible to induce synergistic effects on the loss of body weight and decrease in food intake without causing any side-effects such as fluctuation in blood glucose level. Accordingly, the long-acting peptide conjugate of the present invention is very effective for the prevention and treatment of obesity.

This invention relates to substituted imidazole derivatives which have been found to suppress appetite and induce weight loss. The invention also provides methods for synthesis of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using such compositions for inducing weight loss and treating obesity and obesity-related disorders.

The invention relates to flour suitable for obese patients. The special meal flour for preparing foods for obese patients is prepared in the by uniformly mixing power made of rhizoma polygonati, semencassiae, gingko, raw hawthorn, tuckahoe, white lablab bean, Chinese yam and semen coicis with whole wheat (with a husk), oat, azuki bean and black bean. The flour can be used for producing various foods suitable for obese patients to eat as a principle food. The flour has the obvious effects of systemically adjusting lipid metabolism and glucose metabolism, losing weight, lowering blood fat, improving microcirculation and eliminating radicals. The special meal flour is suitable for patients with adiposity, adiposis hepatica, hyperlipemia, high blood viscosity, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and for middle-aged and old people to keep healthy and eat.