Abstract:
A nutritional product having a solid matrix containing protein, fat and carbohydrate has disposed therein particles of dietary fiber encapsulated in zein. The preferred dietary fiber is guar. Such a nutritional product may be used for reducing the serum cholesterol in a mammal.
Abstract:
A liquid nutritional product comprising a fat source and a dietary fiber system. The dietary fiber system as a whole comprises by weight: a) 5 % to 50 % dietary fiber which is both soluble and fermentable, 5 % to 20 % dietary fiber which is both soluble and non-fermentable, and 45 % to 80 % dietary fiber which is both insoluble and non-fermentable. Less than 10 % of the total calories in the product comprise saturated fatty acids, no more than 10 % of the total calories in the product comprises polyunsaturated fatty acids, and the ratio of the n-6 to n-3 fatty acids in the product being in the range of 2 to 10. Preferably the dietary fiber which is both soluble and fermentable is gum arabic; the fiber which is both soluble and non-fermentable is sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and the fiber which is both insoluble and non-fermentable is oat hull fiber.
Abstract:
An enteral nutritional product for a person having a neurological injury is very low in carbohydrate, but high in fat. The fat is supplied by a lipid blend having a ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids in the range of 1 to 6. Preferably the nutritional product contains nutrients having antioxidant properties, for example beta-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C, taurine, molybdenum and selenium.
Abstract:
Produit alimentaire comprenant une source de matière grasse et un système de fibres alimentaires. Le système de fibres alimentaires comprend dans son ensemble, en poids: a) entre 5 % et 50 % de fibres alimentaires solubles et fermentables, entre 5 % 20 % de fibres solubles et non fermentables, et entre 45 % et 80 % de fibres alimentaires insolubles et non fermentables. Moins de 10 % des calories totales du produit sont constituées d'acides gras saturés, 10 % ou plus des calories totales du produit sont constituées d'acides gras poly-insaturés, le rapport entre les acides gras n-6 et n-3 contenus dans le produit étant compris entre 2 et 10. De préférence, la fibre alimentaire soluble et fermentable est de la gomme arabique; la fibre soluble et non fermentable est de la carboxyméthylcellulose de sodium, et la fibre insoluble et non fermentable est de la fibre de balle d'avoine.