Dietary supplement and related method

• Main Authors: DAVIES, AUDRA J, HUANG, RUO, CRAWFORD, AARON W, PUSATERI, DONALD J, KAHLER, EDWARD S, STEPHEN R. MISSLER
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.06.2006
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A dietary supplement including a unique combination of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and optionally vitamins, minerals, and specialty ingredients. The supplement can include a fruit ingredient, a vegetable ingredient and herbal ingredient, wherein the fruit ingredient is at least one of pomegranate and citrus bioflavonoids, wherein the vegetable ingredient is at least one of asparagus, lutein, lycopene and watercress, and wherein the herbal ingredient is at least one of basil, oregano and rosemary. The supplement can be administered to subjects to correct a dietary deficiency of phytochemicals and other nutrients, improve the amount of antioxidants in the subject, and decrease free radical damage in the subject.