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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Gut Guide Oy, Halikko, FI;
Inventors:
Annika Mayra-Makinen, Helsinki, FI;
Eveliina Munukka, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Gut Guide Oy, , FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/702 (2006.01); A61K 35/745 (2015.01); A61K 35/747 (2015.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/744 (2015.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.08); A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61K 31/702 (2013.01); A61K 35/744 (2013.01); A61K 35/745 (2013.01); A61K 35/747 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A23V 2200/00 (2013.01); G01N 2800/044 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is based on a correlation observed between visceral fat and gut flora. The invention relates to a product increasing the relative proportion ofin the intestines and to be used for preventing formation of visceral fat or for reducing the amount thereof in the body. In particular, the product increases the ratio ofto. The invention also relates to determining visceral fat in the body by determining the relative proportion oforor their ratio to each other in the intestines. The invention further relates to a method for estimating, in the same manner, the health risk associated with obesity.