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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2022
Applicants:

Terry Earl Brady, The Valley, AI;

Anthony Lee Dellinger, Burlington, NC (US);

Lowell Hughes, The Valley, AI;

Melinda K. M. Goddard, The Valley, AI;

Inventors:

Terry Earl Brady, The Valley, AI;

Anthony Lee Dellinger, Burlington, NC (US);

Lowell Hughes, The Valley, AI;

Melinda K. M. Goddard, The Valley, AI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/185 (2016.01); A23L 33/19 (2016.01); A23L 15/00 (2016.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A61K 31/655 (2006.01); A61K 9/28 (2006.01); A23L 33/175 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 33/30 (2016.08); A23L 15/20 (2016.08); A23L 33/185 (2016.08); A23L 33/19 (2016.08); A61K 9/146 (2013.01); A61K 9/286 (2013.01); A61K 9/4858 (2013.01); A61K 31/655 (2013.01); A23L 33/175 (2016.08);
Abstract

The gut-brain axis, neurobiology and neurotransmission are physiologic systems with known pathways, yet they are rarely leveraged for wellness, notwithstanding extensive literature regarding healthy diets and nutrition. Gastrointestinal (GI) evolution has equipped humans with exceptional plasticity for food abundance or scarcity, while maintaining homeostasis by producing essential neurotransmitters that drive fundamental behaviors, from seeking nourishment to engaging in routine tasks of life. The advent of cheap, abundant, and highly processed foods in the last century, however, has upended the very systems that evolved for survival with a debilitating propensity for obesity in abundance—and malnourishment where access may be limited to a scarce supply of such processed foods, or none at all. In short, a better understanding and application of physiologic signaling and equilibrium is needed in cases of weight management and malnourishment. Neurotransmitters, especially serotonin, are the primary moieties that have beneficial capacity in routine tasks, consuming but not overconsumption of needed sustenance, and achieving wellness overall. Thus, this invention provides a novel delivery mechanism of micro-dosed, natural ingredients for stimulating production of a calibrated serotonin level by leveraging the gut-brain axis through organic nutrient conversion without synthetic pharmacologic compounds. Herein, specifically engineered foodstuff that converts to serotonin (or other mediators of neurobiology) is designed to facilitate weight management and may be applied to mitigate risks of malnourishment maladies such as childhood stunting by employing directed neurobiology.


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