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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
Michael John Tisdale, Warwickshire, GB;
Norman Alan Greenberg, New Hope, MN (US);
Helen Laura Eley, Kent, GB;
Kevin Burke Miller, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael John Tisdale, Warwickshire, GB;
Norman Alan Greenberg, New Hope, MN (US);
Helen Laura Eley, Kent, GB;
Kevin Burke Miller, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention provides methods for treating muscle loss in an individual. In one embodiment, the invention includes administering to an individual an effective amount of a branched chain amino acid (BCAA), a BCAA precursor, a BCAA metabolite, a BCAA-rich protein, a protein manipulated to enrich the BCAA content or any combination thereof. The invention further provides nutritional products for such administration, including orally-administrable nutritional products.