Compositions and Methods for Increasing the Suppression of Hunger and Reducing the Digestibility of Non-Fat Energy Satiety

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for increasing the suppression of hunger and/or increasing the reduction of prospective consumption and/or increasing the reduction of appetite and/or increasing the feeling of satiety and/or reducing non-fat energy uptake in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal in order to prevent a positive non-fat energy balance, weight gain, overweight and obesity, and to induce a negative non-fat energy balance and weight loss in subjects who wish to reduce their body weight. In particular, feed, food and/or beverages and dietary supplements of the present invention comprises mucilage such as flax seed mucilage and/or one or more active compounds of mucilage useful for increasing the suppression of hunger and/or increasing the reduction of prospective consumption and/or increasing the reduction of appetite and/or increasing the feeling of satiety and/or reducing the digestibility of non-fat energy in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal.

1 . A composition consisting essentially of flax seed mucilage, calcium and a lipase inhibitor. 
     
     
         2 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein said lipase inhibitor is orlistat (tetrahydrolipstatin) or cetilistsat; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein composition is a pharmaceutical composition, a feed, a food or beverage product, or a dietary supplement. 
     
     
         4 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein composition is a dietary supplement. 
     
     
         5 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein said dietary supplement is in the form of a capsule, a pill, a tablet, a chewable tablet, a liquid, or a supplement bar. 
     
     
         6 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein composition is a feed, food or beverage product, or dietary supplement is selected from the group consisting of a cereal, an energy bar, a snack food, a milk product, a baked product, a fruit product, a vegetable product, a meat product, a semi-manufactured product, a ready-to-eat meal, a beverage, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein said feed, food and/or beverage product or dietary supplement is a pet food selected from the group consisting dog food, cat food, fish feed, bird feed, small animal feed and horse feed. 
     
     
         8 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as an ingredient or fortificant, in feed, food and/or beverage product correspond to a content of 1 to 50% of mucilage by weight of the feed, food and/or beverage product. 
     
     
         9 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as an ingredient or fortificant, in feed, food and/or beverage product correspond to a content of 5 to 40% of mucilage by weight of the feed, food and/or beverage product. 
     
     
         10 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as an ingredient or fortificant, in feed, food and/or beverage product correspond to a content of 10 to 30% of mucilage by weight of the feed, food and/or beverage product. 
     
     
         11 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as an ingredient or fortificant, in feed, food and/or beverage product correspond to a content of 15 to 25% of mucilage by weight of the feed, food and/or beverage product. 
     
     
         12 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as a dietary supplement or food ingredient, corresponds to up to 90% by weight of said food ingredient or dietary supplement. 
     
     
         13 . The composition according to  claim 3 , wherein the total content of mucilage, when used as a dietary supplement or food ingredient is 50 to 75% by weight of said food ingredient or dietary supplement.