69 results about "Overeating" patented technology

The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing addiction and relapse use of addictive agents, and treating or preventing addictive or compulsive behaviour and relapse practice of an addictive behaviour or compulsion, by administering a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist, alone or in combination with another therapeutic agent, such as, for example, an opioid receptor antagonist or an antidepressant. The present invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing addiction or relapse that include a PPARγ agonist and one or more other therapeutic agents, as well as unit dosage forms of such pharmaceutical compositions, which contain a dosage effective in treating or preventing addiction or relapse. The methods and compositions of the invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of addiction to any agent, including alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, and amphetamines, as well as compulsive and addictive behaviours, including pathological gambling and pathological overeating.

The present invention provides a portable, inexpensive, and easy to use apparatus capable of providing one or more types of social intervention (e.g., deterring, encouraging, etc.) to a person in an interactive manner, in order to influence (or to assist in influencing) one or more of that person's behavior(s), in a corresponding predetermined manner. Advantageously, the inventive interactive apparatus may provide encouraging social interaction to motivate a person to engage in one or more positive desirable behaviors (exercise, etc.), and/or provide deterring social interaction to discourage the person from engaging in one or more predetermined detrimental behaviors (such as overeating, eating large quantities of unhealthy foods, smoking, etc.). In one inventive embodiment, the novel interactive apparatus may be configured to provide encouraging messages to increase the likelihood of utilization of another helpful product or service, thereby enhancing the effectiveness thereof. The apparatus of the present invention is preferably implemented as a doll, statuette, action figure, animal or other fanciful character-type toy, to enhance the social interaction experience with one or more persons whose behavior is to be encouraged or deterred.

The present invention relates to shelf-stable satiety enhancing and/or satiating liquid compositions that can be used as satiety enhancing and/or satiating composition in a method of treating or preventing any of a variety of diseases and/or disorders associated with overeating and/or excessive caloric intake of a subject. It was found that liquid compositions comprising specific combinations of pectins and alginates, can be used to reduce the tendency of a subject to overeat and/or to reduce caloric intake of a subject. These compositions have acceptable taste and texture characteristics, are convenient and/or economical to manufacture and, in particular, are stable during manufacture and storage, and, upon ingestion, gelate in the strongly acidic environment that prevails in the stomach.

Anti-obesity material of the present invention is absorbed in vivo by oral ingestion, drops, etc. so as to act against the causes of overeating and control food consumption, and it can thereby promote fat metabolism and control accumulation of body fat while at the same time can inhibit elevation of blood pressure, all without compromising immune system function, thus safely controlling an increase in body weight (obesity). There have previously been no anti-obesity materials like that of the present invention whatsoever. The main characteristic of the present invention is that an anti-obesity material having the above-described excellent effects is obtained since the anti-obesity material has isoflavone aglycone and/or isoflavone glycoside.

A peroxisome proliferator activated receptor regulator containing a carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I)

(wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification), a non-toxic acid thereof or a hydrate thereof as active ingredient. Because of having an effect of regulating PPAR, a compound of formula (I) is useful as a hypoglycemic agent, a hypolipidemic agent, a preventive and/or a remedy for diseases associating metabolic disorders (diabetes, obesity, syndrome X, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, etc.), hyperlipemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, circulatory diseases, overeating, coronary heart diseases, etc., an HDL cholesterol-elevating agent, an LDL cholesterol and/or VLDL cholesterol-lowering agent and a drug for relief from risk factors of diseases or syndrome X.

The invention relates to apple juice capable of stimulating appetite and digestion and belongs to the technical field of healthy drinks. The apple juice is mainly prepared from a main material, namely apples, principal drugs, such as pseudostellaria roots, hawthorn fruits, dried tangerine peels, malts and chicken gizzard membranes, a proper amount of auxiliaries, a proper amount of food additives and a proper volume of drinking water in proportion. The apple juice has the effects of invigorating the spleen to stimulate the appetite, normalizing the functions of the stomach and spleen to promote digestion, removing food stagnation and defatting and dispelling stasis, has good effects on disease symptoms, such as inappetence, indigestion, poor appetite, impairment by overeating and anorexia, and can achieve the aims of relieving dipsosis, stimulating the appetite, removing food stagnation and improving the appetite. The apple juice is good in taste and convenient to drink, thereby having broad market prospects.

Disclosed is a health bodyweight chair. The front end of a left armrest of a chair is provided with a single-chip microcomputer and a battery, the front end of a right armrest of the chair is provided with a liquid crystal display screen and a switch, and four weighing sensors are arranged below four chair legs. According to the invention, the chair is provided with the single-chip microcomputer, the weighing sensors and the liquid crystal display screen so as to effectively help people to monitor their weight change while eating. During application, the feet of the people are stably placed on a cross bar, an original weight is measured, after dieting for certain time, the weight can be measured again, and people can see whether they eat too much and prompt themselves about whether they exceed a diet amount limitation scope, such that overeating can be prevented. Daily weight change can be observed through feeding each time, the weight control condition of a certain time period can be reflected, and through mastery of a weight condition, body health can be ensured to a certain degree.

Orthodontic jaw wiring is a fixed intra-oral, bio-mechanical device and method for treating and controlling compulsive overeating and obesity. The device is composed of orthodontic brackets attached to the teeth, and pliable wire wrapped either around or through the brackets. The brackets are optimally positioned with respect to the anterior-posterior position of the lower jaw. The wiring is configured to suspend the patient's lower jaw in a semi-closed, partially movable resting position which permits a moderate amount of physiologic jaw movement and relatively clear speech, while inhibiting the ingestion of solid foods.

Agents for the inhibition, suppression, or prevention of overeating include glutamic acid and/or at least one of its salts, as is or in a carrier or base, and have superior safety at a low price and further have a favorable flavor and are suited for long-term use. Such agents will amplify or sustain a sense of fullness and, further, are effective against appetite stimulation that arises regardless of a sense of fullness with respect to foods that are, for example, sweet or delicious, especially for a person who has a drive for thinness.

The invention discloses a veterinary medicine for treating animal digestive tract diseases, which is characterized by consisting of the following Chinese herbal medicinal ingredients in part by weight: medicated leaven, roasted malt, stir-fried hawthorn, atractylodes lancea, officinal magnolia bark, dried ginger, liquorice, green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, rhubarb, sophora flavescens and Laimingzi. A preparation method of the veterinary medicine comprises the following steps: after strictly purchasing the traditional Chinese medicine on selection, air-drying or drying; grinding and sieving the powder by an 80-mesh sieve carrying out subpackaging by double-layer plastic bags according to the specification of 500g per bag. The veterinary medicine for treating the animal digestive tract diseases, which is disclosed by the invention, has curative effects of resolving phlegm, clearing away heat, helping digestion and removing accumulation, clearing the hollow viscera, assisting in digesting, eliminating food retention and relieving stagnant qi and relieving intestines and has very satisfied curative effects on gastrointestinal indigestion, food-induced laminitis, impairment and diarrhea which are caused by overeating and the like, which are caused by excessive concentrates. The veterinary medicine also can be used for treating the same symptoms of other animals.

Pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed for the treatment of obesity, an overweight condition and compulsive overeating. The pharmaceutical compositions are comprised of a therapeutically effective combination of a nicotinic receptor partial agonist and an alpha2dela ligand and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The method of using these compounds is also disclosed.

The invention relates to peanut milk capable of strengthening the stomach and belongs to the technical field of healthy drinks. The peanut milk is mainly prepared from a main material, namely peanuts, principal drugs, such as pseudostellaria roots, malts, dried tangerine peels and yams, a proper amount of auxiliaries, a proper amount of food additives and a proper volume of drinking water in proportion. The peanut milk has the effects of invigorating the spleen to stimulate the appetite and promoting digestion to resolve stagnation, has good prevention and treatment effects on disease symptoms, such as impairment by overeating, anorexia, inappetence, indigestion and poor appetite, and can achieve the aims of relieving dipsosis, stimulating the appetite, removing food stagnation and improving the appetite through being frequently drunk. The peanut milk is rich in nutrition, convenient to drink and remarkable in effect, thereby having broad market prospects.