Abstract: The invention provides methods for increasing resting metabolic rate, reducing waist circumference, and weight control by administering a composition comprising dietary fiber, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tea blend, caffeine, and Lycium plants or Lycium plant extract preparations to the subject. The invention also provides a food or dietary supplement formulation which contains dietary fiber, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tea blend, caffeine, and Lycium plants or Lycium plant extract preparations.

Abstract: Formulations and methods for increasing efficacies and flavors of jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum and related species) by combining materials derived from whole plant with other herbal and nutritional materials for the purpose of improving general well-being in mammals by increasing metabolic rate through fatigue-reducing, tonic, antioxidant and adaptogenic effects of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for increasing resting metabolic rate, reducing waist circumference, and weight control by administering a composition comprising dietary fiber, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tea blend, caffeine, and Lycium plants or Lycium plant extract preparations to the subject. The invention also provides a food or dietary supplement formulation which contains dietary fiber, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tea blend, caffeine, and Lycium plants or Lycium plant extract preparations.

Abstract: The present invention incorporates gymnemic acid, derived from Gymnema sylvestre, with a debittering agent into a slow-dissolving lozenge, along with other compounds which affect the taste for sweetness, to provide a dietary aid for persons having difficulty controlling their sweet intake.

Abstract: This invention relates to a botanical food composition comprising a botanical, a cellulase enzyme, a pectinase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme and a xylanase enzyme. This invention also relates to the corresponding enzyme composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of increasing the yield of extractable substance from a botanical in the gastrointestinal system of a human being comprising the step of ingesting an enzyme composition comprising a cellulase enzyme and a pectinase enzyme at approximately the same time as a botanical is ingested so that the cellulase and pectinase enzymes degrade the cellulosic and pectin constituents, respectively, contained in the ingested botanical, to obtain an enhanced quantity of extractable substance from the botanical. Another method of use embodiment of this invention comprises the step of ingesting an enzyme composition comprising a cellulase enzyme, a pectinase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme and a xylanase enzyme at approximately the same time as a botanical is ingested, to obtain an enhanced quantity of extractable substance from the botanical.

Abstract: This invention relates to a carbohydrase enzyme food supplement composition comprising a unique combination of at least one cellulase fungal enzyme, at least one alpha amylase fungal enzyme and at least one hemicellulase fungal enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to a carbohydrase enzyme food supplement composition comprising a unique combination of a cellulase fungal enzyme obtained from Aspergillus niger or Trichoderma reesei, an alpha amylase fungal enzyme obtained from Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus niger or Rhizopus oryzae, and a hemicellulase fungal enzyme obtained from Aspergillus niger, wherein the cellulase fungal enzyme is present in an amount of at least 1,000 CA, the alpha amylase fungal enzyme is present in an amount of at least 1,000 DU, and the hemicellulase fungal enzyme is present in an amount of at least 50 HCU, the amounts being per gram of composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition, which alleviates gastrointestinal distress caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme. This invention also relates to a method of alleviating gastrointestinal distress in the gastrointestinal system of a human being, which distress is caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, the method comprising the step of ingesting a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, to convert oligosaccharides contained in the ingested food to reducing sugars.

Abstract: This invention relates to a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition, which alleviates gastrointestinal distress caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme. More particularly, the enzyme food supplement composition of this invention comprises a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme, a lipase enzyme and an acid protease enzyme. This invention also relates to a method of alleviating gastrointestinal distress in the gastrointestinal system of a human being, which distress is caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, the method comprising the step of ingesting a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme, to convert oligosaccharides contained in the ingested food to reducing sugars.

Abstract: This invention relates to a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition, which alleviates gastrointestinal distress caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme. More particularly, the enzyme food supplement composition of this invention comprises a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme, a hemicellulase enzyme, a lipase enzyme and an acid protease enzyme. This invention also relates to a method of alleviating gastrointestinal distress in the gastrointestinal system of a human being, which distress is caused by ingested food containing oligosaccharides, the method comprising the step of ingesting a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme food supplement composition comprising a beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme, a cellulase enzyme and a hemicellulase enzyme, to convert oligosaccharides contained in the ingested food to reducing sugars.

Abstract: This invention relates to a proteolytic fungal enzyme food supplement composition comprising a unique combination of at least one acid protease fungal enzyme and at least one semi-alkaline protease fungal enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to a proteolytic fungal food supplement composition comprising a unique combination of an acid protease fungal enzyme obtained from Rhizopus niveus or Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus and a semi-alkaline protease fungal enzyme obtained from Aspergillus oryzae or any species of Rhizopus including Rhizopus niveus and Rhizopus oryzae, wherein the acid protease fungal enzyme is present in an amount of at least 50 SAP and the semi-alkaline protease fungal enzyme is present in an amount of at least 25,000 HUT, the amounts being per gram of composition.