Phytosterol nutritional supplements
View Patent ↗The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes phytosterol to facilitate reduction of cholesterol. The nutritional supplement may be a swallowable tablet, chewable tablet, sachet, capsule or suspension. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized swallowable tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.
1. An immediate release nutritional supplement for administration to humans comprising: an effective amount of phytosterol and a second element; wherein the phytosterol is mixed with at least part of the second element prior to blending with other suitable ingredients, resulting in a phytosterol that is at least partially coated with the second element; wherein the second element consists of at least one absorbent and the at least one absorbent comprises silicon dioxide; wherein the nutritional supplement is a swallowable tablet; and wherein there are no surfactants in the tablet of the nutritional supplement.
2. The immediate release nutritional supplement of claim 1 , wherein the second element further comprises calcium silicate, talc, titanium dioxide, and combinations thereof.
3. The nutritional supplement of claim 1 , wherein the tablet is coated with a film coating comprising polyvinyl alcohol.
4. A method of a nutritional supplementation for a human which facilitates reduction of serum cholesterol comprising providing a human an effective amount of the nutritional supplement of claim 1 .
5. A method of tableting an immediate release phytosterol containing nutritional supplement, said method comprising: providing at least one phytosterol; forming phytosterol particulates of a suitable particle size; mixing the phytosterol particulates with a second element prior to blending other suitable ingredients with the phytosterol particulates; and then tableting the blend; wherein the second element consists of at least one absorbent and the at least one absorbent comprises silicon dioxide; and wherein there are no surfactants in the tablet of the nutritional supplement.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the tableted immediate release phytosterol further comprises a diluent, wherein at least a portion of the diluent is selected from a calcium compound and a magnesium compound or a mixture thereof.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the second element further comprises
calcium silicate, talc, titanium dioxide, and combinations thereof.
8. The method of claim 5 , said method further comprising film coating the tablet.
9. An immediate release phytosterol containing
nutritional supplement prepared by the process comprising the steps of:
(a) providing at least one phytosterol;
(b) forming phytosterol particulates of a suitable particle size;
(c) mixing the phytosterol particulates with a second element prior to step (d);
(d) blending other suitable ingredients with the phytosterol particulates of step (c);
and then
(e) tableting the blend of step (d);
wherein the second element consists of at least one absorbent and the at least one absorbent comprises silicon dioxide: and wherein there are no surfactants in the tablet of the nutritional supplement.
10. The nutritional supplement of claim 9 wherein the tableted immediate release phytosterol further comprises a diluent, wherein at least a portion of the diluent is selected from a calcium compound and a magnesium compound or a mixture thereof.
11. The nutritional supplement of claim 9 wherein the second element further comprises calcium silicate, talc, titanium dioxide, and combinations thereof.