JP2001238639A - Nutritional supplement comprising vitamin c and chromium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nutritional supplement which is safe and effective for user's health and/or beauty, in particular, for diet. SOLUTION: This nutritional supplement is such as to consist mainly of vitamin C and chromium, and capable of suppressing such potentiality of chromium as to cause skin disorders by its progressed oxidation, through combining the chromium having the function of positively promoting consumption of glucose contained in blood by muscle cells to suppress synthesis of fatty acids, with vitamin C which has strong antioxidative action.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dietary supplement comprising vitamin C and chromium. For more details, beauty,
It relates to dietary supplements that are effective for health, especially diet.

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2. Description of the Related Art Chromium is a kind of metal element and one of the minerals contained in marine products such as laver and clam. Its action is known to improve glucose-tolerant function by chromium-containing glucose-tolerant factor (GTF), which was discovered in the United States in 1979, and its effect has been confirmed in subsequent clinical experiments.

[0003] The mechanism by which chromium improves the glucose tolerance function is also applicable to diet, and a chromium ingestion experiment conducted by Pennsylvania State University in the United States is famous data that proves that "chromium reduces fat". Table 1 for details
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[Table 1] Table 1 shows changes in body fat, muscle mass, and body weight after 10 weeks. The subjects who continued to take chromium every day had significantly reduced body fat compared to those who did not take anything. It indicates that Further, it can be seen that the subjects who took in the most chromium at 400 μg / day had the most reduction in body fat. Moreover, during this time, each of the chromizers shows that their muscle mass has increased.

[0005] Carbohydrates such as rice, bread, and noodles are decomposed in the intestine, enter the blood as glucose, and are taken into muscle cells and fat cells by the action of insulin. There are three routes: one is consumed by the brain and muscle as energy, the other is converted into glycogen and stored in muscle cells and liver, and the rest is converted into fatty acids and stored in fat cells.

[0006] With age, the consumption of glycogen and energy decreases, and fat tends to accumulate. As a result, it becomes difficult to lose weight when exercising, but when chromium is ingested, glucose tolerance increases the insulin sensitivity of muscle cells,
Glucose in the blood is actively used for glycogen and energy consumption, resulting in reduced fatty acid synthesis. That's why taking chromium with the same diet and the same amount of exercise has a great dieting effect as shown in Table 1.

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Generally, chromium has two types of trivalent chromium and hexavalent chromium depending on the oxidation. Hexavalent chromium has been more oxidized, but it has been pointed out that hexavalent chromium may cause skin damage, which has been a cause of concern for chromium intake.

[0008] Further, by combining exercise with intake of chromium, excess carbohydrates and lipids in the blood and muscle can be easily consumed as energy, and the effect of improving the glucose tolerance function of chromium can be more effectively reduced. I know it can be used. However, it has been pointed out that when the amount of exercise increases, active oxygen is easily generated in the body, and the strong toxicity damages cells and tissues and may cause a disease.

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Accordingly, in order to overcome the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has devised a dietary supplement containing vitamin C and chromium.

Vitamin C is known to have a strong antioxidant effect. Therefore, it is suggested that when vitamin C and chromium are blended, chromium whose oxidation is suppressed by vitamin C remains trivalent chromium. In other words, it is possible to take chromium that is not suspected of causing skin damage.

[0011] The strong antioxidant action of vitamin C is
Representative active oxygen hydroxyl radical, not only against singlet oxygen, but also superoxide radical,
It widely opposes active oxygen such as hydrogen peroxide. That is, active oxygen that increases due to exercise can be effectively removed. By ingesting sufficient vitamin C, it is possible to work on safe and effective exercise and diet without damaging cells and tissues in the body by active oxygen.

[0012] Furthermore, since vitamin C plays an essential role in collagen synthesis, it can be expected that continuous ingestion will rejuvenate cells and have a beautiful skin effect.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, a weight 1.
3 g of the dietary supplement according to claim 1 (round solid) was produced. L-ascorbic acid 250 mg, L-ascorbic acid Na 300 mg, chromium-containing brewer's yeast 20 mg, powdered reduced maltose starch syrup 624 mg, sucrose fatty acid ester 4
5.5 mg, corn starch 36.9 mg, acerola flavor 20 mg, acerola powder 1 mg, rose hip powder 1 m
g, aspartame 1 mg, pure marmilon 6 mg.

In the above dietary supplement, 200 μg of chromium
5 subjects were ingested by 10 subjects and compared with when skiing and skiing normally without chromium. As a result, 7 out of 10 complained that sweating was higher than usual, indicating that chromium used blood glucose more than usual for energy consumption.

[0015] Also, 9 out of 10 people reported that they did not feel tired more than usual after skiing, which seems to be evidence that the antioxidant action of vitamin C effectively suppressed active oxygen.

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As described above, the dietary supplement according to claim 1 of the present invention has a sugar-resistant effect of chromium,
It makes it possible to make the diet function work more safely and effectively. In the demonstration example, a round solid was used, but the same effect can be expected even if the powder or liquid is used with various changes.

[0017] Many mammals can produce vitamin C by themselves using glucose as a raw material. However, humans lack the ability to produce vitamin C in the body, and require constant external supplementation. The dietary supplement according to claim 1 is also intended to have such an important role of supplementing vitamin C.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dietary supplement that is effective for beauty and health, especially for dieting by blending vitamin C and chromium. 2. The dietary supplement according to claim 1, wherein the compounding ratio is 1 to 4% of chromium-containing yeast and 10 to 40% of vitamin C.