JPH0940574A - Dietary composition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a dietary composition, having excellent dietal effects and designed to suppress unfavorable effects such as soft or diarrheal feces, deterioration in immune strength, mental instability, inflammations, etc., of intestinal mucous membranes. SOLUTION: This dietary composition in the form of a tablet, a soft capsule, a beverage, etc., is obtained by adding and mixing a seaweed with a Gymnema extract and an extract of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis and, as necessary, other ingredients such as vitamins, calcium, an oligosaccharide, an excipient, etc. The ingredients are preferably blended in the following amounts expressed in terms of solids: 10-40 pts.wt. seaweed, 5-30 pts.wt. Gymnema extract and 5-20 pts.wt. extract of the Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. A sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida Suringar is especially preferred as the seaweed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a diet composition containing seaweed, Gymnema extract and gardenia extract as active ingredients.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of people suffering from obesity is increasing, which is said to be a time of satiety, and for health or beauty reasons, more people are taking a diet composition to lose weight.

As one of such diet compositions, those containing Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract as active ingredients, such as tablets, are known. Since these components have an action of inhibiting absorption of nutrients in the living body, they exhibit an excellent diet effect (obesity suppressing effect).

[0004]

However, a diet composition comprising a combination of Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract, due to the effect of inhibiting absorption of nutrients in the body,
There is a problem that decomposition by intestinal bacteria progresses, the osmotic pressure is increased due to the low molecular weight of the substance, and the body fluid of the intestinal cells is leached to induce symptoms such as diarrhea.

[0005] Therefore, if a large amount is ingested, it may cause loose stools or diarrhea, resulting in weakened immunity, mental instability and frustration, and inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. There was a problem of doing.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and its purpose is to maintain the diet effect of Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract without impairing the diet effect.
It is intended to provide a diet composition capable of preventing diarrhea symptoms, preventing a decrease in immunity, providing a tranquilizing effect, preventing frustration, and preventing inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. .

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above object, Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract were mixed with seaweed to prevent the diet effect of Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract from being lost. They have found that the problems they have can be solved, and have completed the present invention.

That is, the diet composition of the present invention is
It is characterized by containing seaweed, Gymnema extract, and gardenia extract as active ingredients.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to preferred embodiments. In the present invention, the seaweed, fucoidan, carrageenan, alginic acid, is not particularly limited as long as it contains a seaweed polysaccharide such as agar, kelp containing a large amount of fucoidan having an action of activating antibody-producing ability, wakame seaweed, Brown algae such as hijiki are preferable, and among them, it is particularly preferable to use a wakame bud strain which has a high calcium and alginic acid content and is less likely to be excessively ingested with iodine. In addition, it is preferable to use the dried and powdered seaweed from the viewpoint of storability.

In the present invention, Gymnema extract is an extract extracted from the leaves of a plant called Gymnema sylvestre (Coleoptera family), which is native to India, using a solvent such as water-ethanol system or acetone system, which is a triterpene-based component. Which contains Gymnemaic acid as a main component. Gymnema extract is commercially available as a dry powder product, and can be easily obtained.

In the present invention, the gardenia extract is an extract extracted from mature fruits of gardenia japonica, which belongs to the family Rubiaceae, using a solvent such as water-ethanol system or acetone system, and is an irioid such as geniposide or gardenoside. It contains a glycoside. As the gardenia extract, a dry powdered product is commercially available and can be easily obtained.

The diet composition of the present invention contains seaweed, Gymnema extract, and gardenia extract as active ingredients, and the mixing ratio thereof is 10 to 10 seaweed in terms of solid content.
Preferably, 40 parts by weight, Gymnema extract is 5 to 30 parts by weight, and gardenia extract is 5 to 20 parts by weight. With such a blending ratio, the diet effect of Gymnema extract and gardenia extract can be sufficiently exerted, while the problems such as diarrhea symptoms caused by these components can be sufficiently prevented.

The diet composition of the present invention can be ingested in the amount of active ingredients (seaweed and Gymnema extract), for example, when the mixing ratio of seaweed, Gymnema extract and gardenia extract is 7: 3: 2. And the total amount of gardenia extract) is preferably 1 to 10 g / day, more preferably 1.5 to 6 g / day. If the amount of the active ingredient is less than 1 g / day, the diet effect cannot be expected, and if it exceeds 10 g / day, loose stool and diarrhea are likely to occur, which is not preferable.

The diet composition of the present invention comprises, in addition to seaweed, Gymnema extract and gardenia extract, which are active ingredients, calcium, vitamins, oligosaccharides, if necessary.
Excipients and the like can be added.

If the diet composition of the present invention contains seaweed, Gymnema extract and gardenia extract as active ingredients, the product form can be any form such as tablets, beverages, soft capsules, powders and the like. May be
Other components can be added depending on the form. For example, in the case of tablets, it can be produced by adding excipients such as lactose and sucrose fatty acid ester to powdered seaweed, Gymnema extract, gardenia extract, and tableting. . In the case of soft capsules, the above components can be kneaded with rapeseed oil or the like and placed in a capsule made of gelatin or the like to be manufactured.

Seaweed is edible, and Gymnema extract and gardenia extract are conventionally used in diet compositions and the like, so they are safe for the human body.

[0017]

[Action] Gymnema acid contained in Gymnema extract has an inhibitory effect on intestinal absorption of sugar and is known to have an obesity suppressing effect, particularly an effect of suppressing visceral fat accumulating obesity with a high incidence of adult diseases ( "Expected Physiological Function of Gymnemic Acid",
Yujitake Hiji, Food and Development, Vol. 28, no. 2, 19
See the February 1993 issue, pages 10-13).

Further, it is known that the iridin glycoside contained in gardenia extract exerts an obesity suppressing effect by shortening the gastrointestinal tract transit time of fat-containing foods and inhibiting fat absorption. (See JP-A-61-1618).

Therefore, when ingested in combination with Gymnema extract and gardenia extract, absorption of sugar and fat in the living body is inhibited, whereby an excellent diet effect is brought about.

However, if these components are ingested too much, they cause loose stools and diarrhea stools, resulting in weakened immunity, mental instability and frustration, and inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. .

However, it has been found that the above problems can be solved by further adding seaweed to these components. The reason is considered as follows.

That is, seaweeds such as kelp, seaweed, and hijiki contain a lot of seaweed polysaccharides such as fucoidan and alginic acid, and minerals such as calcium and potassium.

Of these, fucoidan has the effect of activating the antibody-producing ability, and therefore,
Prevents a decrease in immunity. In addition, since it has a blood purifying action, its effect can be expected ("Algae acidic polysaccharide and its physiological activity", Kazutoshi Nishizawa, Food Development, Vo.
l. 18, No. 11, pp. 28-35).

Further, alginic acid has a strong water-retaining power, and therefore, maintains the shape of diarrhea stool and improves diarrhea symptoms. In addition, since it has a mucosal protective effect on the intestinal wall, it prevents inflammation of the intestinal mucosa.

Further, it is known that calcium has a function of calming irritability and producing a tranquilizing effect.

Therefore, by adding seaweed, loose stools, diarrhea stools, decreased immunity, mental instability brought about by Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract,
It is possible to suppress adverse effects such as inflammation of the intestinal mucosa and enable long-term intake of the diet composition.

[0027]

【Example】

Example 1, Comparative Examples 1 and 2, Controls 1 and 2, Gymnema extract, gardenia extract, seaweed bud strain, and starch were blended so that the daily intake was the amount shown in Table 1. , A powder was prepared. These powders are referred to as Example 1, Comparative Examples 1 and 2, and Controls 1 and 2, respectively.

These powders were taken by each of 15 panelists after eating for 4 weeks, the stool condition and feeling of tiredness were reported, and the average weight loss rate after 4 weeks was calculated. The body weight was measured after defecation at 9 to 11 am. If diarrhea occurred, the intake was discontinued. Furthermore, the feeling of fatigue was expressed as −, slightly with ±, and with +. Table 1 shows the results.

[0029]

[Table 1]

From the results shown in Table 1, when Gymnema extract and Gardenia extract were ingested, weight loss was observed in both cases. The higher the intake, the greater the weight loss rate and the poorer stool condition. , I feel more tired,
It can be seen that, in the case of the examples in which the wakame bud strain was added to these, the number of diarrhea was small and the tiredness did not occur even though the weight loss rate was large.

Example 2 In 8 tablets, 800 mg of Gymnema extract powder, 500 mg of Gardenia extract powder, 1000 mg of dried powder of wakame sprout,
Calcium agent 200mg, oligosaccharide 200mg, and vitamins were added to the amount required for Japanese in a day, a small amount of lactose and sucrose fatty acid ester were added, and the mixture was tableted by a conventional method. Tablets were produced.

When the tablets were taken by 13 panelists, 8 tablets after each meal, for 4 weeks, 8 of them had a weight loss rate of more than 3%. Also, only two people had symptoms such as fatigue and diarrhea.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Gymnema extract, gardenia extract, together with seaweed, without compromising the diet effect of Gymnema extract and gardenia extract, prevent loose stools, diarrhea, etc. caused by ingestion of these ingredients, resulting in a decrease in immunity, mental. It is possible to prevent irritation due to mental instability and inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. Therefore, it is possible to diet effectively and safely without causing side effects such as diarrhea.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A diet composition comprising seaweed, Gymnema extract, and gardenia extract as active ingredients. 2. The diet according to claim 1, containing 10 to 40 parts by weight of the seaweed, 5 to 30 parts by weight of the Gymnema extract, and 5 to 20 parts by weight of the gardenia extract in terms of solid content. Composition. 3. The seaweed is a sprout of Wakame seaweed.
Or the diet composition according to 2.