ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,220, issued on June 16.
"Low calorie food preparation for the nutrition of cancer patients" was invented by Licia Rivoltini (Milan), Claudio Vernieri (Milan) and Filippo Guglielmo De Braud (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Daily food preparation for use as a therapeutic adjuvant in the diet of patients suffering from neoplasia, including A) a nutritional combination that contains carbohydrates in an amount between 8% and 55% (w/w), proteins in an amount between 7% and 16% (w/w), lipids in an amount between 30% and 81% (w/w); and B) dietary fiber in an amount between 2 and 30 g, the food preparation being characterized by an avera...