FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to diet composition containing vasoprotective agents and used for prevention of vascular disorders caused by excess of plasma lipids. Diet composition includes one or several polycosanols or their esters in pure form or in form of extracts, tocotrienol and/or licopene, one or several procyanidole oligomers optionally in form of complex with phospholipids, vegetable oil, enriched with ω-3, ω-6 unsaturated fatty acids.
EFFECT: reduction of cholesterol and triglycerides content in blood, protecting vessel walls against damage connected with excessive production of free radicals and oxidised forms of cholesterol, which ensures strengthening of vessel walls.
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Dates
2009-07-20—Published
2004-06-17—Filed