LONG-TERM NUTRITION FOR SENILE PATIENTS Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A23L1/29 A23L1/30 A23L1/304 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to clinical nutrition. A method of the long-term enteral nutrition of a senile patient includes the following stages: long-term enteral introduction to a senile patient at least once a day of a nutritious product containing: protein source which contains 14-20% of the calorie count; carbohydrates source which contains 10-50% of the calorie count; fat source which contains 30-45% of the calorie count; dietary fibres source which makes 10-25 g per 1 litre of the product and 8.0-18.0 mcg of chrome per 100 kcal of the product. In 100 kcal of the product the composition contains at least: 30 mg of choline, 5.0 mg of taurine and 3.0 mg of carnitine; one or more of at least: 0.1 mg of beta-carotene, 0.2 mg of lycopene and 0.05 mg of lutein. As a version, the composition described above for the long-term enteral nutrition of a senile patient contains sufficient amount of mineral substances (particularly, calcium) and vitamins (particularly, vitamin D).

EFFECT: invention allows to provide a senile patient with the effective long-term enteral nutrition which optimises a glycaemic response for glycemia control, reduces insulin resistance and/or modulates a glucose response, and also maintains the metabolic status.

30 cl, 2 ex