Dietary supplements for treating fatigue-related syndromes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention provides dietary supplements, medical foods and methods effective to ameliorate at least one of the symptoms of a fatigue-related syndrome.
Preferred dietary supplements and medical foods of the present invention improve both the physical and mental functioning of a person suffering from a fatigue-related syndrome.
As used herein, the term "fatigue-related syndrome" refers to a medical condition characterized by chronic fatigue.
Typically, a person suffering from a fatigue-related syndrome exhibits other symptoms in addition to chronic fatigue, such as non-specific joint pain, muscle pain, headache, sleep disturbance, low-grade fever, lymphadenopathy, post-exertional fatigue, pharyngitis, impaired memory or concentration, and muscle weakness.
As the term is used herein, a "fatigue-related syndrome" does not include inflammation as a predominant symptom.
By way of non-limiting example, the term "fatigue-related syndrome" includes idiotypic fatigue, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Presently preferred dietary supplements, medical foods and methods of the present invention are especially effective when used to treat fibromyalgia.
The compositions of the present invention include rosemary, curcumin (always present in the dietary supplements, optionally present in the medical foods) and at least one component selected from the group consisting of quercetin and rutin.
Preferably rosemary is utilized as an extract of ground rosemary leaves; curcumin is utilized as a tumeric extract in powder form; quercetin is utilized as either pure quercetin or as a quercetin glycoside (e.
g.
, rutin).
The compositions of the present invention may preferably include ginger, limonene and hesperidin.
Ginger is preferably utilized as a concentrate of a ginger root extract.
Any pure, or substantially pure, form of limonene or hesperidin is useful in the compositions of the present invention.
Rosemary contains the flavonoids carnosol, carnosic acid, rosmanol and ursolic acid and the compositions of the present invention can be supplemented with one or more of the foregoing flavonoids