a medical food and / or nutritional supplement for oral administration by mammals includes α - lipoic acid , linolenic acid complex , biotin , and coenzyme q - 10 . a preferred method of manufacturing the medical food or nutritional supplement is by separate microencapsulation of one or more of the components followed by encapsulation of the individual components , for oral administration . other methods of delivery include packaging in impermeable , disposable packets and mixing the formulations with food or a cold liquid .