available from the shaanxi youthsun company located in china flavor stabilizers such as chinese licorice glycyrrhiza uralensis root extract and or l carnitine fumarate may be added to preserve and enhance flavor extracts of chinese licorice root are well known and can be prepared using the same or similar methods to producing lou han extracts one suitable chinese licorice extract is available from the shaanxi youthsun company of china if used the concentration of stabilizers such as chinese licorice root extract may preferably range from about 0 001 to 15 percent by weight of the dietary supplement gelling agents or thickeners such as xanthan gum or galactoarabinan may be added to improve the stability of the emulsion suitable thickeners of this type may be purchased from the kelco company of chicago ill if used the concentration of gelling agents or thickeners may preferably range from about 0 5 to 10 percent by weight of the dietary supplement other optional materials may be included in the composition of this invention vitamins minerals or other herbal extracts may be added for particular purposes or effects sugars such as fructose may be added but are not recommended artificial sweeteners such as xylitol may also be added other flavoring agents may also be utilized glycerin has proven to be a beneficial additive in preparing the dietary supplement the oil and water phases are each separately mixed and then combined to form the emulsions using high shear mixing it is recommended that the consumer of the product ingest three or more servings per day such.