The effect of dairy fat on metabolic health
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- ObesityNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN86731958
- Lead Sponsor
- Food for Health Ireland
- Brief Summary
2018 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30107488 results 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36789929/ (added 16/02/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy, on no medication
2. Not following a prescribed diet for any reason (weight loss, cholesterol etc)
3. Male or female, aged between 50-70
4. BMI >25 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
1. Outside the specified age
2. BMI <25 kg/m2
3. Anyone who is currently taking prescribed medication for cholesterol-reduction purposes
4. Anyone following any specific diet to control or modify their cholesterol or weight
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Fasting blood markers of metabolic health following 6 weeks daily consumption of dairy fat, in 3 different matrices.<br> A subset of subjects (n=24) will give multiple blood samples (8 in total) over 5 hours. Analysis will be performed at all time points.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postprandial blood-lipid and glucose following an oral lipid challenge in a subset of subjects.