is Dietary Manipulation of Human Milk Total Fat and Caloric Content Feasible?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breastfeeding

• Registration Number: NCT00408980
• Lead Sponsor: Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to verify whether dietary manipulations in lactating women allow increasing the fat and caloric content of human milk.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to verify whether dietary manipulations in lactating women allow increasing the fat and caloric content of human milk. specifically, we will test the following hypotheses:1) at constant caloric intake, 2 high fat (40% fat, 45% CHO) diets ( margarine e nriched versus butter enriched) lead to higher fat and caloric content of human milk than the low fat diet (5% fat, 80% CHO); and 2) All 3 groups will have strikingly different milk fatty acid profiles (mirroring the dietary fatty acid profile).

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2006-11
• Study First Submitted: 2006-12-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-12-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2006-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2006-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2006-12-08
• Study Start: 2007-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• breast feeding women
• healthy
• on no medications

Exclusion Criteria

• women on medications

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER