Scientific Evaluation of the Consumption of Cow’s Milk on Human Health and Disease

Objective To evaluatethe effect of milk consumption on selected metabolic andinflammatory markers in young adults.Thestudy will be conducted in three phases. Phase I Baseline study of participantsDemographic information, personal and family medical history, will be recorded.Body composition measurements will be taken to measure percent body fat,visceral and abdominal fat, as well as muscle mass. Fasting blood samples willbe taken for measurement of complete blood count, blood glucose and insulin,lipid profile i.e. total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HDLcholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, as well as selected inflammatory markersnamely IL-6, TNF-alpha, chemerin, hs-CRP. In Phase II Subjects will be providedwith cow milk. Each subject will be instructed to boil the cow milk and consume300 ml of milk in two doses of 150 ml each. All participants in this study willbe insured.  Phase III At endline of thethree month intervention period, all measurements that were done at baselinewill be repeated.