To investigate the effect of milk delivered from mountain-pasture grazing cows on risk markers of the metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes with the effect of conventional Danish milk. The study should reveal the importance of phytanic acid content for these effects.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
38
39 g milk fat per day in 12 weeks
Department of Human Nutrition
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Oral glucose tolerance test
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
LDL cholesterol
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
HDL cholesterol
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
Total cholesterol
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
Triacylglycerol
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
C-reactive protein
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
fatty acid composition in plasma
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
phytanic acid
Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)
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