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NCT Number: NCT01343589

Effects of Milk Derived From Mountain-pasture Grazing Cows on Risk Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome Compared to Conventional Danish Milk

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Coronary Heart Disease Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary Disease Heart Diseases Myocardial Ischemia Type-2 Diabetes Vascular Diseases

Age range

50 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Human Nutrition

Frederiksberg, 1958, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • sign written consent
  • Age: 50-70
  • BMI: 20-30
  • increased risk of developing MS
  • refrain from dietary supplements and blood donations prior to, and during the study

Exclusion criteria

  • poor compliance
  • if they suffering from any chronic or long lasting illness
  • abuse of alcohol or medicine

Treatment and study plan

milk fat

Dietary Supplement

39 g milk fat per day in 12 weeks

Other names: Yellow feed

Primary outcomes

  1. Oral glucose tolerance test

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  2. LDL cholesterol

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  3. HDL cholesterol

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  4. Total cholesterol

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  5. Triacylglycerol

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  6. C-reactive protein

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

  7. fatty acid composition in plasma

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. phytanic acid

    Time frame: before and after the intervention (12 weeks)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Copenhagen

Other

Collaborators

  • The Danish Council for Strategic Research
  • The Danish Dairy Research Foundation, Denmark

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Apr 28, 2011
Registry last updated
Apr 28, 2011

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