Saturday, November 12, 2016

Kefir drink causes a significant yet similar improvement in serum lipid profile, compared with low-fat milk, in a dairy-rich diet in overweight or obese premenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial

Notice the very limited category this was tested on.
https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/medical-news-article/2016/11/11/dairy-products-kefir-milk-lipoproteins-obesity/6939210/?
Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 11/11/2016
For this study, researchers evaluate and think about the potential lipid–lowering impacts of kefir drink with low–fat milk in a dairy–rich diet in overweight or obese premenopausal women. Kefir drink causes a significant yet similar improvement in serum lipid profile, contrasted and low–fat milk, in a dairy–rich diet in overweight or obese premenopausal women.

Methods

  • In this study researchers conducted a 8–week, single–center, multi–arm, parallel–group, outpatient, randomized controlled trial.
  • A sum of 75 eligible Iranian women aged 25–45 y were randomly allocated to kefir, milk, or control groups.They don't mention eligibility criteria.
  • Women in the control group got a weight–maintenance diet containing 2 servings/d of low–fat dairy products, while subjects in the milk and kefir groups got a similar diet containing 2 additional servings/d (a total of 4 servings/d) of dairy products from low–fat milk or kefir drink, respectively.
  • At baseline and study endpoint, serum levels/ratios of total cholesterol (TC), low– and high–density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC and HDLC), triglyceride (TG), Non–HDLC, TC/HDLC, LDLC/HDLC, and TG/LDLC were measured as outcome measures.

Results

  • In this study after 8 weeks, subjects in the kefir group had altogether lower serum levels/ratios of lipoproteins contrasted with those in the control group (mean between group differences were –10.4 mg/dL, –9.7 mg/dL, –11.5 mg/dL, –0.4, and –0.3 for TC, LDLC, Non–HDLC, TC/HDLC, and LDLC/HDLC, respectively; all p<0.05).
  • In the milk group comparable results were seen in this study.
  • In any case, no such noteworthy contrasts were found between the kefir and milk groups.
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