Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Marília (UNIMAR), Marília, Brazil.
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology of Marília, Marília, Brazil.
J Med Food. 2021 Feb;24(2):205-208. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2020.0031. Epub 2020 Jun 16.
The intake of milk has decreased over the past few decades in Western populations and has been replaced by drinks of plant origin. Substitution of cow's milk by vegetable drinks occurs for some reasons, such as the presence of lactose intolerance, reduced calorie intake, prevention of obesity, vegan diets, and concern about the use of hormone therapy and its possible residues in bovine milk. For these reasons, the objective of this study was to evaluate the biochemical and anthropometric profile of animals subjected to a diet supplemented with coconut milk. Animals were divided into six groups (G1-G6), treated, respectively, regular diet and coconut milk or cow's milk, and with a high-protein content diet and coconut milk or cow's milk. Our results showed that the animals treated with coconut milk reduced body weight and visceral fat, and also showed that the use of a high-protein diet in association with coconut milk is a good combination in reducing visceral fat, percentage of weight gain, food intake, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Our results do not show substantial metabolic changes when comparing the use of coconut milk with the use of cow's milk (we cannot say that the coconut milk itself can be better than cow's milk in the evaluated metabolic parameters).
在过去几十年中，西方人群的牛奶摄入量有所下降，取而代之的是植物性饮料。由于一些原因，如乳糖不耐受、热量摄入减少、预防肥胖、纯素食饮食以及对激素治疗及其在牛奶中可能残留的担忧，牛奶被植物性饮料所替代。出于这些原因，本研究的目的是评估动物在摄入添加椰子奶的饮食后的生化和人体测量学特征。动物被分为六组（G1-G6），分别给予常规饮食和椰子奶或牛奶，以及高蛋白含量饮食和椰子奶或牛奶。我们的结果表明，用椰子奶喂养的动物体重和内脏脂肪减少，并且还表明，高蛋白饮食与椰子奶联合使用是减少内脏脂肪、体重增加百分比、食物摄入量、胆固醇和甘油三酯的一种良好组合。与使用牛奶相比，使用椰子奶时我们的结果没有显示出实质性的代谢变化（我们不能说在评估的代谢参数方面，椰子奶本身比牛奶更好）。
