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Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: boschneeman{at}ucdavis.edu.
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KEY WORDS: dairy triacylglycerides insulin cholecystokinin food intake dietary fat
The postprandial period is a dynamic state of hormone release, stimulated by consumption of a meal and the presence of food components, as well as lipoprotein metabolism related to lipid absorption. Dietary factors such as the amount of fat, fatty acid composition and dietary fiber are well recognized as affecting the hormonal and lipoprotein response to a meal (14). Less is understood regarding the effect of the physical state of fat within a food on these responses. We hypothesized that constituents of milk, including the presence of the fat globule membrane, would alter the way in which dairy fat is handled in the postprandial period (5,6). Such an effect should be evident in the pattern of hormone and lipid response to meals prepared with fat from dairy products. To examine this question, we determined the postprandial lipid, glucose, insulin and cholecystokinin (CCK)2 response to meals with similar fat content and fatty acid composition, but prepared with or without dairy products. In addition to comparing the source of fat in the meal (dairy; D, nondairy; ND), two levels of dietary fat were investigated [20% of energy (en%) and 38 en% as fat]. Because CCK is associated with meal-induced satiety (1), we also examined the subjects subjective assessment of satiety after the various meals
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The Human Subjects Research Committee of the University of California, Davis, approved the study. Participants were recruited through newspapers and posters in the Davis and Sacramento area. Candidates who had any food allergies or intolerances, were currently modifying diet or exercise patterns to gain or lose weight, were excessive exercisers or trained athletes or were taking any medications that would affect appetite were excluded. Eligibility requirements included age (2150 y), BMI (2327 kg/m2), exercise level (moderate to light), not dieting, not taking medication and able to keep detailed food records and maintain constant body weight throughout the study. Individuals who met the study criteria and attended all information and training sessions were admitted into the study. The study followed a randomized crossover design whereby 4 study-specific meals were tested in 24 subjects, randomly, 1 wk apart. Breakfast meals were prepared using commercially available foods such as cereals, milk, toast, butter, cheese, margarine, jelly, fruit and juice. The meals varied by fat source and total fat content, but were similar in their fatty acid profile. Test meals were assembled to contain one third of the average daily energy intake for each gender; two of the meals contained 20% energy (20 en%) from fat, 17 en% from protein, 63 en% from carbohydrate, whereas the other two contained 38 en% from fat, 17 en% from protein, and 45 en% carbohydrate. One high fat and one low fat meal contained at least two thirds of the fat energy from dairy (D) products (D38 and D20). The remaining test meals were prepared from nondairy (ND) plant and animal fat sources (ND38 and ND20) to maintain a similar fatty acid profile [polyunsaturated:saturated (P:S) ratio of 0.12:1]. Foods common to all meals included egg white, egg yolk, English muffin, fruit juice and jelly. The amount of dairy fat was increased by including appropriate amounts of whole milk, cheddar cheese and butter. The meals without dairy fat contained sausage, margarine, nonfat milk and coconut milk. All subjects consumed the meals readily.
Study design and procedures.
In preparation for each of their 4 study visits, subjects kept detailed 24-h scale-weighed food records 2 d before, the day before and the day after each test session. On the day of each study session, subjects arrived at the laboratory between 0700 and 0800 h after an overnight fast (10 h). An intravenous catheter was placed in the nondominant arm of each subject to allow for multiple blood sampling. After the initial fasting blood draw, subjects rested for a few minutes, acquainted themselves with their dining area and completed their first set of visual analog scales (VAS). VAS are subjective measures of appetite and satiety relative to the test meal conditions. Specifically, participants rated their hunger, fullness, desire to eat and how much they thought they could eat on 100-mm lines scales. Questions such as "How hungry do you feel right now?" or "How strong is your desire to eat right now?" preceded a 100-mm line anchored by opposing phrases "not at all hungry" and "extremely hungry" or "very weak" and "very strong." Other anchors consisted of the phrases "not at all full" and "extremely full" or "a large amount" and "nothing at all" or "very pleasant" and "not at all pleasant" to access fullness, prospective consumption and meal like/dislike. After completing the first VAS, subjects were given one of the four test meals to consume in 20 min. Blood samples were collected and VAS booklets were completed after meal ingestion at 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 (2 h), 180 (3 h), 240 (4 h), 300 (5 h) and 360 min (6 h). At the end of the test session, catheters were removed and subjects were offered a selection of foods (preweighed) from a tray before leaving the study site. Subjects were required to record the food consumed from the tray along with foods eaten outside the laboratory for the next 36 h. After the final test meal study day, subjects were interviewed about their study experience and their knowledge of the purpose of the study.
Blood samples (
10 mL) were collected in EDTA-coated vacutainer tubes, immediately cooled in ice, and plasma was obtained by centrifugation at 2000 x g for 15 min at 23°C. Two 2-mL aliquots of plasma were extracted using octadecylsilysilica cartridges (Sep-Pak) and eluents frozen at -70°C for determination of CCK concentrations by RIA. Another portion (2 mL) of plasma was stored in microcentrifuge tubes and frozen at -20°C for subsequent analysis of glucose, insulin and triacylglyceride (TAG) concentrations. Plasma glucose and TAG were analyzed in the University of California, Davis Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, analytical core laboratory, NIH#DK35747, according to approved protocols (4). The plasma concentrations of apolipoprotein (apo) B48 and B100 in the TAG-rich fraction were determined by SDS-PAGE as previously described (4). Apo B48 and B100 responses in the triacylglyceride-rich fraction were investigated only in the 38% fat test meals.
Plasma CCK was measured by RIA using a highly specific and selective antibody, Ab-92128 (gift from Dr. Jens Rehfeld, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark) (1,7). Plasma insulin was measured by RIA according to the basic method described by Yalow and Berson modified by using 0.05 mol/L phosphate buffer containing 4 g/L human serum albumin and the precipitation method described by Desbuquois and Aurbach, using polyethylene glycol to separate free and antibody-bound insulin (8,9).
Statistical analysis.
To examine the satiety response to the four test meals, data from the VAS, the scale-weighed food records and the plasma insulin, glucose, TAG and CCK concentrations were analyzed by repeated-measures (RM)-ANOVA using the General Linear Models or MIXED procedures of SAS (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) with test meal, time and gender as main factors and subject as the blocking variable. Data analyzed from the VAS were first converted to increments above baseline to account for relative baseline variability among subjects. Substrate metabolites (glucose and insulin) and CCK were log transformed where appropriate based on univariate analysis for normal distribution. Significant differences among treatment means (adjusted for multiple comparisons) were analyzed by pairwise t test and Tukeys honestly significant test for appropriate comparisons. The relationship between the subjective satiety response (VAS) and the biological satiety response (CCK) was tested using linear regression analysis. Values are means ± SEM; differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.
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Food records collected provided information about the background diets of the men and women participating in the study. Nutrient and statistical analysis of the food records indicated that energy intake differed between men and women but not within gender. The daily energy intake for the women was 9030 ± 765 kJ and for the men 10,283 ± 670 kJ. Macronutrient composition did not differ between the groups with the average en% from fat, carbohydrate and protein being 30 ± 1, 55 ± 2 and 15 ± 1%, respectively. Patterns of food intake were consistent during the study period. The energy intake in the 36-h period subsequent to the test meal (calculated without test meal energy) did not differ among meals. Combined energy intake (test meal + subsequent meals/snacks) showed that women compensated for the energy provided by the test meals so that study day intake was similar to their average daily intake. In contrast, men tended to have a slightly higher total energy intake on study days (
2300 kJ).
Statistical analysis of the CCK response for all subjects indicated strong test meal and time effects (both P < 0.0001) (data combined for all subjects are not shown). Based on the least-squares means (LSM), consumption of the dairy-containing meals produced higher concentrations of CCK during the experimental period than the ND meals, and consumption of the higher fat versions within each category of D or ND stimulated more CCK release than the lower fat meals. In addition to the test meal effects, a sex-by-meal interaction was observed (P < 0.02). Using the LSM values as an estimate of the response, women had higher plasma CCK levels than men (9.0 ± 1.0 and 5.9 ± 0.8 pmol/L, P < 0.03). In addition, women appeared to be more sensitive, as measured by CCK, to the dietary fat changes of the meals than the men. In women, meals containing dairy fat were more potent stimulators of CCK than meals that contained no dairy fat, a difference that was not detected in men (Fig. 1, Table 1).
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The insulin and glucose results suggest that in the context of a low fat meal, dairy products can reduce glycemic and insulinemic responses. This effect of dairy products, i.e., the reduced glycemic and insulinemic responses to a meal, were not observed when the fat content of the meal was higher, as in the D and ND test meals containing 38% fat. Undoubtedly, the differences noted in the responses between the high and low fat meals are due to the lower carbohydrate content of the high fat meals. The degree of fat saturation did not alter glycemic or insulinemic response to mashed potatoes in men (18). However, with a similar fatty acid pattern at 20 en% from fat, a significant difference due to source of fat in glucose and insulin response was observed, suggesting a potential benefit of using low fat dairy products in diets designed to lower risk for diabetes.
The data indicate that dairy fat is a more potent stimulator of CCK than a blend of nondairy fats with a similar P:S ratio. This effect was particularly evident in women, who had higher CCK concentrations than men in response to each of the meals. Moreover, the CCK response to meals by women tended to be more discriminating than that of the men except for the D20 meal, CCK concentrations did not differ among meals in men, whereas this was not the case for women. This finding is consistent with our previous studies showing a distinct sex difference in the CCK response to meals that vary in fat type and or content (1). Implications of this result are of interest when considering CCK function(s) and relative interactions with other hormones in response to eating. CCK mediates processes of digestion and absorption and is probably best known for its stimulatory action on the exocrine pancreas for digestive enzyme secretion and the gall bladder to release bile acids. In addition, however, CCK has been shown to slow gastric emptying, inhibit food intake and can have a role in controlling the glycemic response to a meal. Holt et al. (19) suggested that glycemic and insulin responses to carbohydrate foods are inversely proportional to CCK response. CCK is likely to modulate insulin and glucose response by delaying gastric emptying and increasing the sensitivity of tissues to insulin (2022). Findings from the present study support this idea, but only in the context of the low fat, high carbohydrate meal relative to fat type, D vs. ND.
CCK release produces satiety; however, the exact mechanism by which CCK contributes to satiety remains controversial (2325). Previous work in our laboratory, in both animals and humans, indicated a strong relationship between CCK release and satiety. In animal studies, this relationship was demonstrated using meal pattern analysis coupled with various nutrient infusions, use of CCK antagonists as well as a direct measure of plasma CCK concentrations (26,27). In humans, we utilized VAS, food intake and measured plasma CCK concentrations over time relative to different meal challenges. In previous studies, we showed that in unrestrained eaters, the CCK response to meals is correlated with VAS (1). Moreover, differences in CCK response to a meal challenge between men and women were reflected in the VAS assessment. In the present study, the subjective assessment of satiety, as measured by VAS, did not track with the differences in CCK. Overall, the nondairy meals appeared to be more satiating than the dairy meals; however, this difference was significant only after the low fat meals, suggesting the influence of other, perhaps overriding signals within the food intake regulatory system that play an important role under different dietary challenges. The nature of these other signals is difficult to discern from the current study design. The meals were consumed readily and were perceived as having similar palatability; however, the complexity of the meal design or the laboratory setting may have influenced subjects in subtle ways. Other studies in our laboratory (1), including unpublished data, have indicated that CCK and VAS are typically correlated. The consistent differences in CCK response suggest that dairy products have the potential to enhance the satiety of meals. It would be worth investigating whether enhanced CCK response contributes to the reported effects of dairy products on body weight.
Modifying the source of saturated fat in the diet did not change the TAG response to the meal, although a higher fat diet did result in a significantly larger incremental increase in TAG after such a meal. These results are consistent with other reports on fat load and plasma TAG (1,28). A diet high in SFA enhances the postprandial lipemic response (29), and factors in dairy products do not seem to mitigate this effect. Apo B48 is synthesized in the small intestine and is a marker of chylomicrons or chylomicron remnants in the blood (30). The concentration of apo B48 was investigated only in the 38 en% fat group, and the data obtained suggest a trend for lower B48 concentration after the dairy-containing meals in both men and women. This trend toward a lower concentration of apo B48 suggests a more rapid clearance of the B48-containing lipoproteins and merits further investigation. These observations are consistent with earlier reports that dairy products may lower blood TAG concentrations (13).
In summary, these results suggest that meals containing dairy fat alter postprandial responses in that they can enhance CCK and blunt the glucose and insulin response after a meal. These effects of dairy foods are most evident if the overall fat content of the meal is low. These results are consistent with the use of diary products in diets that are low to moderate in fat content as a source of nutrients and as a part of a diet strategy to lower risk for chronic disease (14).
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3 Abbreviations used: apo, apolipoprotein; CCK, cholecystokinin; D, dairy; en%, percentage of energy; LSM, least-squares mean; ND, nondairy; P:S, polyunsaturated:saturated ratio; SFA, saturated fatty acids; TAG, triacylglycerides; VAS, visual analog scales. ![]()
Manuscript received 13 August 2003. Initial review completed 8 September 2003. Revision accepted 22 September 2003.
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