Postprandial effects of white meat versus red meat consumption on blood lipids.

INTERVENTION: This is an acute dietary intervention trial in healthy adults, in a cross over design. Participants will be asked to consume a standardised breakfast consisting of 2 slices of white toast, jam, fruit and tea/coffee with skim milk and asked to consume this breakfast at 7am on the test morning. Participants are then required to fast for 2 hours until they visit the University at 9am. Participants will be randomised to consume one of the following foods: Group A: Pork (200g of cooked pork mince) Group B: Lamb (200g of cooked lamb mince) All participants must consume the 200g serve within 10 minutes. Blood samples will be collected at baseline, 2, 4 and 6 hours following consumption of the test foods and will be analysed for plasma lipid profile (cholesterol, LDL & HDL‐cholesterol and triglycerides). After a washout period of at least one week, subjects in Group A will consume lamb while those in Group B will consume pork and blood sampling will be repeated as above. CONDITION: Normal metabolic development and function PRIMARY OUTCOME: The aim of this project is to examine the effects of the food matrix of white and red meat (pork and lamb) in which the lipids are embedded. It is proposed that the postprandial lipemic response will be different between the meats.The primary outcome measured are the changes in lipids. SECONDARY OUTCOME: NIL INCLUSION CRITERIA: Healthy male or female