The intake of milk has decreased over the past few decades in Western populations and has been replaced by drinks of plant origin.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).

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食用椰子和牛奶对高蛋白饮食对Wistar大鼠代谢谱的影响

在过去的几十年中，西方人群的牛奶摄入量有所减少，并已被植物性饮料取代。出于某些原因，蔬菜饮料会代替牛奶，例如乳糖不耐症，热量摄入减少，肥胖症预防，纯素食以及对激素疗法及其在牛乳中可能残留的关注。由于这些原因，本研究的目的是评估接受补充椰奶饮食的动物的生化和人体测量特征。将动物分为六组（G1-G6），分别按常规饮食和椰子奶或牛奶，高蛋白饮食和椰子奶或牛奶进行处理。我们的结果表明，用椰奶处理过的动物减少了体重和内脏脂肪，并且还表明，将高蛋白饮食与椰奶一起使用可以减少内脏脂肪，体重增加百分比，食物摄入，胆固醇和甘油三酸酯。当比较使用椰奶和牛奶时，我们的结果没有显示出明显的代谢变化（我们不能说椰子奶本身在评估的代谢参数上可以比牛奶好）。