An acute intake of theobromine does not change postprandial lipid metabolism, while a high-fat meal lowers chylomicron particle number

Postprandial responses predict cardiovascular disease risk. However, only a few studies have compared acute postprandial effects of a low-fat, high-carbohydrate (LF) meal with a high-fat, low-carbohydrate (HF) meal. Furthermore, theobromine has favorably affected fasting lipids, but postprandial effects are unknown. As both fat and theobromine have been reported to increase fasting apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) concentrations, the main hypothesis of this randomized, double blind crossover study was that acute consumption of a HF meal and a theobromine meal increased postprandial apoA-I concentrations, when compared with a LF meal.
Source: Nutrition Research - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research