Nutritional Effects of Different Doses of Cottonseed Oil in Humans

The goal of this project is to determine if lower doses of cottonseed oil can be equally effective in improving cholesterol and other markers of chronic disease risk in adults.

Sponsor
Cotton Incorporated
$91,361
Principal investigator
Jamie A. Cooper
Professor and department head
Department of Kinesiology
Co-principal investigator
Chad M. Paton
Associate professor
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Active since
January 2025

Abstract

Our previous research has shown that larger doses of cottonseed oil consumption are effective at lowering cholesterol. The goal of this project is to determine if lower doses of cottonseed oil can be equally effective in improving cholesterol and other markers of chronic disease risk in adults.