2.2.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
gastrointestinal diseases, immune disorders, infected with SARS-CoV-2, IBS,, psychiatric, depression, milk or soy allergy, diabetes
METABOLIC DISEASES, IMMUNE DISORDER, DIABETES
Potential participants completed an anonymous self-report survey to evaluate eligibility. Inclusion criteria were evaluated at screening and included: being aged between 18–65 years, living in Santiago de Chile, successfully completing the self-report survey (via Google Forms), being able to provide written consent, and willing to comply with study requirements, namely providing stool samples, completing questionnaires and records, and discontinuing consumption of any other probiotic supplement for the four weeks previous the experiment and for the duration of the study. Exclusion criteria included: being pregnant or planning to get pregnant at the time of enrollment, breastfeeding, being infected with SARS-CoV-2, consuming probiotics, having used antibiotics during the last month before enrollment, having been diagnosed with one of the following: diabetes or metabolic diseases in the last 5 years, depression, psychiatric or neurological diagnostic in the last year, IBS, gastrointestinal diseases or received bariatric surgery in the last 5 years, immune disorders or possible immune-deficient status in the last 5 years, or with milk or soy allergy.