Eligibility criteria
cancer, PCOS, gastrointestinal tract, allergies, stoma, acute gastrointestinal infection, hyperandrogenism, chronic disease
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, CANCER, TYPE 1 DIABETES, MALIGNANCIES, ALLERGIES, HYPERANDROGENISM, TYPE 2 DIABETES, CHRONIC DISEASE
In order to be eligible for the trial, women should be between 18 and 45 years of age, they should have at least two out of three Rotterdam criteria and they have to sign the informed consent form before starting the trial.Women can only participate if they do not have: hyperandrogenism of any cause other than PCOS; pregnancy or nursing period; soy or other allergies related to the study procedures; type 1 diabetes; chronic inflammatory bowel disease, history of cancer in the gastrointestinal tract or acute gastrointestinal infection; any malignancies requiring treatment in the 3 years preceding trial participation; any other chronic disease requiring medical check-ups or hospital treatments at least once every three months (exception: type 2 diabetes); major surgery in the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. colectomy, gut segment excision with stoma surgery, Whipple´s surgery; removal of the appendix or the gall bladder is not considered major surgery); chronic therapy with antidiabetic drugs, proton pump inhibitors, systemic intake of steroids or hormonal contraceptives in the six months preceding trial participation; antibiotic treatment within three months prior to trial procedures; alcohol or drug abuse.