4.2.1. Participants
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INFECTIONS
Ten subjects were selected, six women and four men, aged between 23 and 30 years, with the body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 29.9 kg/mStudy volunteers were selected according to the following inclusion criteria: no clinical conditions such as cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal, or hepatic diseases; no visible or known infections or inflammatory processes within three months of the study; no use of medicines or dietary supplements, no smoking, no regular alcohol drinking. The other criteria were BMI < 30 kg/m