Standard Process Heart and Gut Health Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Vegan and vegetarian participants
• •Participants on medically prescribed diet
• •Participants not willing to stop consumption of fermented products (plain yogurt, kefir, kombucha, water kefir, miso, pickled vegetables, and sauerkraut) 2 weeks prior to the study start date and during the study timeline as this will interfere with gut microbiome related outcome assessment
• •Participants not willing to stop consuming polyphenols- green tea, cocoa, flaxseed, berries, and energy drinks
• •Participants who are currently or have participated in other interventional clinical trials in the last 4 weeks
• •Participants on certain supplements like GI health related (Probiotics, prebiotics, and/or antimicrobial botanicals), vitamin C, Choline, lecithin or L-carnitine, fish oil/krill oil containing supplements who don't wish to stop supplementation prior to 2 weeks of study start date
• •Participants who have any confirmed or suspected infectious disease (such as tuberculosis, Hepatitis B or C, HIV infection), malignancy, or any other clinically significant medical condition, which in the investigators' opinion, makes him or her not suitable for inclusion in the study\*
• •Participants who have pacemakers, an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), or a cardiac resynchronization therapy device
• •Participants who have confirmed or suspected pregnancy (self-reported)
• •Participant waiting for a heart transplant
• •Participants currently hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction
• •Participants with a planned revascularization within 30 days of screening
• •Participants must not have any allergies to supplement ingredients (see list)
• •Participants who have initiated the use of prescription medications (defined as a medication that can be prescribed only by a properly authorized/licensed clinician), and not authorized non-prescription medications (over-the-counter medications), and other nutritional supplements
• •Participants who do not comply with all study requirements (including clinical visits)
• •Participants with high cholesterol or on lipid lowering medications like statins
• •Participants on following medication: NSAIDS, Steroids, Prednisone, Acid Reflux/GERD medicines: Tagamet, Zantac, Pepcid, Prilosec, Prevacid