Fermented Plant-based Portfolio Diet 4 Metabolic Health

Exclusion Criteria

• •Blood donation or participation in a clinical study with blood sampling within 30 days prior to screening visit and throughout the study.
• •Following any weight reduction program or having followed one during the last 6 months
• •Food allergies or intolerances
• •History of stomach or gastrointestinal conditions (Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, malabsorption, colostomy, bowel resection, gastric bypass surgery, Helicobacter infection, Peptic ulcer disease, untreated celiac disease, etc.)
• •Previous major gastrointestinal surgery
• •Pregnant or lactating or wish to become pregnant during the period of the study.
• •Unable to understand written and spoken Swedish
• •Lack of suitability for participation in the trial, for any reason, as judged by the medical doctor or PI.
• •Pharmacological medication with drugs known to affect the microbiota, e.g., antibiotics, within 6 months prior to baseline.
• •Intake of any probiotic pills or foods enriched in probiotics within 6 months prior to baseline.
• •Type I diabetes
• •Small bowel bacterial overgrowth
• •Diarrheal disease
• •Receiving pharmacological treatment for type II diabetes (treatments based on lifestyle interventions are acceptable, as long as it is compatible with the study protocol)
• •Using nicotine products on a daily basis (including chewing gum, patches, snus etc.)
• •History of heart failure or heart attack (TIA) within 1 year prior to screening
• •Thyroid disorder
• •Planned surgery within the next eight months