Overview
The purpose of this study is to:
- Understand the participant experience using a health and wellness product and effects of the study product on GLP-1 users and those trying to lose weight
- Understand how participants may use and accept a health and wellness product
- Understand the side effects of a health and wellness product
- Evaluate the quality and effects of a health and wellness product on participant health through self-reported measures (electronic surveys) and biomarker collections.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults, at least 21-75 years of age at the time of electronic consent, inclusive of all ethnicities, races, and gender identities.
- Assigned sex at birth will determine sex-specific recruitment and surveys (male vs female) employed, when needed
- Resides in the United States
- Has the opportunity for at least 30% improvement in their primary health outcome
- One of the following:
- Currently taking a GLP-1 for at least 3 months with no plans to stop or switch current GLP-1
- Expressing the interest to lose weight, but not currently taking a GLP-1 in the last 6 months and with no plans to start taking a GLP-1
- Must be willing to complete a biomarker collection (stool and blood) at 2 timepoints during the study (baseline and end of study)
- Expresses a willingness to take the study product everyday for 4 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Report being pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding
- Unable to provide a valid US shipping address and mobile phone number
- Reports current enrollment in another clinical trial
- Reports being a heavy drinker (defined as drinking 3 or more alcoholic beverages per day)
- Unable to read and understand English at a 7th grade level
- Reports enrollment, current or within in the past 30 days, in another clinical trial
- Reports a current and/or recent (up to 3 months ago) major illness and/or surgery that poses a known, significant safety risk.
- Reports a diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction, liver or kidney disease that presents a known contraindication and/or a significant safety risk with any of the study product ingredients.
- NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, uncontrolled arrhythmias, cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, stage 3b or 4 chronic kidney disease, or kidney failure
- Reports taking medications that have a well-established moderate or severe interaction, posing a substantial safety risk with any of the study product ingredients.
- Anticoagulants, antihypertensives, anxiolytics, antidepressants, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, sedative hypnotics, seizure medications, medications that warn against grapefruit consumption, corticosteroids at doses greater than 5 mg per day, Diabetic medications to treat Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes , oral anti-infectives (antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals) to treat an acute infection, antipsychotics, MAOIs, or thyroid products
- Reports current use, or use within the past 30 days, of whey protein and/or similar product(s) to the study product that may limit the effects of the study products and/or pose a safety risk
- Reports taking an antibiotic or probiotic in the last 4 weeks
- Lack of reliable daily access to the internet
