The Healthy Heroes Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• •Presence of acute chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease (defined by acute symptoms or C-reactive protein \>10 mg/L), malabsorption syndromes, liver disease, or kidney disease (stage 3 or greater)
• •Uncontrolled thyroid disease
• •Intake of drugs likely to interfere with study endpoints, including corticosteroids, anabolic steroids, anti-psychotics, antiretroviral drugs, and immunosuppressive drugs (within 3 months of starting the study)
• •Presence or recent history of anemia (hematocrit \<33% within 3 months of starting the study)
• •History of bariatric surgery
• •Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• •Current or recent (within 12 months of starting the study) pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant in the next 6 months
• •Any cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer in the last 3 years
• •On a special or prescribed diet for other reasons (e.g. Celiac disease)
• •Depression determined by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
• •Planned international travel during study period
• •Insufficient logging on the mCC app (does not log at least 2 entries a day for 10 of 14 days) during baseline will exclude from being randomized into the intervention period