Alii Supplement Study

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be on the hormonal birth control pill as the investigators aretesting the effectiveness of a supplement for women who take the hormonal birthcontrol pill

• Participants must be willing to complete a follow up survey as this study will bemultiple parts

• Participants must be willing to take a daily supplement as this study is testing howa supplement influences a variety of psychological outcomes

• Participants must be on the hormonal birth control pill for at least six months asparticipants who have been on the pill for less than 6 months may not beexperiencing nutritional depletion yet

• If the investigators are able to do so, the investigators will only recruitparticipants who take the one-month hormonal birth control pill rather than thethree month hormonal birth control pill, as the investigators are going to haveparticipants come in after 28 days (day 2 of pack 1 and day 2 of pack 2) andparticipants on the three-month HBC pill may be on a 21 day cycle.

• Participants must have no food or medication allergies that will prevent theparticipants from safely taking the supplement

• Participants must not be taking any vitamins or participant must report willingnessto abstain from taking vitamins during the study as individuals who are alreadytaking vitamins may not be experiencing nutritional depletion associated withhormonal birth control

• If the investigators have the ability to do so, the investigators will only recruitparticipants who are not taking medications. Participants on various medications (e.g., SSRIs, ADHD medications, etc.) may report differing psychological states dueto their medications, rather than the supplement. Therefore, it would be best toexclude those individuals if possible.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants cannot be naturally cycling as the investigators are testing asupplement for women on hormonal birth control

• Participants cannot be unwilling to complete a follow up study because this is amulti-part study

• Participants cannot be unwilling to take a supplement because the study centersaround taking a supplement

• Participants cannot be on the hormonal birth control pill for less than 6 months asparticipants who have been on the pill for less than 6 months may not beexperiencing nutritional depletion yet

• If the investigators are able to do so, participants cannot take the three monthhormonal birth control pill, as the investigators are going to have participantscome in after 28 days (day 2 of pack 1 and day 2 of pack 2) and participants on thethree-month HBC pill may be on a 21 day cycle.

• Participants cannot have any food or medication allergies that will prevent theparticipants from safely taking the supplement

• Participants must not be taking any vitamins or participants must report willingnessto abstain from taking vitamins during the study as individuals who are alreadytaking vitamins may not be experiencing nutritional depletion associated withhormonal birth control

• If the investigators have the ability to do so, the investigators will only recruitparticipants who are not taking medications. Participants on various medications (e.g., SSRIs, ADHD medications, etc.) may report differing psychological states dueto their medications, rather than the supplement. Therefore, it would be best toexclude those individuals if possible.