Given the worldwide epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases, evidence-based dietary
recommendations are fundamentally important for health promotion. Despite the importance …

BACKGROUND Humans ingest a multitude of small molecules that are foreign to the body
(xenobiotics), including dietary components, environmental chemicals, and …

The colon is inhabited by a dense population of microorganisms, the so-called “gut
microbiota,” able to ferment carbohydrates and proteins that escape absorption in the small …

ABSTRACT “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” was expressed by
Hippocrates more than 2000 years ago and the health benefits of natural food products have …

Plant-derived functional foods are gaining considerable attention due to their safety and
therapeutic potentials. Research on plant-based functional foods presents several …

The mammalian gut harbors a complex and dynamic microbial ecosystem: the microbiota.
While emerging studies support that microbiota regulates brain function with a few molecular …

As of late, polyphenols have increasingly interested the scientific community due to their
proposed health benefits. Much of this attention has focused on their bioavailability …

The bioactive ingredients in commonly consumed foods include, but are not limited to,
prebiotics, prebiotic‐like components, probiotics, and postbiotics. The bioactive ingredients …

The number of bacterial cells living within the human body is approximately equal to, or
greater than, the total number of human cells. This dynamic population of microorganisms …

Diet can be considered as one of the pivotal factors in regulating gastrointestinal health, and
polyphenols widely distributed in human daily diet. The polyphenols and their metabolites …