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ReviewEuropean journal of nutrition2019

Contribution of plant food bioactives in promoting health effects of plant foods: why look at interindividual variability?

Christine Morand, Francisco A Tomás-Barberán

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Review in European journal of nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Sources of Carotenoids in Amazonian Fruits.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Insights and Perspectives on Plant-Based Beverages.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  17. Phytosterols: Potential Metabolic Modulators in Neurodegenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christine MorandUniversité Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, UNH, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. christine.morand@inra.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-1032
Francisco A Tomás-BarberánFood and Health Laboratory, Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. fatomas@cebas.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-1739

Funding

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action FA1403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeResearch has identified plant-based diets as the most protective for our health; it is now essential to focus on good food associations and the beneficial constituents in plant foods. From a growing body of evidence, some categories of food phytochemicals are increasingly considered to play a crucial role in the cardiometabolic health effects associated with plant food consumption. However, the heterogeneity in responsiveness to plant food bioactive intake that is frequently observed in clinical trials can hinder the identification of the effects of these compounds in specific subpopulations and likely lead to underestimating their actual contribution to the health effects of their food sources.

resultsThe magnitude and the main factors responsible for this between-subject variation in response to the consumption of the major families of food phytochemicals have been poorly documented so far. Thus, research efforts in this area must be developed. More importantly, capturing the interindividual variability in response to plant food bioactive intake, together with identifying the main determinants involved, is a crucial step that will enable the development and production of plant food products, thereby satisfying the nutritional needs and conferring benefits to different categories of populations.

conclusionThe development of a science-based personalised nutrition approach focusing on plant foods rich in specific bioactive compounds could contribute to alleviating the dramatic burden of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.

Indexed as

Biological Variation, PopulationDiet, VegetarianHealth PromotionHumansPhytochemicalsPlants, EdiblePhytochemicalsCardiometabolic healthFood phytochemicalsHuman nutritionInterindividual variabilityPersonalised nutritionPlant foods

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PMID31637469
PMCPMC6851219

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