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ArticleiMetaOmics2026

Beyond "you are what you eat": Unlocking gut microbiota-mediated biotransformation of dietary phytochemicals.

Peng Yang, Ren-You Gan

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Article in iMetaOmics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Peng YangDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China.
Ren-You GanDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-1511

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The "efficacy paradox" of phytochemicals, low bioavailability yet significant health benefits, is associated with gut microbiota, which biotransforms dietary precursors into bioactive metabolites, enabling systemic effects. Thus, health outcomes of diet depend not just on intake "the rainbow", but on gut microbial metabolism, redefining "you are what you eat" to "you are what your microbes make of what you eat".

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