Dietary (poly)phenols and cardiometabolic health: What is the evidence?
(Poly)phenols are plant secondary metabolites widely abundant in plant foods and beverages, comprising a very large number of compounds with diverse structure and biological activities. Accumulating evidence indicates these compounds exert beneficial effects against cardiometabolic diseases. Recently, a bi-directional relationship was established between (poly)phenols and the gut microbiota, suggesting that individual gut microbial metabolising capacity may be a key factor explaining the variability in the cardiometabolic response to (poly)phenols. During this webinar, you will analyse epidemiological and clinical data including the most recent systematic reviews and meat-analysis in this area. Limitations of the current available data will be presented, including the need for better tools and a better understanding of the estimated (poly)phenol content in foods and intakes among the general public.
What will I gain from this webinar?
- Describe what (poly)phenols are, their main subclasses and the most abundant food sources in the diet.
- Be able to critically discuss the strength of the evidence for the effects of (poly)phenols on cardiometabolic disease risk from epidemiological and clinical studies.
- Have an understanding of potential mechanisms of action of (poly)phenols on the cardiovascular system including interactions with the gut microbiota.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 2 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Dietary (poly)phenols and cardiometabolic health: what is the evidence?2
Instructor
Dr Rodriguez-Mateos is a Reader at the Department of Nutritional Sciences of King’s College London. Her research aims to investigate the health benefits of plant foods and phytochemicals, with a strong focus on understanding the bioavailability, metabolism and cardiovascular health benefits of dietary (poly)phenols. More recent interests include the investigation of the role of the gut microbiome on the health benefits of phytochemicals, and the development of biomarkers of food intake using metabolomic approaches. Her expertise includes development and validation of analytical methods for the analysis of foods and biological samples using LC/GC-MS and performance of randomized controlled trials with cardiovascular outcomes.
She is a Registered Nutritionist, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. She is also the Programme Director of the BSc in Nutritional Sciences, an Associate Editor for the Journal Food and Function, and member of the UK and American Nutrition Societies. She is the co-chair of the Special Interest Group on Phytochemicals and Health of the Nutrition Society and was awarded the Nutrition Society Silver Medal award in 2023 in recognition of excellence in Nutritional Sciences.
