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Plasma metabolite levels can accurately predict an individual's diet quality score, reflecting the relationship between diet and disease.
You can use blood metabolite profiles to objectively assess your diet quality, providing a more accurate picture than self-reported food surveys alone.
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a diet quality score derived from metabolite levels was significantly associated with diet quality, as assessed by a detailed food frequency questionnaire.
Why this rating
Large sample size, validation in independent cohorts, and significant statistical association (r^2 adjusted = 0.27).
Source
Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome
Lianmin Chen et al. · Nature Medicine · 2022
DOI 10.1038/s41591-022-02014-8
cohort · n=1368Cited 303×
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