The Three Ps for gut health restoration are prebiotics, polyphenols, and probiotics.2132 Polyphenols are a class of phytonutrients (health-promoting plant compounds) that have long been investigated as potential candidates to explain some of the benefits of better diets against disease.2133 Polyphenols are produced by plants to protect themselves,2134 and we may be able to expropriate and commandeer them for the same purpose.2135
