Prof. Daniele Del Rio is Associate Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Parma, Italy, and the Scientific Director of the Need for Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme Global Centre for Nutrition & Health, in Cambridge, UK. He serves as Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition (Taylor & Francis). He is a proud Commendatore (Knight Commander) of the Italian Republic. Dan and his team are working on the effects of plant foods on human health, with a specific focus on the interaction of phytochemicals and the human gut microbiota as mediating steps for their beneficial actions towards human physiology.