Oleg Breslavtsev / Getty Images Drinking coffee can support the gut microbiome, new research found.
Regular coffee drinkers had higher levels of a specific microbe that may contribute to coffee’s ability to support the heart, brain, and more.
While your coffee habit may support your gut health, experts say the best way to maintain a healthy gut is eating a fiber-rich diet of various plant foods.
A new study underscores that drinking coffee may alter the composition of your gut microbiome, the environment of microorganisms like bacteria inhabiting your intestinal tract.
Researchers specifically found that regular coffee drinkers had higher levels of a specific strain of bacteria— Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus —than people who don’t usually drink the beverage.1
“This study further establishes the fact that there is a specific link between the food we eat and the microbes in our gut,” Kelsey Russell-Murray, MS, RD , a clinical dietitian and founder of the Gut Healthy Dietitian, a virtual private clinic, told Health .
Though scientists know little about L. asaccharolyticus, said study author Nicola Segata, PhD , a professor and head of the laboratory of occupational metagenomics at the University of Trento, it’s possible that the microbe contributes to coffee’s potential ability to protect the heart, brain, and other aspects of health.
Evidence increasingly shows that the bacteria and other microbes in our gut strongly influence overall health, including the development of chronic conditions. “ Gut microbiome research continues to be fascinating, and the more we learn only further establishes how wide-reaching the impact of the microbiome is on every aspect of our health,” Russell-Murray said.
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