--- title: Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows description: Wine, coffee, tea and yogurt, among other factors, contributed positively to the microbial diversity in the gut, according to a new study. canonical: https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-29T16:30:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:09:01.103Z article:section: Health og:title: Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows og:description: Wine, coffee, tea and yogurt, among other factors, contributed positively to the microbial diversity in the gut, according to a new study. og:url: https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2060c899eea79218/698878c9e20a876519a8f085/red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2500 og:image:height: 1406 og:image:alt: red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol-motto-stock og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows twitter:description: Wine, coffee, tea and yogurt, among other factors, contributed positively to the microbial diversity in the gut, according to a new study. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2060c899eea79218/698878c9e20a876519a8f085/red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows > Sponsored content. 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A [new study](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6285/565) published in _Science_ examined factors that contribute to the diversity of people’s microbial community. After analyzing stool samples of 1,135 Dutch people enrolled in the Lifelines-DEEP study, it found that wine, coffee, tea and yogurt, among other factors, contributed positively to the microbial diversity in the gut. Sugary sodas and smoking during pregnancy, on the other hand, decreased diversity. “To our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically assess such a broad range of host and environmental factors in relation to gut microbiome and at such a large scale,” Jingyuan Fu, an associate professor at the University of Groningen and one of the authors of the study, [told the LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-wine-coffee-microbiome-20160429-story.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/"},"headline":"Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows","datePublished":"2016-04-29T16:30:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:09:01.103Z","description":"But you may want to stay away from sugar","url":"https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Food","wine","yogurt","Soda","Coffee","Drink","Bacteria","microbes","microbiome","food and drink","gut bacteria","tea"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2060c899eea79218/698878c9e20a876519a8f085/red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2060c899eea79218/698878c9e20a876519a8f085/red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol-motto-stock","caption":"red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol-motto-stock","creditText":"Molly Cranna for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/","name":"Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows"}}]}] ```