--- description: Wine, coffee, tea and yogurt, among other factors, contributed positively to the microbial diversity in the gut, according to a new study. title: Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2060c899eea79218/698878c9e20a876519a8f085/red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Diet & Nutrition](/tag/dietnutrition/) ## Diet & Nutrition Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Wine And Coffee Are Good For Your Gut, Study Shows  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2016 4:30 PM CUT  Molly Cranna for TIME  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2016 4:30 PM CUT Next time you indulge in a glass of wine after work, you may be helping the diversity of bacteria in your gut. A [new study](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6285/565 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). ```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"}}]}] ```