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Wine, coffee and tea offer healthy gut bacteria
A new Dutch study, suggests a cup of coffee or tea and a glass of wine can help maintain levels of 'good' bacteria. The research focused on normal people rather than those with illnesses.
It collected questionnaires on diet, medicine prescriptions and health of 1,100 people as well as analysing their gut DNA from frozen stools. Dr Alexandra Zhernakovaof the University of Groningen said: "In total we found 60 dietary factors that influence the diversity.
What these mean exactly is still hard to say. But there is a good correlation between diversity and health: greater diversity is better."
- Adapted from CNN
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