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Coffee: More health benefits?

5 min read – fact checked ✔A recently published cross-sectional study (1) investigating the bacterial abundance and compositions of healthy adult gut microbiomes revealed that increased levels of a bacterial species called Erysipelatoclostridium were associated with lower caffeine intakes. The outcomes suggested a potential inverse association between habitual caffeine consumption and Erysipelatoclostridium; a species which previous studies had suggested that increased levels were associated with increased risks of adverse outcomes such as increased obesity, inflammation, and blood glucose dysregulation. The study also observed that both…......