Regular coffee linked to gut motility and microbiome changes

Electronic capsules tracked digestive conditions in 61 healthy adults, but researchers could not establish whether coffee caused the differences they found.

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SUMMARY

Regular coffee drinking was linked to greater diversity of gut bacteria and more colon contractions in a University of Copenhagen study. Frequent coffee drinkers also had lower acidity in the small intestine.

Researchers studied 61 healthy adults in Denmark using electronic capsules that measured conditions as they traveled through the digestive tract. They compared people who drank coffee regularly with those who drank it less often.

The researchers said the study could not establish whether coffee caused the differences. They plan a controlled study to test its effects on digestion.