Dr. Tim Spector

And we think it's related not to the caffeine because you get similar effects with decaffeinated coffee. So I don't know whether you... you can have decaf coffee or not. We did discover that there's one microbe in the guts. So we studied about 100,000 people's gut microbes in the US and the UK from the ZOE studies. And there's this one particular microbe that's very fussy, only drinks coffee.

And it's called laucinobacter. named after a Dr. Lawson. And it's specialized and it's waiting around, hanging around, it's probably in you in tiny amounts, just waiting for you to have a drink of coffee and then it's going to explode and reproduce, have babies and become a really big deal.

And it's called laucinobacter. named after a Dr. Lawson. And it's specialized and it's waiting around, hanging around, it's probably in you in tiny amounts, just waiting for you to have a drink of coffee and then it's going to explode and reproduce, have babies and become a really big deal.

And it's called laucinobacter. named after a Dr. Lawson. And it's specialized and it's waiting around, hanging around, it's probably in you in tiny amounts, just waiting for you to have a drink of coffee and then it's going to explode and reproduce, have babies and become a really big deal.

And we think some of the chemicals that it produces as a side effect are healthy for your heart and the rest of your body. So it's a great example of how we need to feed our gut microbes in a very diverse way because they're such super specialists that they're not going to be content with just having kale salad every day. They want a big variety.

And we think some of the chemicals that it produces as a side effect are healthy for your heart and the rest of your body. So it's a great example of how we need to feed our gut microbes in a very diverse way because they're such super specialists that they're not going to be content with just having kale salad every day. They want a big variety.

And we think some of the chemicals that it produces as a side effect are healthy for your heart and the rest of your body. So it's a great example of how we need to feed our gut microbes in a very diverse way because they're such super specialists that they're not going to be content with just having kale salad every day. They want a big variety.

And so this is just the tip of the iceberg of what we're going to be able to find, all these new microbes that we didn't know about, all these specialists. And this is very much part of our ongoing research. Now we've got a database of, Of 250,000 people we can study with all their data information, all their health data and all their gut microbes.

And so this is just the tip of the iceberg of what we're going to be able to find, all these new microbes that we didn't know about, all these specialists. And this is very much part of our ongoing research. Now we've got a database of, Of 250,000 people we can study with all their data information, all their health data and all their gut microbes.

And so this is just the tip of the iceberg of what we're going to be able to find, all these new microbes that we didn't know about, all these specialists. And this is very much part of our ongoing research. Now we've got a database of, Of 250,000 people we can study with all their data information, all their health data and all their gut microbes.

And these are all the ZOE members that have consented to do research as well. So it's really a really cool, exciting time to be studying the gut microbes. So sorry if I get overexcited by it all.

And these are all the ZOE members that have consented to do research as well. So it's really a really cool, exciting time to be studying the gut microbes. So sorry if I get overexcited by it all.

And these are all the ZOE members that have consented to do research as well. So it's really a really cool, exciting time to be studying the gut microbes. So sorry if I get overexcited by it all.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

some caffeine, but other calming chemicals in there. So we're gonna hopefully look at that next and see if we can find if there's a particular matcha microbe that likes it and is converting the green tea into these good chemicals for your body and your immune system. So for people like you who don't like coffee, I would say try matcha as a health drink that's also quite tasty.