Can Coffee Reduce The Risk Of Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which the body
does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed
to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.
The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and
environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play
roles.
Coffee reduces risk of diabetes
Research suggests that people who drink
coffee are less likely to get type 2 diabetes. It is...
Diabetes is a disease in which the body
does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed
to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.
The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and
environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play
roles.
Coffee reduces risk of diabetes
Research suggests that people who drink
coffee are less likely to get type 2 diabetes. It isn't known whether the
caffeine or some other ingredient in coffee is responsible for its protective
effects.
The researchers wanted to see whether
there is a link between diabetes and drinking coffee and green, black, and
oolong tea. Participants completed a detailed questionnaire about their health,
lifestyle habits, and how much coffee and tea they drank. The questionnaire was
repeated at the end of the 5-year follow-up period.
When other factors were accounted for,
researchers found that the more green tea and coffee participants drank, the
less likely they were to get diabetes.
People who drank six cups or more of green tea
or three or more cups of coffee each day were about one-third less likely to
get diabetes.
The link was stronger in women than in
men. No pattern was seen with black or oolong tea. (see Diabetes Symptoms)
Vitamin D and Calcium May Lower the Risk
for Type 2 Diabetes in Women
A lack of vitamin D and calcium may be
linked to getting type 2 diabetes.
More than 80,000 women who took part in
the Nurses' Health Study. Over the course of 20 years, over 4,800 women
developed type 2 diabetes.
The researchers found that a combined
intake of over 1,200 milligrams of calcium and over 800 units of vitamin D was
linked with a 33% lower risk for type 2 diabetes (as compared to women who took
much smaller amounts of calcium and vitamin D).
The results show that consuming higher
amounts of vitamin D and calcium help lower the risk for type 2 diabetes in
women.
Diabetes is a disorder characterized by
hyperglycemia or elevated blood glucose (blood sugar).
Our bodies function best at a certain
level of sugar in the bloodstream. If the amount of sugar in our blood runs too
high or too low, then we typically feel bad. Diabetes is the name of the
condition where the blood sugar level consistently runs too high. Diabetes is
the most common endocrine disorder.
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