Coffee and tea can prevent diabetes

A large epidemiological study was published in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry (J Agric Food Chem), where people who drinkcoffee habits have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes . A pooled analysis of more than 450,000 people found that drinking 3 to 4 small cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of diabetes by 25% compared to those who don't drink coffee. For every 1 cup of coffee added, Reduce the risk of diabetes by 7%.

In fact, tea has a similar effect. The Diabetes Research Center at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany, conducted a study involving 26 research centers in eight European countries. The participants included 12,403 patients with type 2 diabetes and thousands of non-diabetic patients. 4 cups of black tea can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 20%. However, drinking 1-3 cups of tea a day does not seem to prevent diabetes.

For patients with type 2 diabetes, tea and coffee have several benefits: slowing down digestion, increasing antioxidants, protecting islet cells, and preventing obesity .

However, the benefits of coffee and tea here do not include sugared drinks, and whether you want to drink coffee or tea to control blood sugar, or to determine the body according to the situation, such as some people drink black coffee is easy to hypoglycemia , It is necessary to reduce drinking, diabetes patients can not control blood sugar, but it affects other aspects of physical health , and ultimately it is not conducive to long-term blood sugar control.