Coffee and Tea May Lower Diabetes Risk

People who drink three or four cups of coffee per day have an approximately 25% lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes compared with those who drink two cups or fewer, according to an analysis of previous research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from 18 different studies involving more than 450,000 people, and found a strong correlation between increased consumption of both coffee and tea and lower risk for diabetes. Individuals who drank three or more cups of tea per day had a one fifth lower risk for diabetes compared with those who drank none as well. What's more, their findings suggest that it isn't likely the caffeine in these drinks providing protection: according to the analysis, decaffeinated coffee had the strongest correlation with reduced risk for diabetes—people who drank three or four cups of decaf per day had roughly a third lower risk of developing diabetes compared with those who drank none...Read More