Coffee drinking linked with reduced risk for diabetes
Researchers have found that drinking coffee reduces the risk for type 2 diabetes in a trial of Finnish adults.
A large prospective study combined surveys conducted in 1982, 1987 and
1992, of over 14,000 Finns. The study found that the risk of developing
diabetes decreased as the amount of coffee consumed daily increased.
For women, drinking three or four cups per day was associated with a
29 per cent reduced risk of diabetes. For 10 or more cups per day the
figure was 55 per cent lower risk.
For men, drinking three or four cups of coffee per day was linked with
a 27 per cent lower risk for diabetes and 55 per cent for 10 or more
cups per day.
The researchers say that caffeine is known to stimulate insulin secretion,
but that the exact mechanism by which coffee exerts its beneficial effects
on diabetes remain unclear. (JAMA 2004;291:1213).
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