| Coffee intake linked to lowerdiabetes
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| | cups; 5,553 four to fivecups; 3,232 less
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| risk
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| | than one cup; and 2,927 none. Over the
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| Drinking coffee, especially when itis
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| | following 12 years,
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| decaffeinated, will be associated with a
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| | 1,417 of the women reported on surveys,
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| reduced risk of type 2 diabetes,according
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| | which they had been newly diagnosedwith
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| to a report in the Sept 26 issue of
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| | type 2 diabetes. After adjusting the data
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| Archives of Internal Medicine,one of the
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| | for some of the other diabetesrisk
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| JAMA/Archives journals. The link between
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| | factors, women who drank more than five
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| coffee and diabetes riskappears to be
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| | cups of any type of coffee perday were 21
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| very consistent across different ages and
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| | percent less likely than those who drank
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| body weights; in addition,most research
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| | no coffee to be diagnosedsuffering from
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| has found that the more coffee an
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| | diabetes; those who drank more than five
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| individual drinks, the lowerhis or her
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| | cups of decaffeinatedcoffee per day had a
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| risk for diabetes. However, it remains
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| | 32 percent reduction in risk compared
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| unclear whether it is thecaffeine or any
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| | with those who dranknone.
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| other ingredient in coffee, which may
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| | Overall caffeine intake did not appearto
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| confer a protective effect.
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| | be much related to diabetes risk, further
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| Mark A. Pereira, Ph.D., and colleaguesat
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| | suggesting that some other ingredientin
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| the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
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| | coffee was also responsible. "Magnesium,
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| had studied coffee intake and
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| | for which coffee is a goodsource, can
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| diabetesrisk in the 28,812 postmenopausal
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| | explain some of the inverse relation
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| women in Iowa over a 12-year period. At
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| | between coffee intake and riskof type 2
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| thebeginning of the study, in 1986, the
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| | diabetes mellitus through known helpful
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| women answered questions about the
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| | effects on the carbohydratemetabolism,"
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| riskfactors for diabetes, including age,
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| | the authors write. However, the study
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| body mass index, physical activity,
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| | found no relation between
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| alcoholconsumption and other smoking
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| | Magnesium and diabetes risk. Other
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| history. They also reported how often
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| | minerals and nutrients found in the
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| they consumeda variety of foods and these
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| | coffeebean including compounds known as
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| beverages over the previous year,
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| | polyphenols, which have also been shown
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| including regularand decaffeinated
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| | tohelp the body process carbohydrates and
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| coffee.
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| | antioxidants, which might protect cellsin
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| Based on this information reportedin the
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| | the insulin producing pancreas can
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| initial questionnaire, about half of the
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| | contribute to its beneficial effects
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| women (14,224) drank one totwo cups of
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| | andneeds to be examined in future
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| coffee per day; 2,876 drank more than six
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| | studies.
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