| Drinking coffee, especially when it is decaffeinated, | | | | who drank more than five cups of any type of |
| will be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 | | | | coffee per day were 21 percent less likely than |
| diabetes, according to a report in the Sept 26 | | | | those who drank no coffee to be diagnosed |
| issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the | | | | suffering from diabetes; those who drank more |
| JAMA/Archives journals. The link between coffee | | | | than five cups of decaffeinated coffee per day |
| and diabetes risk appears to be very consistent | | | | had a 32 percent reduction in risk compared with |
| across different ages and body weights; in | | | | those who drank none.Overall caffeine intake did |
| addition, most research has found that the more | | | | not appear to be much related to diabetes risk, |
| coffee an individual drinks, the lower his or her | | | | further suggesting that some other ingredient in |
| risk for diabetes. However, it remains unclear | | | | coffee was also responsible. "Magnesium, for |
| whether it is the caffeine or any other ingredient | | | | which coffee is a good source, can explain some |
| in coffee, which may confer a protective | | | | of the inverse relation between coffee intake and |
| effect.Mark A. Pereira, Ph.D., and colleagues at the | | | | risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus through known |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, had studied | | | | helpful effects on the carbohydrate metabolism," |
| coffee intake and diabetes risk in the 28,812 | | | | the authors write. However, the study found no |
| postmenopausal women in Iowa over a 12-year | | | | relation between Magnesium and diabetes risk. |
| period. At the beginning of the study, in 1986, the | | | | Other minerals and nutrients found in the coffee |
| women answered questions about the risk | | | | bean including compounds known as polyphenols, |
| factors for diabetes, including age, body mass | | | | which have also been shown to help the body |
| index, physical activity, alcohol consumption and | | | | process carbohydrates and antioxidants, which |
| other smoking history. They also reported how | | | | might protect cells in the insulin producing pancreas |
| often they consumed a variety of foods and | | | | can contribute to its beneficial effects and needs |
| these beverages over the previous year, including | | | | to be examined in future studies.Adam Akelis is a |
| regular and decaffeinated coffee.Based on this | | | | professional copywriter |
| information reported in the initial questionnaire, | | | | who has a sound knowledge on coffee, his all |
| about half of the women (14,224) drank one to | | | | time favorite drink. Not only Adam, |
| two cups of coffee per day; 2,876 drank more | | | | there are lot of coffee lovers all over the world |
| than six cups; 5,553 four to five cups; 3,232 less | | | | interested in knowing the |
| than one cup; and 2,927 none. Over the following | | | | benefits on coffee intake. To know more on |
| 12 years, 1,417 of the women reported on | | | | coffee, its types (such as gourmet coffee, |
| surveys, which they had been newly diagnosed | | | | Instant Coffee, Cains Coffee, Costa Coffee, |
| with type 2 diabetes. After adjusting the data for | | | | Alterra Coffee, Cappuccino,... |
| some of the other diabetes risk factors, women | | | | |