Coffee Intake Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk

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 2coffee per day were 21 percent less likely than
diabetes, according to a report in the Sept 26those who drank no coffee to be diagnosed
issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of thesuffering from diabetes; those who drank more
JAMA/Archives journals. The link between coffeethan five cups of decaffeinated coffee per day
and diabetes risk appears to be very consistenthad a 32 percent reduction in risk compared with
across different ages and body weights; inthose who drank none.Overall caffeine intake did
addition, most research has found that the morenot appear to be much related to diabetes risk,
coffee an individual drinks, the lower his or herfurther suggesting that some other ingredient in
risk for diabetes. However, it remains unclearcoffee was also responsible. "Magnesium, for
whether it is the caffeine or any other ingredientwhich coffee is a good source, can explain some
in coffee, which may confer a protectiveof the inverse relation between coffee intake and
effect.Mark A. Pereira, Ph.D., and colleagues at therisk of type 2 diabetes mellitus through known
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, had studiedhelpful effects on the carbohydrate metabolism,"
coffee intake and diabetes risk in the 28,812the authors write. However, the study found no
postmenopausal women in Iowa over a 12-yearrelation between Magnesium and diabetes risk.
period. At the beginning of the study, in 1986, theOther minerals and nutrients found in the coffee
women answered questions about the riskbean including compounds known as polyphenols,
factors for diabetes, including age, body masswhich have also been shown to help the body
index, physical activity, alcohol consumption andprocess carbohydrates and antioxidants, which
other smoking history. They also reported howmight protect cells in the insulin producing pancreas
often they consumed a variety of foods andcan contribute to its beneficial effects and needs
these beverages over the previous year, includingto be examined in future studies.Adam Akelis is a
regular and decaffeinated coffee.Based on thisprofessional 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 totime favorite drink. Not only Adam,
two cups of coffee per day; 2,876 drank morethere are lot of coffee lovers all over the world
than six cups; 5,553 four to five cups; 3,232 lessinterested in knowing the
than one cup; and 2,927 none. Over the followingbenefits on coffee intake. To know more on
12 years, 1,417 of the women reported oncoffee, its types (such as gourmet coffee,
surveys, which they had been newly diagnosedInstant Coffee, Cains Coffee, Costa Coffee,
with type 2 diabetes. After adjusting the data forAlterra Coffee, Cappuccino,...
some of the other diabetes risk factors, women