Every extra cup of coffee cuts risk of diabetes by 7%

Coffee, tea, or decaf-no matter what your choice, drinking any of these beverages may reduce your risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis of 18 studies including hundreds of thousands of people.

A 2005 review found people who drank the most coffee were one-third less likely to develop diabetes than those who drank the least, Rachel Huxley of the University of Sydney and colleagues note. Huxley and her team analyzed 18 studies on coffee, decaf, and tea and the risk of type 2 diabetes, including 458,000 people in all.

For every additional cup of coffee a person consumed each day, the authors found, a person’s risk of diabetes was reduced by 7%. In the six studies that looked at decaf coffee, the researchers found, people who consumed more than three or four cups a day were at 36% lower risk of diabetes. And in seven studies that examined tea drinking and diabetes risk, people who drank over three or four cups daily were at 18% lower diabetes risk

Source: The Times of India