Can Coffee Reduce The Risk Of Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder/disease that occurs when the human body does not produce or appropriately utilize the hormone called insulin. This hormone helps in the transformation of sugar and other food into energy that is required to be active. Even though genetics and other ecological aspects like obesity, excess of unnecessary fats contribute to it, the ultimate cause is still a question.
Coffee consumption decreases the chances of diabetes.
By few studies conducted, it had been evident that coffee-drinkers have a lesser chance to get type-2 diabetes, which could be due to the caffeine or any other constituents that could be the reason for this defensive effect.
A research study involving a 5 year follow-up was conducted. The idea behind this study was to find out if there are any connection between diabetes and consumption of coffee and green/black/oolong tea. Initially, all the participants had filled up a questionnaire displaying the queries on health, lifestyle and the frequency of coffee/tea consumed per day. And the same questionnaire was filled by them at the end of the research period (5 yeas).
The outcome of the study was that for those participants who were consuming green tea and coffee, they had a less risk of getting diabetes. Out of those who consumed 6 cups – green tea or 3 and above cups of coffee a day, the chances of diabetes was less by 1/3. The effect was intense on women when compared to men. And with regards to the black or the oolong tea, there were no connection at all.
Calcium and Vitamin D play a major in decreasing the chances of Type-2 diabetes in women.
The deficiency of Calcium and Vitamin D could cause Type-2 diabetes. As per the Nurses health study conducted across 20 years with more than 80,000 women participants – women consuming 1200mg calcium and 800 units of vitamin D had a 33% lesser chance to get type-2 diabetes. From this study, it is evident that higher level consumption of vitamin D and calcium would reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes in women.
Diabetes, the endocrine disorder, is featured by hyperglycemia or increased glucose/sugar in the blood. The optimum level of sugar in the blood would facilitate proper functioning of the body at its best. When the blood sugar increases or decreases consistently, then Diabetes sets in.
