Moderate Consumption Of Coffee Cuts Diabetes Risk

According to the findings of the study, people who take in four to five cups of coffee a day ran a 30 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes vis-à-vis occasional drinkers or those who completely abstained from coffee.

The study
To gauge the effects of coffee consumption on body, the researchers analyzed health records of 42,659 people already surveyed in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Germany study.

The diet and lifestyle habits of all participants were tabulated and each one was tracked for a period of nine years on average.

During the follow-up span, 1,432 cases of type 2 diabetes were diagnosed. Besides this, 394 heart attacks, 310 strokes cases and 1,801 cancer cases were also reported.

On analyses, researchers found that participants who consumed coffee moderately - four to five cups of coffee a day – had about 30 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes as against volunteers who drank less than one cup a day.

The findings were true for both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption.

“This study adds to the growing scientific data that suggests moderate coffee consumption, four to five cups of coffee per day, is safe and does not increase the risk of a range of chronic diseases. It is particularly encouraging to see that coffee consumption may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes given that around 90 percent of all adults in the UK with diabetes have type 2 diabetes,” British Coffee Association Executive Director Dr. Euan Paul said.

Meanwhile, pregnant women are advised to limit their daily caffeine consumption to only 200 mg. Besides coffee, caffeine is present in tea, cola, and chocolate.

The findings of the study are published in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.