Many ways that can be done to prevent diabetes, ranging from changing his diet, exercise to medication. But the latest analysis researchers mention, just drink coffee or tea can reduce diabetes.
Researchers analyzed the results of a study involving hundreds of 18 up to thousands of people participating. 2005 study mentions someone who more often drink coffee, it is likely subject to diabetesnya one-third lower than those who rarely drank coffee.
Dr. Rachel Huxley from The University of Sydney, Australia conducted a survey data on the study of coffee and tea from 1966 to 2009 in people with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes is diabetes linked to obesity and affects 8 percent population of the Americas.
As quoted from Reuters, Friday (15/12/2009), the conclusion of the results of such analyses, each cup of coffee is a drink someone could reduce the risk of diabetes by up to 7 percent. Of the six studies that exist, it is known that takes 3 to 4 cups of coffee a day can lower the risk of diabetes for up to 36 percent.
Meanwhile, seven other studies show that drinking tea as much as 3 to 4 cups a day can also reduce diabetes for up to 18 percent. Researchers suspect not just caffeine that help the process of reducing the risk of diabetes.
Other content in these two types of beverages such as magnesium, lignan (estrogen-like substances in plants) and chlorogenic acid which is an antioxidant can retard the release of sugar into the blood after eating food.
Clinical trials need to be done to make sure these two types of beverages is indeed could be a preventive cure diabetes. If indeed it is proven, medics will probably advise on diabetics for not only sports and eating to excess, but also a lot of coffee or tea.
But remember, drink coffee or tea is preferably with sugar levels a bit, it's not like most people commonly give Indonesia too much sugar.