foodconsumer.org: Drinking coffee may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

Drinking coffee may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
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By David Liu and editing by Rachel Stockton
A new study published in the Sept 2009 issue of Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
suggests that drinking caffeine laden coffee over a period of time may reduce
the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Piemtel GD and colleagues from Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil
reviewed eighteen cohort studies; they found that at least 14 of said studies
revealed a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with
frequent coffee intake.
Moderate intake of coffee, equal to no more than 4 cups a day of 150 ml or 400
mg of caffeine per day, was associated with decreased risk of type 2 diabetes
mellitus. Higher intake was linked to an even greater reduction in diabetes
risk.
However, the researchers emphasized that more population-based surveys are
needed to clarify the effect of decaffeinated and caffeinated coffee intake on
diabetes risk.
An estimated 20 million Americans live with type 2 diabetes.  Unlike Type 1
diabetes, patients with Type 2 can produce insulin; however, the ability of the
hormone to adequately control blood sugar is significantly impaired.