The Impact Of Coffee Consumption On Diabetes Patients

Around four million individuals in the UK are affected by diabetes, a chronic illness that may have a profound impact on daily living. Although there is no cure, there are methods to use medicine to help regulate it. The way we live our lives, including what we eat and drink, greatly influences how it is prevented and how its symptoms are treated.

Diabetes comes in two different forms. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes cause an excessively high blood glucose (sugar) level. Patients with type 1 diabetes will suffer this if their bodies are unable to generate enough insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar.

Type 2 diabetes is far more frequent than type 1, and being overweight or not getting enough exercise are the typical causes of elevated blood sugar levels.

Although it is well known that cutting back on sugar and fat is essential for preventing type 2 diabetes and managing it once it develops, research has revealed that a Coffee may also have advantages.

Research:

The impact of coffee consumption on diabetes was discussed by Professor Kjeld Hermansen from the clinical medicine department at Aarhus University in Denmark and specialist for the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee.

Professor Kjeld Hermansen

He told Express.co.uk: "All recent meta-analyses indicated a clear correlation between coffee drinking and lower risk of type 2 diabetes, even if epidemiological research cannot prove a causative relationship (T2D).

Data from over a million participants who were tracked for up to 24 years revealed that the relative risk of T2D was 29 percent lower for those who drank the most coffee than for those who drank the least.

"For every additional cup of coffee consumed each day, the risk of T2D fell by 6%.

Men and women experience the same reduction in T2D risk when drinking coffee, and both lean and obese participants and those who consume both filtered and unfiltered coffee experience the same impact across geographic locations.