Coffee may help avert type 2 diabetes
While a prescription to buy Canadian Actos can help people cope with type 2 diabetes, everyone can agree that it is preferable to prevent the disease from developing in the first place.
While a prescription to buy Canadian Actos can help people cope with type 2 diabetes, everyone can agree that it is preferable to prevent the disease from developing in the first place. Lifestyle changes such as healthy eating and exercise can help. New research from China supports the theory that coffee may also be beneficial.
Based on prior studies that suggested regular coffee drinkers are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, the team of scientists studied the effects of coffee on cell cultures. They discovered that the three main components of coffee - caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeine - all help prevent the aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide. This pancreatic protein is associated with adult onset diabetes when it forms abnormal protein deposits.
Decaffeinated coffee contains higher levels of caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid, both of which have more protective properties, according to the researchers, whose study is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
However, because this study was conducted in cell cultures, no inferences can be made about these effects in humans, according to HealthDay.
"Our study does not imply that the cream and sugar served with coffee will be beneficial for type 2 diabetes," the researchers told the news source.
Up to 95 percent of newly diagnosed cases of diabetes are type 2, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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