In the News – Drinks Lots of Coffee and Tea, Have Lower Diabetes Risk?

In non-hair-related health news…

Snippet from the article:

Drinking more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appears to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies reported in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, JAMA.

By the year 2025, approximately 380 million individuals worldwide will be affected by type 2 diabetes.

Despite considerable research attention, the role of specific dietary and lifestyle factors remains uncertain, although obesity and physical inactivity have consistently been reported to raise the risk of diabetes mellitus. A previously published meta-analysis suggested drinking more coffee may be linked with a reduced risk, but the amount of available information has more than doubled since.

Read the full article — Drinking Coffee, Decaf and Tea Regularly Associated With a Reduced Risk of Diabetes

Drinking lots of coffee to avoid type 2 diabetes? I guess it just shows that almost anything can be linked to something else if you’re really looking for a connection. It’s the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game, but for diseases.