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Coffee drinks are well known as useful as antioxidants. A large-scale study in the United States even recently found that drinking coffee may reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus.
Studies involving more than 123,000 adults found that people who drank more than one cup a day for four years decreased the risk of suffering from diabetes. The conclusions obtained through comparison with other groups who drank less than that.
"There seems to be a dose effect of coffee consumption with a reduced risk of diabetes," said study leader Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
According to the study, more and more coffee consumption decreasing diabetes risk faced by someone. Coffee drinking three to five cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes significantly.
Nevertheless, not everyone can drink coffee in very much in a day. Because the caffeine in coffee is a stimulant that keeps people awake, alert, and makes the heart palpitations.
"It's hard to determine what components in coffee that can reduce the risk of diabetes type 2. However, a combination of antioxidants and nutrients in coffee may be the most important role," said Hu.
The study, published in the journal Diabetologia is a relationship between the dose of coffee and a reduced risk of diabetes. Although, the correlation is not causation.
Previous studies in animals and a number of small groups of adults shows, there was no association between coffee and decrease insulin resistance. Unknown, insulin resistance is a sign of diabetes.
Hu stressed that coffee can be part of a healthy diet, but to prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes, so it's not everything. "People should keep their ideal body weight and being physically active," he said.
