Drinking tea may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

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Research on over 1 million people from eight countries discovered that moderate use of black, green, or Oolong tea is linked to a lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes.

The findings, being presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden , suggest that drinking at least four cups of tea a day is associated with a 17 per cent lower risk of T2D over an average period of 10 years.for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in Nigeria & world news, business, politics, sports and pop culture.

While it’s long been known that regularly drinking tea may be beneficial for health because of the various antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic compounds tea contains, less clear has been the relationship between tea drinking and the risk of T2D. So far, published cohort studies and meta analyses have reported inconsistent findings.

 

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