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page to your friends and colleagues. People who have a difficult
time recognizing when their blood sugar is dropping may have to
look no further than a cup of coffee for help. A study appearing
in the January 6, 1996 issue of The Lancet found that mild doses
of caffeine led to a greater awareness of hypoglycemia. The
study, performed by the Metabolism Unit of Royal Bournemouth
Hospital in England, said that heightened brain activity induced
by caffeine may "suggest caffeine as a potentially useful
treatment for diabetic patients who have difficulty recognizing
the onset of hypoglycemia." Twelve patients participated in two
sessions of the study, during which their blood sugar was slowly
lowered. In the first session, each patient was given no
caffeine and in