Three to four cups a day appeared to offer some protection Tea
and coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing type 2
diabetes, a large body of evidence shows. And the protection may
not be down to caffeine since decaf coffee has the greatest
effect, say researchers in Archives of Internal Medicine. They
looked at 18 separate studies involving nearly 500,000 people.
This analysis revealed that people who drink three or four cups
of coffee or tea a day cut their risk by a fifth or more, say
researchers. The same amount of decaffeinated coffee had an even
bigger effect, lowering risk by a third. Type 2 diabetes usually
starts after the age of 40 and develops when the body can still
make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is
produced does not work properly. Type 2 diabetes is treated with
a healthy diet and increased physical activity. In addition to
this, medication and/or insulin is often required. If the
findings prove true, doctors may well start advising people to
put the kettle on a