Drink Up! Coffee Helps Cut Diabetes Risk

Pennsauken, NJ - March 15, 2006 - If you thought coffee's only benefit was the delicious taste or the caffeine fix in the mornings, now there may be an even better and more healthful reason to down a few cups of java a day. Researchers have found that drinking large amounts of coffee may also lower your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

A Dutch study of 17,000 men and women found that those who drank seven or more cups of coffee daily were half as likely to develop the disease as those two drank two or fewer cups a day. While doctors don't believe they will begin to prescribe seven or more cups a day to patients specifically to combat diabetes just yet, it may be a good excuse to make good use of that Keurig coffee maker more often.

These results corroborate Harvard researchers' findings that compared with those who don't have a serious relationship with their Keurig coffee maker (that is, those who don't drink any coffee), enjoying one to three cups can reduce diabetes risk by single digits; six or more cups daily would cut the risk by 54% for men and 30% for women. The Harvard study was comprised of 126,000 subjects who were studied for as long as 18 years.

Additional similar results were discovered in a study in Finland - the country with the highest rate of java consumption in the world. Heavy coffee drinkers - those who drank 10 or more cups a day - reduced their diabetes risk by 79% for women and 55% for men. More moderate amounts of coffee - in the three to four cups daily range - reduced the risk of diabetes by 29% for women and 27% for men.

No one is really sure of the exact mechanism by which coffee becomes beneficial for health, though it is known that coffee reduces insulin sensitivity. Caffeine is thought to be a factor but coffee is also a major source of chlorogenic acids - which exhibit antioxidant properties. Magnesium may also play a role.

So don't be afraid to keep your Keurig coffee maker brewing throughout the day - your body may thank you for it someday.

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