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A new study has shown that drinking more than three cups of tea, coffee (regular or decaffeinated) a day appears to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The result is based on the investigation of previous studies reported in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, JAMA.

Rachel Huxley, D.Phil, of The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Australia, and colleagues identified 18 studies involving 457,922 participants and assessing the association between coffee consumption and diabetes risk published between 1966 and 2009, to reach the conclusion.

Six studies involving 225,516 individuals also included information about decaffeinated coffee, whereas seven studies with 286,701 participants reported on tea consumption. Read the rest of this entry »