Benefits Drinking Tea May Lower Diabetes

Obvious benefits of drinking tea have been known to many people. It was weird if it did not know about the benefits of drinking tea, for health. This time the one thing about isue the benefits drinking tea may lower diabetes or high blood sugar levels.

This is good news for you lovers of tea. Recent research indicates, drinking tea can help lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, but only if you drink four cups or more each day.

A population study in Europe found that the countries who drank four cups of tea daily average of people in the United Kingdom, have a risk 20 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. 

Researchers said the benefits of drinking tea seems most evident among heavy tea drinkers (4 or more cups a day). While those who drank one to three cups a day does not have a reduced risk of diabetes. 

The research team led by Christian Herder of the Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany, said previous research shows tea consumption was associated with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes.

"Obesity is a major risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, but dietary factors may also play a role. One interesting factor is the consumption of diet tea. Tea consumption may lower risk of type 2 diabetes affect the digestion of glucose, glucose absorption, and to protect the beta cells from free radical damage. this beneficial effect may be caused by the content of polyphenols in tea, "said Herder. 

"Drink at least four cups of tea per day was associated with a 20 percent lower risk, while drinking one to three cups per day did not lower the risk of diabetes compared with non-tea drinkers," he added.

But the bottom line, not the consumption of sweet tea, but black tea and green tea without sugar, which affects the reduction in diabetes. Mimum high-intensity, 3-5 times a day. Diabetes is not curable but with a strict diet.