Coffee May Protect Against Diabetes

Oct. 25, 2006 — There is more evidence that the American love affair with coffee is helping to reduce the risk of diabetes.

Drinking caffeinated coffee was found to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 60% in a newly published study that included people at high risk for the disease.

Even those who used to drink coffee but quit were less likely to develop diabetes than those who never drank it.

The new study was published in the November [2006] issue of the journal Diabetes Care.

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