In the study, researchers analyzed information from 18 studies on coffee and diabetes and another 13 studies that included data on decaffeinated coffee and tea drinking and diabetes. Overall, the studies involved nearly a million participants.
The results showed that people who drink more coffee, whether it’s regular or decaffeinated, or tea appear to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
When the information from the individual studies was combined, researchers found each additional cup of coffee drunk per day was associated with a 7% lower risk of diabetes. People who drank three to four cups per day had about a 25% lower risk than those who drank two or fewer cups per day.
Coffee is an acquired taste that many do not wish to acquire, but tea comes in all kinds of types and flavors. No excuse.