Drinking Coffee Known to Cut Down Risk of Diabetes
Good news for coffee drinkers. According to a new study published in the "Journal of Alzheimer's Disease," there are several health benefits that come with drinking coffee. One very essential finding is that it cuts down the risk of developing diabetes.
According to Science Recorder, the published study was designed to follow up on past experiments that also showed results of a link between lower rates of diabetes and coffee consumption. A previous study published in the "European Journal of Clinical Nutrition" reported that "people who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have a 50 percent lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes."
It was also found out in the same published study that habitual drinkers were 54 percent less likely to develop diabetes compared to those who don't. This was proved after researchers had taken into account lifestyle habits, medical history, smoking habits and family history linked to diabetes.
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The researchers have noted that the levels of serum amyloid may have something to do with the link. Serum amyloid is an inflammatory marker that is found in blood, and the researchers have discovered that coffee consumption was linked with lower levels of serum amyloid, thus, leading to a lower risk of diabetes.
In recent research, three major active compounds in coffee have been found to be a blocker of the toxic accumulation of a protein linked with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. These three compounds are caffeine, caffeic acid or CA and chlorogenic acid or CGA.
According to KRWG News, there are also other researchers that have linked the "misfolding" of a protein known as HIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide) with a high risk of diabetes. HIAPP is identical to the amyloid protein suspected in Alzheimer's disease. Accumulation of HIAPP deposits can result to destruction of cells in the pancreas.
When researchers exposed HIAPP to coffee extracts, it was found that caffeine, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid all prevented the buildup of toxic HIAPP amyloid and protected the pancreatic cells. Among the three, caffeine was the least good.
This suggests that decaf coffee works as well in reducing risk. For patients who already have diabetes, many studies suggest decaf is recommended over coffee.
