What you need to know about diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that occurs in the human body when the body is unable to produce or properly absorb and use insulin.
Insulin is a body required hormone that converts sugar, starches, and other food into energy needed for daily activities of life.
The cause of diabetes varies depending on your genetic makeup, family history, health and environmental factor such as being overweight and lack of exercise, seem to be contributing factors
Coffee reduces the risk of diabetes
Research suggests that people who drink coffee are less likely to get type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar (glucose)
It isn’t known whether the caffeine or some other ingredient in coffee is responsible for its protective effects.
Case study researchers wanted to see whether there is a link between diabetes and drinking coffee and green, black, and oolong tea.
Participants completed a detailed questionnaire about their health, lifestyle habits, and how much coffee and tea they drank. The questionnaire was repeated at the end of the 5-year follow-up period.
When other factors were accounted for, researchers found that the more green tea and coffee participants drank, the less likely they were to get diabetes.
People who drank six cups or more of green tea or three or more cups of coffee each day were about one-third less likely to get diabetes.
The link was stronger in women than in men. No pattern was seen with black or oolong tea. (see Diabetes Symptoms)
Vitamin D and Calcium May Lower the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Women.
A lack of vitamin D and calcium may be linked to getting type 2 diabetes. More than 80,000 women who took part in the Nurses’ Health Study over the course of 20 years, over 4,800 women developed type 2 diabetes.
The researchers found that a combined intake of over 1,200 milligrams of calcium and over 800 units of vitamin D was linked with a 33% lower risk for type 2 diabetes (as compared to women who took much smaller amounts of calcium and vitamin D).
Therefore the results show that consuming higher amounts of vitamin D and calcium help lower the risk for type 2 diabetes in women.
Bottomline
Diabetes is a disorder characterized by hyperglycemia or elevated blood glucose (blood sugar). Our bodies function best at a certain level of sugar in the bloodstream. If the amount of sugar in our blood runs too high or too low, then we typically feel bad. Diabetes is the name of the condition where the blood sugar level consistently runs too high. Diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder.
