Question:
Has anyone noticed that drinking coffee (even with sugar and creamer)
helps lower their blood glucose? And I'm talking about for the entire
day, even after eating carbs that could be a problem (like pasta).
I think I'm seeing a correlation, but there could be other factors.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed this effect, before I
spend too much time trying to prove or disprove it.
Answer:
Researchers studied a total of 14,629 Finnish people-6,974 men and 7,655
women. Their ages ranged from 25 to 64 years. None of them had heart
disease, a stroke, or diabetes.In questionnaires sent to their
homes, they were asked how many cups of coffee they drank each day. They
also were asked if they drank filtered coffee or coffee boiled in a pot.
Researchers put them in one of the following categories: 1 to 2 cups, 3 to 4
cups, 5 to 6 cups, 7 to 9 cups, and 10 or more cups each day. The people in
the study also came to a study site, where nurses measured their height,
weight, and blood pressure.
By the end of the study, 381 people were found to have type 2 diabetes.
However, the more coffee people drank, the less likely they were to have
diabetes. This was true for both men and women. People who drank at least 10
cups a day had the lowest risk of diabetes. Light coffee drinkers had the
same risk as non-coffee drinkers.
Men who drank pot-boiled coffee had 2.9 times the risk of diabetes than men
who drank filtered coffee.
