| Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most | | | | for women, who statistically suffer from a |
| rapidly accelerating diseases today in terms | | | | larger risk of insulin resistance than men. |
| of number of people afflicted. Theories | | | | The health of those who drank coffees also |
| abound as to why this is the case; however, | | | | benefited from enhanced insulin response.The |
| scientists are now looking at new ways to | | | | Department of Epidemiology and Health |
| improve the overall health of those both at | | | | Promotion of the National Public Health |
| risk for and suffering from this disease.Many | | | | Institute; at the University of Helsinki in |
| of these scientists have found that drinking | | | | Helsinki, Finland, also did a study of over |
| coffees can significantly reduce the risk and | | | | 14,000 middle-aged patients to see if there |
| effects of the disease.In a recent study done | | | | is a relationship between coffees consumption |
| at the Channing Laboratory of the Harvard | | | | and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.This study was |
| School of Public Health, at the Harvard | | | | particularly interesting because the Finnish |
| Medical School and Brigham and Women's | | | | people have the highest coffees consumption |
| Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, | | | | in the world. This study again found that the |
| researchers explored the link between | | | | incidence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| long-term coffees consumption and Type 2 | | | | decreased as the coffees consumption |
| diabetes mellitus.The study followed over | | | | increased.In doing this study, the |
| 120,000 men and women for eighteen years. The | | | | researchers found that this relationship |
| researchers found that long-term coffees | | | | existed even when the results were |
| consumption actually reduced insulin | | | | statistically adjusted to account for other |
| resistance, which is the key factor in Type 2 | | | | risk factors, such as age, smoking, weight, |
| diabetes mellitus.They were able to conclude | | | | alcohol consumption, and filtered |
| that long-term coffees consumption | | | | non-filtered coffees.As mentioned previously, |
| significantly reduces the risk for Type 2 | | | | women have a higher incidence of insulin |
| diabetes mellitus in both men and women and | | | | resistance and Type 2 diabetes mellitus than |
| therefore benefits the health of the coffees | | | | men. That may be why the Department of |
| drinker.The results of this study were | | | | Medicine at the Sahlgrenska University |
| affirmed in another student by the Department | | | | Hospital/Ostra in Goteborg, Sweden, |
| of Molecular Medicine, of the Karolinska | | | | concentrated their study on women |
| Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Although | | | | exclusively.When they studied 1361 women with |
| this study was of a lower scale (7949 | | | | no previous incidence of heart disease or |
| subjects), it found similar results.If the | | | | diabetes over a period of twenty years, they |
| patient came into the study already suffering | | | | found that the risk of developing Type 2 |
| from Type 2 diabetes mellitus or impaired | | | | diabetes mellitus for women who consumed five |
| glucose tolerance (also known as insulin | | | | or more cups of coffees daily was almost half |
| resistance or pre-diabetes), drinking at | | | | of that of women who drank three to four cups |
| least 5 cups of coffees a day reduced their | | | | each day. |
| insulin resistance.This was particularly true | | | | |