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