2023-10-06 06:00:04
A cup of black tea a day might be a key to balancing blood sugar levels and preventing type 2 diabetes. This is suggested by a new study from China, which revealed impressive results.
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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease linked to obesity (Obesity is the state of a person, or an animal suffering from hypertrophy of…). It is characterized by a sugar level in the blood (Blood is a liquid connective tissue formed of free cell populations, including…) abnormally high. Prediabetes, on the other hand, is a condition where sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. common of copious urine…). Black tea is a type of fermented Chinese tea, rich in probiotics beneficial for intestinal health. According to the study, people who consume black tea daily have 53% less risk of develop prediabetes and 47% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, compared to those who do not drink it.
The study, led by Dr. Tongzhi Wu, an associate professor at Adelaide Medical School in Australia, was not designed to explain how black tea affects blood sugar levels. However, theories exist. “Tea has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects that improve insulin sensitivity,” explains Wu.
For this research, 1,923 Chinese adults aged 20 to 80 were surveyed regarding their tea drinking habits. The researchers then compared this data with glucose levels (Glucose is an aldohexose, the main representative of sugars). By convention, it is…) in urine, insulin resistance and the glycemic status of participants. In total (Total is the quality of what is complete, without exception. From an accounting point of view, a…), 436 people were diabetic, 352 were prediabetes and 1,135 had normal sugar levels.
People who drank tea every day had a 15% reduced risk for prediabetes and a 28% reduced risk for type 2 diabetes. These benefits were even greater among those who drank black tea daily. “Our study shows for the first time that tea consumption is associated with increased urinary glucose excretion, which might contribute to its benefits,” adds Wu.
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