Everyone who’s looking after their health tends to focus on two things: the physical activities they’re doing and what foods they’re drinking and consuming. For those living with diabetes, however, monitoring what you eat and drink is a constant task.
While “everything in moderation” tends to be the common mantra, it turns out that a rather large quantity of two drinks, in particular, could decrease your risk of dying from the disease.
A recent study found that drinking a hefty amount of coffee and green tea each day is associated with a 63% lower all-cause mortality rate among people with type-2 diabetes.
Type-2 diabetes is one of the most common conditions in America, with more than 1 in 10 adults living with it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Globally the disease affects around 422 million people.
While medication can successfully reduce the risks of the disease, any drug regime is likely to be costly and may come with side effects, so beneficial lifestyle changes, like watching what you’re eating and drinking, are encouraged.
How does green tea and coffee help you stay healthy?
Green Tea
Previous studies have looked at the benefits of green tea, with some showing that it lowers the risk of developing diabetes, and others showing that it may generally improve glucose control and insulin sensitivity.
However, a new study performed by researchers out of Kyushu University, Fukuoka Dental College, and Hakujyuji Hospital in Japan looked at those who already have type-2 diabetes to see how green tea affected them.
The scientists studied 4,923 patients, with an average age of 66, for over five years. Allowing for other variables, the researchers found that those who just drank four or more cups of green tea per day had 40% lower odds of dying during the study’s follow-up period.
What about coffee?
Similarly, coffee has been shown to lower one’s risk of developing type-2 diabetes, but on this occasion, the researchers looked at those already living with diabetes. The study, which was published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, found that drinking two or more cups of coffee per day decreased all-cause mortality by a comparable 41%.
Drinking both coffee and green tea offers the best effect
Drinking both caffeinated beverages maximized the benefits. “The combination of higher green tea and coffee consumption significantly reduced all-cause mortality risk by 63%,” the study authors wrote. Those who drank four or more cups of green tea and two or more cups of coffee unlocked that benefit.
The report stressed that other factors are likely to be at play—”Higher educational or income levels may be associated with greater coffee consumption; they may also be related to lower mortality risk,” the researchers note—but it’s more weight to the theory that sensible consumption of coffee and green tea is good for us.
The article was originally posted on Best Life.
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