<p>Drinking up to four cups of coffee a day can slash the risk of diabetes by 25 per cent, a new study has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>To mark World Diabetes Day today, the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) in Switzerland has published its annual diabetes report outlining the latest research on coffee and type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />The research concludes that regular, moderate consumption of coffee may decrease an individual's risk of developing type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />Epidemiological evidence shows that drinking three to four cups of coffee per day is associated with an approximate 25 per cent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, compared to consuming none to less than two cups per day.<br /><br />The research also suggested an inverse (ie favourable) association, with each additional cup of coffee reducing the relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 7-8 per cent.<br />The study indicates that caffeine is unlikely to be responsible for this effect.<br /><br />A recent meta-analysis suggested that consumption of both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />Recent work suggests that the type of coffee may also affect the strength of the inverse (ie favourable) association, with filtered coffee exhibiting a greater protective effect than boiled coffee, and decaffeinated coffee exhibiting a greater protective effect than caffeinated coffee.<br /><br />More than 380 million people worldwide have diabetes, with an economic burden of USD 548 billion, making it one of the most significant global health problems, the institute said.</p>
<p>Drinking up to four cups of coffee a day can slash the risk of diabetes by 25 per cent, a new study has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>To mark World Diabetes Day today, the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) in Switzerland has published its annual diabetes report outlining the latest research on coffee and type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />The research concludes that regular, moderate consumption of coffee may decrease an individual's risk of developing type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />Epidemiological evidence shows that drinking three to four cups of coffee per day is associated with an approximate 25 per cent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, compared to consuming none to less than two cups per day.<br /><br />The research also suggested an inverse (ie favourable) association, with each additional cup of coffee reducing the relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 7-8 per cent.<br />The study indicates that caffeine is unlikely to be responsible for this effect.<br /><br />A recent meta-analysis suggested that consumption of both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />Recent work suggests that the type of coffee may also affect the strength of the inverse (ie favourable) association, with filtered coffee exhibiting a greater protective effect than boiled coffee, and decaffeinated coffee exhibiting a greater protective effect than caffeinated coffee.<br /><br />More than 380 million people worldwide have diabetes, with an economic burden of USD 548 billion, making it one of the most significant global health problems, the institute said.</p>