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If you're worried about getting Diabetes, here are two articles that should interest you. Dr Rehert
June 17, 2003
Moderate Drinking May Cut Women's Risk of Diabetes
Moderate Drinking May Cut Women's Risk of Diabetes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 09 - Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may help prevent type 2 diabetes in young women, according to a report published in the June 9th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
According to the report, women who consumed about a drink or two a day were 58% less likely to develop diabetes compared with abstainers. The risk was 33% lower in women who averaged one drink per day. The association between light and moderate drinking was most apparent with wine or beer, the researchers report.
However, drinking more than two drinks a day of hard liquor more than doubled a woman's risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
The findings are based on interviews conducted with more than 100,000 women who participated in the Nurses Health Study II, an ongoing study designed to evaluate the associations between lifestyle and nutritional factors and the occurrence of disease.
Arch Intern Med 2003;163:1329-1336.
If you don't drink alcohol, here's another way to reduce Diabetes.
Coffee May Cut Diabetes Risk
Charlene Laino
June 18, 2003 (New Orleans) — Drinking four or more cups of coffee a day appears to be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, Harvard researchers report.
It's not the first time that a study has suggested that the popular brew may protect against the disorder that affects at least 17 million Americans. Last year, scientists at Vrije University in Amsterdam reported that heavy coffee drinkers are half as likely to develop diabetes as people who consume two cups or less a day.
Frank Hu, MD, PhD, associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, talked about the research here Tuesday at the American Diabetes Association 63rd Scientific Sessions. "If it was really true, maybe we could just forget about exercise and sit in front of the TV and sip coffee all day," he told colleagues in jest.
The analysis was based on data collected from 42,888 male healthcare professionals from 1986 to 1998 and 85,056 female nurses from 1980 to 1998. The researchers found: Men who drink six or more cups of coffee a day were less than half as likely to develop diabetes compared with nondrinkers. Drinking four to six cups helps too: Those men saw their risk cut by 29%. Women who consume four cups or more a day also reduced their risk of developing the disease by about 30%.
The researchers then looked at total caffeine intake from coffee, colas, and other foods, and found that it too appeared to protect against the development of diabetes. In the meantime, Dr. Hu said that he is not yet ready to recommend coffee for diabetes prevention. "We still need more study," he said. But for the diabetic patients who ask if coffee is detrimental, Dr Hu said, "I don't think they have to worry."
ADA 63rd Scientific Sessions: Abstracts 307, 308. Presented June 17, 2003.
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