Diabetes risk could be slashed by one drink that lowers blood sugar levels

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Scientists have petitioned for large-scale trials to be conducted to explore whether drinking kombucha can help cut blood sugar levels among those with type 2 diabetes.The fermented drink, which has gained popularity over social media in the last few years, was linked to reducing blood sugar levels in a small "feasibility study".Wales Online reports that these "feasibility" studies are conducted to see whether there would be a benefit in conducting large-scale clinical trials.The study included 12 people with type 2 diabetes, and six of these patients drink around eight ounces of kombucha each day for a month, in order to test out the benefits of the trendy drink.The other six were given a placebo drink for this month, then all 12 went on a two-month break.

Following this break, they swapped over and the other group had the placebo whilst the second group drank the kombucha.Overall, the research found that the kombucha had appeared to lower average fasting blood glucose levels after a month.As thought, there was no difference noted among the placebo groups in the analysis, which was published in Frontiers in Nutrition.The fasting blood glucose levels were found by taking a blood sample from those who had fasted for at least eight hours.And now, scientists have called for a larger clinical trial to be held in order to confirm and expand upon these initial results.Study author professor Dan Merenstein, from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington DC, said: "Some laboratory and rodent studies of kombucha have shown promise and one small study in people without diabetes showed kombucha lowered blood sugar, but to our knowledge this is the first clinical trial examining effects of kombucha in people with