Diabetes risk slashed by 28% from having one hot drink every day, study finds

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Drinking a certain type of hot beverage every day can reduce the risk of developing diabetes by over a quarter, a new study has found.Sipping on a warm cup of dark tea is said to slash the risk of type 2 diabetes by at least 28% compared to those who don't drink any tea at all.

As well as this, it also cut the chances of prediabetes by 15%.This is because the hot drink - which is often fermented in China - creates a chemical reaction in the body that improves the ability to resist insulin and control blood sugar.The research was carried out by scientists from the University of Adelaide in Australia and Southeast University in China, and reported in the journal Diabetologia.

The experts discovered that compared to non-tea drinkers, people who drank dark tea every day were found to have less chances of developing diabetes - which is said to affect one in 16 people in the UK, the majority with type 2. “The substantial health benefits of tea, including a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, have been reported in several studies over recent years, but the mechanisms underlying these benefits have been unclear”, said the study’s co-lead author Associate Professor Tongzhi Wu from the University of Adelaide and The Hospital Research Foundation Group Mid-Career Fellow.“Our findings hint at the protective effects of habitual tea drinking on blood sugar management via increased glucose excretion in urine, improved insulin resistance and thus better control of blood sugar.

These benefits were most pronounced among daily dark tea drinkers.”In the study, 1,923 adults living across eight provinces in China were monitored - 436 participants were living with diabetes and 352 with prediabetes, and 1,135 had normal