{"id":30643,"date":"2025-06-10T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=30643"},"modified":"2025-06-10T03:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:22:40","slug":"this-common-drink-treats-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2025\/06\/10\/this-common-drink-treats-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Common Drink Treats Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coffee-84244856.jpg\" alt=\"This Common Drink Treats Diabetes\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9399\" \/>A new study published in the journal <em>Nutrients<\/em> found that drinking coffee can significantly lower your blood sugar and improve type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a catch\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You have to drink it in a specific way or you lose all the benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The study used data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It included 7,453 adults aged 19 to 64 who were asked about their coffee intake over a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were categorized based on their coffee consumption: non-drinkers, those who consumed one cup per day, two cups per day, and those who drank three or more cups per day.<\/p>\n<p>The types of coffee consumed were also recorded, with two main categories: black coffee and coffee with sugar and\/or cream.<\/p>\n<p>The study focused on several key markers of how well the participants&#8217; bodies processed glucose: <\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n&#9679; insulin resistance (measured by the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, or HOMA-IR)<br \/>\n&#9679; fasting insulin levels<br \/>\n&#9679; fasting glucose.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>By comparing these markers across different coffee consumption categories, the researchers aimed to identify any potential benefits of coffee on glucose control.<\/p>\n<p><em>What they found was fascinating:<\/em><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n&#9679; Overall, people who drank two cups of coffee daily had a 23% lower risk of elevated insulin resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; For those drinking black coffee specifically, even one cup or less per day was associated with a 26% reduction in insulin resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; The benefits were much more pronounced in women than in men. Women who drank two cups of coffee showed a 27% improvement in insulin resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; This benefit increased to 34% when women drank three or more cups of black coffee daily.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; Those who added sugar or cream to coffee lost these benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; The researchers didn\u2019t find significant changes in long-term blood sugar levels (HbA1c) from coffee drinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#9679; No significant associations were found between coffee consumption and glucose metabolism markers in men.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Thus, if you are female and looking to improve your body&#8217;s insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control, consider making black coffee part of your daily routine.<\/p>\n<p>Start with one or two cups daily and skip the sugar and cream if possible.<\/p>\n<p>But you don\u2019t have to drink black coffee to reverse type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/health\/beat-diabetes-vsl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of readers have reversed their type 2 diabetes using the 3 simple steps explained here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study published in the journal Nutrients found that drinking coffee can significantly lower your blood sugar and improve type 2 diabetes. 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