Filtered Coffee Defends against Diabetes

Scientists in Norway claim that consuming a lot of filtered boiled coffee could help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study assessed the amount of coffee consumed by 360,000 non-diabetic people from health studies, showed that people who drank at least nine cups of coffee faced a 35% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who drank less than one cup every day. The scientists focused on the association between drinking filtered and boiled coffee between the ages of 40 and 45 and the development of type 2 diabetes between the ages of 45 and 60. Researcher Vidar Hjellvik commented, “This study found that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes decreased with increasing coffee consumption in approximately the same degree for boiled and filtered coffee.” The results do not mean that people should overindulge in coffee. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Sept. 2011