Coffee and Cigarettes
Smoking is a risk factor for diabetes, so there goes the 839th reason why smoking just isn’t cool (1). However, moderate consumption (2 or more cups) of coffee have shown to be associated with lower incidents of type in women from age 26-46 (2), and may apply to both men as well. To the best of my knowledge, coffee consumption has never been shown to results in any increased risk of diabetes. Coffee is thought to help in glucose metabolism and it apperas the caffeine plays no role in this. Thus, if you consume two or more cups of caffeinated coffee per day and you have high blood pressure, you may wish to change to decaf. Decaf has been shown to have the same positve effect on preventing diabetes as it’s normal coffee.
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1. Radzeviciene L, Ostrauskas R. Smoking and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Medicina (Kaunas). 2006;42(7):559-65.
2. Radzeviciene L, Ostrauskas R. Coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Medicina (Kaunas). 2009;45(1):61-7.
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