Eat in afternoon and drink a coffee

Enjoying black coffee (with less sugar) accompanied by lunch can have an even more advantage in reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. But drinking coffee at other times does not affect the risk of diabetes at all.

One study found that women who consumed at least one cup of coffee plus lunch reduced their chances of developing type 2 diabetes by about a third. This applies to both decaf and caffeinated coffee.

"These findings strongly suggest that only coffee consumed with lunch can reduce the risk of diabetes," said Dr. Daniela S. Sartorelli from the University of Sao Paulo in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, as quoted from Health24, Tuesday (9/3/2010). ).

There have been many studies of coffee drinking that have been done related to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but no studies have looked at whether time consuming coffee can also have a good effect.

In this study, Sartorelli's team analyzed 69,532 women aged between 41-72 years and the time of the study was 11 years. During that time, 1,451 women developed type 2 diabetes. Overall, women who consumed 3 cups of coffee per day reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 27 percent, but if they had lunch every day, they reduced their risk of diabetes by 33 percent.

The effect of drinking coffee with lunch was only seen in women who consumed black coffee, not coffee with milk or other additives. Because in this study, very few women consumed coffee with milk, so the results are not very clear.

Sartorelli suggests that although drinking coffee at lunch can reduce the risk of diabetes, one should also pay attention to what foods one eats. Because the food consumed can also affect the risk of developing diabetes.

Researchers will still carry out further research to find out what effects drinking coffee with lunch has on reducing the risk of developing diabetes