Cuppa Protection

A group at China's Wuhan University of Science and Technology, carried out a meta-analysis of 9 studies. The studies were from different parts of the world but all looked for links between tea drinking and diabetes. A total of 1.1 million subjects were consequently involved. The analysis suggests that tea drinking protects against type 2 diabetes (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/sep/18/four-cups-of-tea-a-day-can-help-keep-diabetes-away-say-chinese-scientists). Type 2 diabetes is the non-inherited form of the blood blood glucose- elevating disease. It is generally linked to poor diet and obesity. The best protection in the meta-analysis was evident in subjects who drank more than 4 cups of tea per day. Their risk of type 2 diabetes was reduced by 17% over 10 years. People who drank fewer cups of tea had less protection and adding milk, appeared to boost the benefit. It could, of course, be the case that people who 'fill up' on cups of tea, consume fewer calories. This would make them less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Having said that, drinking cups of tea is both pleasureable and civilised. Pour me another cup!