Can long-term drinking coffee reduce the incidence of diabetes?

A few days ago, it was reported from Huazhong University of Science and Technology that a research team led by Professor Huang Kun of the School of Pharmacy of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology believed that drinking about 4 cups of coffee a day for a long time could inhibit harmful protein changes in the body and reduce the risk of diabetes by 50%. The results of this study, as the "weekly selected papers" of the American Chemical Society, have appeared on the home page of its official website, and have attracted wide attention from scholars at home and abroad and international media.

The study of Huang Kun and others found that there are two active ingredients in coffee, which can inhibit the harmful changes of a protein that causes diabetes in the pancreas, and drinking more coffee may have a certain effect on the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Decaffeinated coffee should be better.

Professor Huang Kun said in an interview that many people like to add a lot of sugar, milk or coffee companions when drinking coffee, and these all have certain negative effects on diabetes, so it is recommended to drink black coffee without sugar, milk and fat as much as possible. In addition, a very strong anti-diabetic ingredient in coffee is also rich in green tea, and regular drinking green tea may also have the effect of inhibiting diabetes. (reporter Zhang Chunlei, correspondent Zhou Jin)