Black tea vs type 2 diabetes

Drinking black tea on a regular basis helps control blood glucose levels thanks to the flavonoids it contains, as shown by research by Data Mining International in Geneva, Switzerland, where it is noted that in countries with high consumption, diabetes rates type 2 are minor, according to healthday news.

 

Black tea , after water, is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, according to a medical study released by the Institute of Food Technologists , in its Journal of Food Science , who also study the effect of its antioxidants   to control glucose and reduce hypertension .
 

 

Ariel Beresniak, lead author of the study, along with other researchers from Data Mining International, studied black tea consumption in 50 countries on all continents in 2009, and compared it to rates of diabetes and other diseases in each of them.

 

Although there is no direct association with some other conditions, such as cancer , scientists found a mathematical association between the consumption of black tea and the rates of type 2 diabetes : the higher the consumption, the lower the rates, thanks to the flavonoids that are released in the infusion process.

 

They also determined that Ireland had the highest level of black tea consumption (more than 2 kilos per year per person), followed by the United Kingdom and Turkey. While the countries with the lowest levels of black tea consumption were South Korea, Brazil, China, Morocco and Mexico.

 

For their part, Chinese researchers from the Tianjin Key Laboratory studied the levels of polysaccharides in black tea , green tea, and "oolong" (a variety), the results of which show that these are compounds that slow down the metabolic absorption of glucose , thus helping to control diabetes .

 

The researcher Haixia Chen , responsible for the study, explains that they found a powerful natural glucose inhibitor , so black tea has potential for managing diabetes , in addition to being the type of tea with the greatest effectiveness against free radicals. , according to the site estubetes.org

 

Like the above, several studies demonstrate and support previous research suggesting that regular consumption of black tea is associated with a lower risk of diabetes .

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