Drinking black coffee would reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but only if we do not add additives such as sugar or artificial sweeteners, which alleviate these profits, according to researchers.
- An American study carried out on some 150,000 people reveals that drinking coffee without additives reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 10 % per cup.
- However, the addition of artificial sugar or sweeteners reduces this protective effect, reducing it to 5 % and 7 % respectively. Cream and milk do not affect this benefit, while vegetable creams tend to decrease it.
- For optimal protection against type 2 diabetes, it is better to drink your black coffee, conclude scientists.
Reduction of the risk of hypertension, heart failure, hypercholesterolemia … Many studies have highlighted the benefits of coffee on health, but a new research reveals that these protective effects depend on what we add to it . According to this American study conducted on more than 150,000 people, drinking black coffee would reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. But beware, adding sugar or artificial sweeteners would mitigate this beneficial effect.
A protective effect biased by additives
As part of their work, recently published in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutritionthe researchers analyzed the consumption of coffee of participants from three vast cohorts in the United States over a total period of more than 3.6 million years. Each participant has informed their eating habits every four years via detailed questionnaires, making it possible to assess the impact of additives such as sugar, sweeteners, cream, milk …
The results are clear: each cup of coffee consumed without additives is associated with a decrease of 10 % of the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, when a sugar spoon is added, this protection drops to 5 %, and to 7 % with artificial sweeteners. More surprisingly, the addition of cream or milk would have no impact on the protective effects of coffee, while the use of cream or vegetable milk would tend to reduce these effects, but in a way “Not statistically significant”according to a press release.
783 million diabetics in 2045?
The authors of the study point out that these results invite caution as to how we consume our coffee. “The use of additives, especially sugar and artificial sweeteners, could thwart the potential profits of coffee on the risk of type 2 diabetes”they say, stressing that chronic disease is one of the most common in the world today, with 537 million patients affected. And projections are not in the right direction: according to the International Diabetes Federation (FID), one in eight adults, about 783 million people, will live with diabetes by 2045, an increase of 46 %. Hence the importance of promoting prevention more.
