Jakarta (ANTARA) – Research has found that drinking two to five cups of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee a day has the potential to delay the onset or prevent type 2 diabetes in women suffering from this health issue during the pregnancy.
As published by Science Daily a while ago, this is likely due to bioactive components in coffee such as polyphenols which are found in small amounts in some plants and foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils and seeds, and can boost health.
Director of the Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW), Professor Cuilin Zhang, in collaboration with the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), studied the role of long-term coffee consumption after pregnancy and the risk of type 2 diabetes.
In the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers looked at more than 4,500 predominantly white female participants with a history of gestational diabetes, spanning more than 25 years, and examined the association of long-term coffee consumption. term with the risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes.
Women who drank one cup of caffeinated coffee, two to three cups and four or more cups a day, had their risk of type 2 diabetes reduced by 10%, 17%, and 53%, respectively.
“To date, the overall findings suggest that caffeinated coffee, when consumed properly (two to five cups per day, without sugar and full-fat/high-fat dairy products), may be incorporated into a relatively healthy lifestyle for some populations.” . Professor Zhang noted.
Study author Dr. Jiaxi Yang said the health benefits of coffee vary and depend heavily on the type and amount of additives such as sugar and milk.
However, caution should be exercised when coffee is drunk in excessive quantities. It should also be emphasized that some groups should be careful about drinking coffee.
Not much is known about the effects of coffee on pregnancy, the fetus and children.
