Tea could help combat diabetes

Some constituents of tea are thought to combat diabetes
Drinking black tea could help prevent diabetes, according to new findings by scientists at Dundee University.
The researchers said black tea may have the potential to combat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease.


Dr Rena stressed that further research was needed.

"People shouldn't be rushing to drink masses of black tea thinking it will cure them of diabetes," he said. "We are still some way from this leading to new treatments or dietary advice.

"Our research into tea compounds is at a preclinical, experimental stage and people with diabetes should continue to take their medicines as directed by their doctor."

"However, there is definitely something interesting in the way these naturally occurring components of black tea may have a beneficial effect, both in terms of diabetes and our wider health."

Common tea can be an effective weapon in the fight against diabetes because it boosts insulin activity in the body by more than 15-fold,

Insulin problems lie at the root of the potentially fatal illness diabetes, Not only that, this insulin-boosting phenomenon may explain why tea can help fight heart disease and high blood pressure as well.