T_Dia
06-16-2008, 02:45 PM
Finland's National Public Health Institute said Monday that Siamak Bidel, one of its researchers, had found in his thesis that copious amounts of coffee might check adult-onset diabetes.
Mr Bidel said it was interesting that coffee-drinking appeared to reduce the risk of type-two diabetes also for overweight people and those who used a lot of alcohol.
Researchers have yet to discover which of the hundreds of chemicals contained in coffee have a bearing on the diabetes risk.
In Finland, a country of about 5.3 million, half a million people have adult-onset diabetes. The good news is that Finns are one of the world's most fanatical coffee lovers, with average annual consumption hovering at 12 kilogrammes a head.
Mr Bidel is to defend his doctor's thesis about the link between coffee and diabetes in Helsinki on Wednesday.
The thesis draws on five surveys with a total of about 60,000 participants.
Full Article (http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=19019&group=General).
Mr Bidel said it was interesting that coffee-drinking appeared to reduce the risk of type-two diabetes also for overweight people and those who used a lot of alcohol.
Researchers have yet to discover which of the hundreds of chemicals contained in coffee have a bearing on the diabetes risk.
In Finland, a country of about 5.3 million, half a million people have adult-onset diabetes. The good news is that Finns are one of the world's most fanatical coffee lovers, with average annual consumption hovering at 12 kilogrammes a head.
Mr Bidel is to defend his doctor's thesis about the link between coffee and diabetes in Helsinki on Wednesday.
The thesis draws on five surveys with a total of about 60,000 participants.
Full Article (http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=19019&group=General).