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- Compared with those who never drank tea, daily dark tea consumers had a 53% lower risk of prediabetes and a 47% lower risk of Type 2 diabetes
- Bioactive compounds in dark tea may influence glucose excretion in the kidneys, potentially explaining some of tea’s beneficial effects
- Daily dark tea drinkers had an increase in urinary glucose excretion and reduced insulin resistance
- Pu-erh, one type of dark tea that’s also known as black tea in China, is unique from typical black teas in the U.S; it’s produced via microbial fermentation, which may increase its concentration of powerful bioactive compounds
- Among adults with Type 2 diabetes, replacing one sugar-sweetened beverage a day with tea led to health benefits, reducing all-cause mortality by 16% and cardiovascular disease mortality by 24%
Sipping a cup of dark tea daily could lower your risk of diabetes, according to University of Adelaide researchers, who found the popular beverage may result in better blood sugar control.1 As the world’s most-consumed drink other than water, and one of the oldest known,2 tea makes both a healthy and delicious dietary addition.
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