Who doesn’t love their morning cup of coffee? For some, it’s the only way they get out of bed in the morning, and science is now telling us that may not be such a bad thing.
Throughout the past couple of years, coffee has received a bad rap from time to time. There has always been conflicting research as to whether or not coffee is good or bad for the body. What research now says is that whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying that it may be great for your health – even for preventing diabetes.
Coffee may hold the secret to diabetes prevention according to nutritionist Marilyn Cornelis, Ph.D. of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In fact, Cornelis states that, out of all the foods we consume, “coffee has the most potential to prevent type 2 diabetes.”
How’s that for good news for all you coffee lovers out there?
Cornelis has begun conducting research as exactly why this may be, and she doesn’t think it has anything to do with caffeine. (Caffeine may increase blood glucose levels.) Instead, Cornelis believes it has to do with the other magnificent substances in coffee.
You know that delightful aroma coffee put out, the one that starts your day on the right foot? Well, as it turns out, that aroma is credit to hundreds of different chemicals that are actually released during the roasting process. Coffee is also known to contain large amounts of antioxidants, powerful compounds that may help to ward off diseases.
Despite the fact that Marilyn Cornelis is quite confident that coffee may be the secret weapon against diabetes, it’s still a mystery as to how these chemicals in coffee interact with the body. Cornelis is striving to find out what’s so protective about coffee, one way of the other.
For now, it’s exciting to know that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shares the same opinion as Cornelis, setting the upper healthy limit at five cups per day.
The bottom line is that exciting research is being done on the potential benefits of coffee for diabetes prevention and that it has been documented that coffee does indeed hold some health benefits.
Keep in mind that the coffee that we’re talking about here isn’t doused with sugar and heavy cream! The added sugars and cream would likely cut back the perks of coffee. So, if your body tolerates it, go on and have your cup of coffee while we sit back to learn the final verdict about coffee and diabetes. Your health may be thanking you for it.
