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Love your morning coffee? Go ahead and pour a cup: Numerous studies have shown the anti-diabetic effects of coffee. Recently, scientists discovered that it's not the caffeine in coffee that lowers blood sugar but other compounds, most likely ones called chlorogenic acids. In fact, you're better off drinking decaf, since caffeine hampers insulin's ability to draw glucose out of blood.
Not a coffee drinker? Try green tea. Compounds called polyphenols in green tea also appear to do battle with diabetes. In one recent study, cells from diabetic rats that drank green tea soaked up twice as much blood sugar as cells from rats that drank plain water. Black tea did not have any effect on blood sugar absorption.
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