Green Tea and Diabetes

Tea and Diabetes is Great For You!

Why is green tea and diabetes the newest health craze? Every once in a while, something comes along that has seemingly no downside and huge upside. Tea and diabetes is one of those things. Let's take a look at what this ancient drink has to offer us!

Green Tea Farm

Green teas come from the camellia sinensis tea plant. The difference between different teas (for example, black, green, white) is the processing method. Green teas undergo the least amount of processing, thus they retain the highest concentration of antioxidants. Antioxidants help the body eliminate or control free radicals that can damage the cells.

Green Tea comes in many varieties and is often identified with the region it is grown in, including China, Japan and the United States. The image on the left is a Japanese green tea farm near Mt. Fuji.

Benefits Associated With Drinking Green Tea

• Slow or Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
  One study using mice found that the antioxidant EGCG in green tea can slow, if not prevent type 1 diabetes.

• Lowers Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics
  Drinking green tea may lower blood sugar spikes. Over time, reducing these spikes lowers a person's chance of developing diabetes complications, such as eye, kidney and nerve damage.

• Reduces Diabetes Complications
  Green tea can reduce a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, developing cataracts and promotes bone and joint health.

• Weight Loss
  Green tea is said to help people lose weight. Dr. Perricone, the anti-aging guru, claims that a person will lose 10 pounds if they drink green tea instead of coffee for 6 weeks.

• Increased Memory

• General Well Being
  Green teas antioxidant properties can help reduce colds and other illnesses.

Other Resources

Looking for more? This website further discusses Green Tea Benefits.

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