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Now I’m a huge coffee drinker so hearing that coffee could be bad for diabetics made my head hurt. But actually, they are talking about the caffeine. 

I drink caffinated coffee in the mornings, start doing half and half toward lunch, then decaf from that point on.  I don’t do caffinated drinks but once a month at the most.  But a “small” study shows caffeine may not be good for Type II diabetics.

A small study conducted at Duke University has suggested that caffeine may hurt blood glucose control in people with Type 2 diabetes. The study’s authors have suggested that people with diabetes may want to avoid caffeinated beverages based on these findings; however, not all medical experts agree that total avoidance is necessary.

The study, which was published in the February issue of the journal Diabetes Care, looked at 10 people with Type 2 diabetes, average age 63. These people were all regular coffee drinkers before the study started and treated their diabetes with diet, exercise, and oral medicines, but not insulin.
via Diabetes Self-Management

The study was with 10 people … not 110, nor 1,010, but 10. So I’m not inclined to worry too much. The best way to know if caffeine effects you is test – that’s the only way.

Anti Inflammatory Drug May Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center are reporting that an inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin, salsalate, may prevent type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose and reducing inflammation.

The study, which appears in the February issue of Diabetes Care, is a small, proof-of-principal clinical trial, but is promising enough to spur three more trials to see if the drug, salsalate, can also treat diabetes by lowering blood glucose, slow the progression of coronary artery disease in those with metabolic syndrome, and perhaps prevent diabetes in those at high risk.

“This is exciting because salsalate has a good safety profile after many years of use, is inexpensive to make and appears to have the potential to lower blood glucose,” said Allison B. Goldfine, M.D., lead researcher on the study, Head of Clinical Research at Joslin and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. “It may be useful in preventing diabetes.”

Wonder if it would help those of us already with diabetes in the damage prevention department or assisting with keeping our sugar levels down?

Oh just give me a break: A woman’s bra size at age 20 may predict her risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life, with larger cup size linked to higher rates of diabetes, a new study suggests.