Tea use may reduce the risk of developing diabetes.

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Researchers studying the effects of tea found that routinely consuming at least four cups of dark, green, or oolong tea was linked to a 17% lower risk of death.

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risk of developing type 2 diabetes over a ten-year period

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Li's team conducted a meta-analysis of 19 studies that involved more than 1 million adults from eight different countries.

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First of all, they focused on nearly 5,200 adults with an average age of 42 and no history of Type 2 diabetes.

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who participated in the China Wellbeing and Nourishment Study in 1997 and were monitored there until 2009

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The experts adjusted to the known links to diabetes, noting that outcomes from this study were similar for tea drinkers and those who didn't.

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