Study: Coffee helps to deter type 2 diabetes

ORLANDO SENTINEL
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Here's something to go with your morning cup of Joe: A new, 11-year study has found yet another potential benefit for coffee.
Researchers said Monday that women who drank six or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day were 33 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a disease that affects more than 18 million Americans.
But while the findings sound encouraging for avid coffee drinkers, the American Diabetes Association is warning against reading too much into the data.
"I think it's intriguing and it suggests [that] if you enjoy coffee -- particularly decaffeinated coffee -- then it's reasonable to drink it," said Dr. Robert Rizza, president of the American Diabetes Association and a professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Minnesota. "But I would do so in moderation."