GREEN TEA LOWERS DIABETES RISK.

Over a five-year period, researchers from Osaka University and Osaka City University looked for a relationship between consumption of green tea and other beverages on development of Type II diabetes in 17,413 individuals, 40 to 65 years of age, from 25 communities across Japan who had no history of the disease. Consumption of green tea was inversely associated with a reduced risk. Further, total caffeine intake from green tea was associated with a 33% reduced risk of developing the disease. (Natural Products Insider, may 18, 2006)