The prevalence of coffee and diabetes
in modern media makes a great deal of sense: almost 1 in 10 Americans
are diabetic, and more than half of American adults drink coffee daily.
The US spends roughly $40 billion on coffee per year, and in 2012, the
total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes in America was $245 billion. There are more than 1,000 distinct chemical compounds in coffee. This includes quinic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid,
acetylmethylcarbinol, dimethyl disulfide, putrescine, niacin,
trigonelline, theophylline and of course, caffeine.
Recent research conducted by Søren Gregersen and colleagues at the
Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine at Aarhus University
Hospital in Denmark may have narrowed the search to as what effects occur.
The present study found that cafestol and caffeic acid increased
insulin production in the presence of glucose. Cafestol was also found
to increase glucose uptake into muscle cells at a similar rate to
current diabetes drugs. "This newly demonstrated dual action of cafestol suggests that cafestol
may contribute to the preventive effects on type 2 diabetes in coffee
drinkers."
This
study will add another welcome avenue of research into potential treatments for diabetes.
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