January 21/Wuhan, China/Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry -- A recent study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that coffee can help prevent type 2 diabetes. The research is all the more important as it explains why this disease is prevented by coffee consumption.
The study was performed by researchers Ling Zheng, of Wuhan University, and Kun Huang, of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Based on the data they have gathered, coffee contains a compound which inhibits hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide) the substance which is often linked to diabetes.