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Black tea 'diabetes fighter'
04 Mar 2008
Drinking black tea could help to tackle diabetes, it has been claimed.
Scientists at the University of Dundee believe that black tea may help type 2 diabetes as certain constituents in the beverage could act as a substitute to insulin.
Constituents known as theaflavins and thearubigins were found to mimic insulin action on proteins called foxos, linked to diet and health in mice, worms and fruit flies.
"There is definitely something interesting in the way these naturally occurring components of black tea may have a beneficial effect, both in terms of diabetes and our wider health," the study's author Dr Graham Rena explained.
The team is now hoping to gain further funding in order to continue investigating the impact of black tea on human health.
However Dr Rena was keen to stress that the team's research was still in its early stages, adding that people with diabetes should continue to take their normal medication as directed by their doctor.
"People shouldn't be rushing to drink masses of black tea thinking it will cure them of diabetes," he said.
"We are still some way from this leading to new treatments or dietary advice."
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