Drinking tea could help reduce your chance of getting diabetes

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BOSTON -- Drinking tea could help reduce your chance of getting diabetes but you may need to drink a lot of it to get that benefit.

Research being presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes looked at data on more than a million adults and found that drinking at least four cups of black, green, or oolong tea a day was associated with a 17% lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Tea contains antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds which could also help reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.

Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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